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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 94 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Yeah this honestly makes me automatically rule out Intel in terms of hardware.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 40 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Yep, Intel is basically dead, unless Trump forces out the competition and only allows Intel to be sold. Intel has been shit for awhile now anyways.

Edit: And I highly advise everyone to NOT install any drivers downloaded from the Intel site. Only get drivers that have been vetted by a 3rd party. You can't trust that Turnip lackeys haven't added spyware.

Well, more than spyware. Rootkits.

[–] CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Don't give him idea. He may ban Nvidia, AMD, Apple, Microsoft unless they sell stock to the trump empire for Discount

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Guess I'll bump up an AMD build sooner than I thought.

I switched 5 years ago and have not regretted it a second.

[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Kinda did beforehand anyway. Their fabs are old and there's not much going on to build new ones or update, so.

shakes AMD's hand

You won! 🎉

Uh oh! Monopoly! I hope AMD isn't swayed by political actors into injecting malware into their chips, again.

[–] Anivia@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago

I'm still gonna buy, an Intel GPU to encourage them to stay in the game and give Nvidia and AMD some competition.

They are also simply the best hardware you can get for Plex/Jellyfin transcoding

[–] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 118 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Trump ruins EVERYTHING he touches. Fact.

[–] bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 2 days ago

He's a viciously dumb mobster, of course he's going to twist their arm, like he personally owns place.

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I agree but also Intel's been doing a bang-up job of offing themselves for a decade.

I'm willing to give some credit to the GPU dev team. Everybody else though? No.

[–] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

I don't disagree with you on the self harm from Intel

At least everyone was leaving Intel anyway. Why pay more when AMD has hyperthreading now?

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 55 points 2 days ago (1 children)

IF Trump is in any way involved I will NEVER buy anything that has Intel inside.

[–] And009@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] dickalan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It’s cocksure statements like this they have me absolutely convinced that they feel the same way and that will be their downfall so thank you for confirming that Intel is going down the shitter

[–] bedouin@infosec.pub 18 points 1 day ago

Yay now the US has its own government-aligned Huawei, ByteDance, and so forth...

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Intel faces investor backlash for selling 10% stake to Trump's billionaire buddies. FTFY.

We all know how this is going to go. Sell all of our public assets to dickbags.

[–] discosnails@lemmy.wtf 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

To be fair this is the opposite.

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 hours ago

Wait and see. I hope you are right, but I know better.

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Intel's currently intriguing "worth buying" products: .
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I'm sure this will end well

Arc GPUs are worth buying at the moment to avoid a duopoly of Nvidia and AMD. AV1 support at a reasonable price can be a big deal for media preservation. At least on the CPU side there's competition from Apple, AMD, and other mobile processors that could theoretically enter the desktop market. Server CPUs are unfortunately looking bleak.

[–] Ragnor@feddit.dk 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I wonder how many people are going to sell their shares because of this.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

At the moment, not many:

The government bailing out a dying company is probably going to float the price, at least for awhile.

[–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The market is complete bullshit at this point, but buying 10% of a company is going to push the price up for a while. The math is so basic.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yup. It does make me wonder if Trump is maybe doing a favor for some investor buddy, raising the price so they can exit at a higher value.

[–] discosnails@lemmy.wtf 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Intel is one of Israel's largest private sector employers, about 10k people, which is a third as large a workforce as the largest employer, a bank. They cut 3000 employees there in the last several years as a result of their issues...

[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

It's beyond that. This is what Fascism does. It is the welding of state power for the benefit of the capitalist class. This will not end with Intel.

People confuse this aspect of Fascism a lot for a simple reason. They think that "socialism is when the government owns stuff". Which is not really true.

Socialism first requires a revolution to overcome the capitalist class rule. That has not occurred. The power of the state is still entirely in the hands of the wealthy. They are welding it's power for their benefits while they layoff working class people and force them into taking jobs at ICE to pay rent.

This isn't just a "favor for a friend" to sell off stock later in a pump and dump. This is Fascism ensuring by force that capitalist profits and interest are maintained.

Intel will not be the last example of this. The state is essentially doing a wealth transfer from the tax payer to the capital owners. This will continue.

[–] masterbaexunn@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Just imagine all the hardware level spy shit they're gonna do now.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Who is writing this article? The stock's been up for the day, the week, and over the last month?

On what planet do investors shy away from a giant federal bailout of shareholders?

[–] if_only@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

I suspect they're trying to trick retail investors to buy a dip that isn't there

[–] metoosalem@feddit.org 6 points 2 days ago

LOL

Lmao even