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  "description": "I referenced Valve's announcement that it would delay the launch of the cube-shaped Steam Machine in my recent article,  which touched on AI-driven computer memory price increases. Before going off my my tangent on memory price increase (something I note as a sometimes computer-builder), I saved an article to use for a related joke.\n\nOn February 6, 2026, Liliputing published a report titled Radxa Cubie A7S is a tiny, versatile single-board computer for $25 and up. As the name suggests, the […]",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-12T23:28:16.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "ai",
    "humor",
    "ram",
    "sbc",
    "steamMachine",
    "Valve’s announcement",
    "cube-shaped Steam Machine",
    "which touched on AI-driven computer memory price increases",
    "sometimes computer-builder",
    "Radxa Cubie A7S is a tiny, versatile single-board computer for $25 and up",
    "Sam Altman buys all the RAM",
    "Open AI’s Monopoly money"
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  "textContent": "I referenced Valve’s announcement that it would delay the launch of the cube-shaped Steam Machine in my recent article, which touched on AI-driven computer memory price increases. Before going off my my tangent on memory price increase (something I note as a sometimes computer-builder), I saved an article to use for a related joke.\n\nOn February 6, 2026, Liliputing published a report titled Radxa Cubie A7S is a tiny, versatile single-board computer for $25 and up. As the name suggests, the Radxa Cubie is a single board computer (“SBC”) with some neat features at a very low price. When I saw “cubie” in the name, I thought to myself that this SBC could be the “Steam Machine” for our current pricing age. Yes, it has a very low-end Allwinner A733 CPU and only supports up to 4 GB of RAM, but beggers cannot be choosers so long as Sam Altman buys all the RAM with Open AI’s Monopoly money. But alas, the Radxa Cubie is out-of-stock as of publication time, so it is no more obtainable than the Steam Machine.",
  "title": "Even the Cheap Computer Cubes Are Out of Stock",
  "updatedAt": "2026-02-12T23:29:09.000Z"
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