I'm just dropping by to say that @jenkki has kind of a point. Basic necessities being cheap is a good thing. Luxury can always be cut back when needed. Basic stuff can't. Admittedly i might be kind of

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Numbers never lie, but I can't translate these to equivalent in how much worse the infra is in percentage compared to how much cheaper things are in percentage.

infra/education/medical/future in exchange of cheaper prices for living, is the standard to determine which one of you will win the original argument.

It would bother me a lot of more knowing that I can just buy as much as these cheap fruits and beach huts I ever wanted with what I make/have, but I can never buy and afford to keep the cheapest used

There's cheap gas and fuel right there, 300km away at the Russian border and easily accessable, but losing your self respect is not worth it for me in exchange of cheap energy.

Okay then, You say fuck it and order used hard drives from cheap countries.

Naturally rising electricity prices are sizeable and very visible chunk of my monthly budget, so yeah. It's a valid argument, but there are tons of stuff I do have better that I could only dream of in

Note that despite all these, I'd still easily choose west any time over a lawless place like Russia no matter how cheap the electricity is.

New production of PCIe Gen 4 and the newer Gen 5 are going to be costly. I think the older leftover stock of Gen 3 SSDs is the last available cheap SSDs on the market.

Please search for other options / colo maybe?

Running large generators are not cheap.

Exactly! Finland and Baltic states seems to be hit right now, where the rest of the Europe enjoys cheap electricity.

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https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/miljoe-og-energi/energiforbrug-og-energipriser/energipriser this says your average price of H1/2023 was 0.38€/KWh. Doesn't sound cheap and unaffected to me. Soun

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i want to know if there are any cheap hosting providers that have

Energy crisis is not over. Summer spot pricing was cheap, back to normal for a few months.