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   Martin Seeger (masek@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jul-2026 17:03:39 JST Martin Seeger

   Good news: RAM will be a non-issue soon

   Bad news: This is because we will not get new boards

   I got the following news from the supply chain:

   All (and I mean ALL) of our PCB subcontractors have turned around and told us minimum 1 year lead time on boards now. Apparently there's no Helium or Neon so they cant make FR4

   FR4 is what all boards is made from.

   So who cares if you cant get RAM - there's no PCBs to put it on ...

   UPDATE: I don't think helium is the problem but PE Resind (polyphenylene ether). Neon may be a problem because it is required for the UV lasers.

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     Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jul-2026 17:03:39 JST Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag:

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     @masek well fuck

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     Martin Seeger (masek@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jul-2026 17:11:37 JST Martin Seeger

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     • Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag:

     @ryanc I am still writing about my "How fucked are we?" article. And every time I work at it, it looks much, much worse.

     It may be that we live to see the end of on-prem IT even for companies.

     What the AI bros did not fuck up, the big cheeto just trumpled upon.