Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Glyph @glyph@mastodon.social

2/17/2026, 9:16:31 PM

Public

Can someone who actually knows finance answer a question about the spate of "all hard drives that will be manufactured in 2026 are already sold to AI datacenters" articles, and those of similar genres: obviously there's a lot of price pressure on computer hardware right now, but when these articles say that this future supply is all "sold out", is this a hard paid-for commitment or is it a bunch of LOI / funny-money transactions that could be unwound when the bubble pops?

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