• The global memory market is set to hit $550 billion this year.  (Trendforce)
  
  Thanks a bunch, Sam Altman.
  
  Speaking of which, two of the SSDs I ordered during the brief sale late last year seem to have disappeared into the Twilight Zone.  Amazon gave me a refund without a fuss, but now I have to pay twice as much to replace them.  Though, given the compression of SSD prices, that does give me much better drives - Crucial T710 vs. P310.
  
  
  
• And while the Big Three memory makers don't plan to do anything to alleviate the shortage - quite the opposite - TSMC is planning to invest $45 billion on new factories this year.  (Tom's Hardware)
  
  The company is also working on a 1nm process due around 2030.
  
  

• Europe is working - well, not working so much, because they don't do that over there, but scheming - towards yet another failed attempt at breaking away from the clutches of the American payment processors.  (European Business Magazine)
  
  I don't know.  Have you tried...  Cash?
  
  
  
• Meanwhile in Japan the stock market gained $3 trillion on Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's extremely successful re-election bid.  (European Business Magazine)
  
  Takaichi's party won a two-thirds supermajority in Japan's parliament even without the help of their coalition partner.  Her election platform includes plans to invest $700 billion in AI, semiconductor manufacturing, and quantum.
  
  
  
• Python's dynamic typing problem.  (While For Loop)
  
  The Python programming language is designed for rapid development of small, simple applications, but the exact features that make it shine there are a massive pain when your application stops being small and simple.
  
  I maintain an application containing about a million lines of Python at my day job, which is a long way beyond small or simple.  When your programming language does not force rigour upon you, you had better be prepared to provide it yourself.
  
  
  
• Microsoft has announced plans to make Windows 11 more confusing.  (Thurrott)
  
  And that's not my editorialising, that's straight from the article.
  
  
  
• And also more annoying.  (The Register)
  
  Same deal.
  
  
  
• Microsoft also issued a DMCA takedown against indie block game Allumeria.  (Notebook Check)
  
  The takedown has since despawned, but the developers thank the three trillion dollar company for the free publicity.

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