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FriedButter said:

RAM costing about as much as a low to mid tier GPU. Some stores don’t even post the prices anymore because it changes too fast.

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Li Minyong, noted Chinese chemist and Royal Society fellow, dies at age 49​

Sudden death marks China’s latest loss of a leading science mind at the height of their research career​

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Li Minyong, a prominent medicinal chemist and a fellow of multiple international research societies, died on November 16 at the age of 49. His sudden death marks China’s latest loss of a leading scientist at the height of their research career. Li, a professor and deputy dean of the school of pharmaceutical sciences at Hainan University, dedicated himself to

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through light-controlled and bioactive visualisation technologies. He was elected a Fellow of Britain’s Royal Society of Chemistry in 2019 and of the Royal Society of Biology in 2021. In 2022, he was elected a Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials in Sweden.

Last year, he was named a Changjiang Distinguished Professor, one of the most prestigious academic titles in China’s higher education granted by the Ministry of Education. Li broke through multiple critical core technologies for visualising target proteins in major diseases, making significant contributions to

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in China, according to an obituary released by his institution on the evening of November 17. “His scholarly approach was steadfast and rigorous, yielding outstanding academic achievements,” the obituary said. Li is also remembered for his contributions to talent development. “His exemplary conduct as an educator, who willingly served as a stepping stone for others, earned him deep affection from both students and colleagues,” the obituary said.

“The sudden passing of Professor Li is a significant loss to China’s educational and pharmaceutical communities.” Tributes poured in from his students, friends and fellow researchers, most of whom described him as a respected mentor who was “rigorous in his scholarship, profoundly knowledgeable, and always wearing a smile in class”.

According to a report by the news website Shanghai Observer, Li was attending an academic conference in the southern city of Guangzhou from November 14 to 16. On the last day, immediately after the event concluded, he became ill and collapsed outside the hotel. He was rushed to hospital but died despite the best efforts of medical staff. Li’s death marks the latest premature loss for China’s science fraternity. Recent Chinese media and academic reports have documented the deaths of multiple scientists in their 30s and 40s, with commentary linking some cases to overwork, stress and the high-stakes research culture in the country.

Also on November 16, former University of California, Berkeley, scientist and biomedical researcher Xie Hongxue, 44,

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, according to Shanghai-based news site ThePaper.cn. He joined West Anhui University’s materials science and engineering school as a lecturer about five years ago. Li joined China Pharmaceutical University in eastern China as an undergraduate student in 1995, and he obtained his PhD there in 2005.

He then moved to the United States for postdoctoral training at Georgia State University, where he served as an assistant professor from 2007 to 2009. In 2009, he returned to China to join the school of pharmaceutical sciences at Shandong University, before joining Hainan University in June. His principal areas of research included the development of innovative visualisation-based drug and probe molecules, photopharmacology – the use of light-activated or light-switchable molecules to precisely control the activity of biological systems – and chemical biology studies. He led several major projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China – the country’s largest funder of basic research – including a project on visualisation research into fluorescent probes for adrenergic receptors.

According to his university profile page, he published more than 200 Science Citation-indexed papers and holds 22 invention patents. He also served as editor-in-chief of the prestigious journal Medicinal Research Reviews, and sat on the editorial boards of several academic journals, including Protein and Peptide Letters. As deputy dean of the pharmaceutical sciences school, Li was also responsible for research, international collaboration and research-to-market translation.

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The Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) announced on the 28th that it has established a task force to investigate potential corruption in the major renovation project at Hong Fuk Court in Tai Po. A comprehensive investigation has been launched, resulting in the arrest of eight individuals across multiple districts on the 28th. Those arrested include engineering consultants and scaffolding contractors. The detainees comprise seven men and one woman, aged between 40 and 63. (CCTV reporter Zhou Weiqi)

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Kalum Pupeter said:

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It no longer feels like a coincidence. Every month I read about yet another Chinese scientist or researcher dying prematurely, and the South China Morning Post often refers to the harsh work culture that pushes people to the point of collapse. If that is accurate, then the responsibility lies entirely within the country itself, and that work culture urgently needs to be reformed by force if necessary. Still, I can’t completely rule out the possibility of a hidden hand behind some of these deaths. When it comes to sabotaging people, especially white people, nothing seems too extreme in the name of sabotage. So what on earth is going on here?

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Any authenticity on this news?
And how long do they need to actually repair? (what western media said is very different than Russian officials AKA the claim of 2 years vs 2 months)

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Russia is creating its own orbital station with a supercomputer​

MAI 28 November 2025 21:32
Russia is working on the creation of its own orbital station. It was first discussed three years ago — at a closed meeting with President Vladimir Putin, it was announced that the Russian Federation would withdraw from the International Space Station project in 2025.

As an alternative, it was decided to create its own project — the Russian Orbital Station (ROS), which will consist of several modules and will become an improved analogue of the ISS. According to the approved general schedule, the idea should be implemented in several stages in the period from 2027 to 2033.

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BlackWindMnt said:

Is this communism?
Empty shelfs for memory chips im horrified.

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NVIDIA Reportedly Halts Bundling VRAM Chips With GPU Dies For Board Partners​

It appears that NVIDIA isn't able to receive sufficient memory for its inventory, which is why it reportedly won't supply the memory chips to its board partners.

NVIDIA gets its VRAM chips from suppliers such as Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix, but those memory giants "apparently" also have to fulfill the memory demand due to this "AI boom". This has worsened the memory availability to the point where NVIDIA may have stopped getting sufficient memory chips from those companies. This is according to a prominent leaker, "Golden Pig Upgrade", who has reported that NVIDIA has stopped bundling VRAM chips with GPU dies.
For those who aren't aware, NVIDIA ships GPU dies and VRAM chips to its board partners, while the board partners take care of the rest. However, NVIDIA has apparently told its board partners to source the VRAM chips on their own. That said, for major GPU manufacturers, it might not be a hassle, but for many small vendors, sourcing VRAM chips on their own without any good connections will be a huge problem.

Remember that the short memory supply isn't just affecting regular system DRAM such as DDR4 and DDR5, but also video memory, including GDDR6 and GDDR7. Both these video memories are utilized in the latest AMD Radeon RX 9000 and NVIDIA RTX 50 series GPUs. While NVIDIA has reportedly left its board partners to buy their own video memory, it isn't clear whether AMD has such plans.

Still, keep in mind that this isn't an official report, but considering the good track of the leaker, it's possible, especially when there has been news regarding inflated memory prices. Keep in mind that the memory availability might worsen even further, as MAINGEAR's CEO recently warned about the same. Even though Samsung has now started mass producing the 3 GB GDDR7 28 Gbps memory modules, it isn't going to be adopted any time soon, as 3 GB chips are likely to end up on the RTX 50 Super series, which is rumored to be delayed to Q3 2026 due to the same memory shortage issue.

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AMD to allegedly raise graphics card prices by at least 10% in 2026 — price surge attributed to ongoing AI-related DRAM supply crisis​

After weeks of hints and speculation, it's now (almost) official: AMD has told its supply partners that it will raise graphics cards prices by at least 10% in the new-year due to rising memory prices, as per analyst Dan Nystedt (via UDN). This is reportedly the second time AMD has raised its prices in recent months, though the first was kept internal and just ate into AMD's margins. This time though, it's passing it on to the partners, who will in turn pass it on to consumers.

The subject of graphics card pricing has been a contentious one for a number of years now. Prices and power draw have risen generation upon generation, and cryptocurrency-induced shortages have occasionally spiked demand and the cost of a new GPU in turn. 2025 started with something similar, though that seemed to be more down to deliberately constrained supply — or perhaps a shift of Nvidia and AMD's focus to AI.

That's only become more apparent throughout the year, and as data centers the world over ate up GPUs, CPUs, memory, storage, and anything else they could get their hands on (including entire power plants), prices for most components have risen in turn. None quite so much as memory, though, which has jumped close to 200% per stick in recent months, and that shortage is now making its way into other industries: most notably, graphics cards.

PowerColor recently warned that GPU price rises were coming, and AMD seems to have now confirmed it to its suppliers and board partners. In the translated text, UDN's sources claim it'll be by at least 10%, suggesting that could be the floor of AMD's potential price rises. However, Mr Nystedt suggests that 10% is the figure, so we'll have to wait and see how it shakes out or for an official announcement from AMD, to know for sure.

This is unfortunate timing for AMD which has struggled to get the price of its flagship RX 9070 XT even close to its recommended retail price throughout the year. It just managed it this week, hitting $599 for the first-time since release as part of Black Friday. But that seems likely to be incredibly short-lived. Not least because that's a decent deal for a great graphics card.

AMD is unlikely to be alone in its GPU prices rises either. Nvidia is expected to have delayed the launch of an RTX 50 Super series of graphics cards because of memory shortages, and unlikely to lose profit on its graphics cards when selling to gamers since it makes so much selling them to data center developers.

If you're keen to get ahead of the price rises and want to buy a graphics card before the end of the year, here's our list of the best graphics cards out there right now. Better yet, check out our Black Friday deals page to see if there's something you can snap up before anyone else.

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iewgnem said:

See the Dutch letter's problem started with the first word: Nexperia.
I say it's perfectly fine to let the Dutch take the blame for killing off all Nexpera presence in Europe, and maybe even bring a few European industry down with it.

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Expert1324 said:

South Tibet is China's sovereignty territory, and what China does within it's own borders have NOTHING to do with any foreign countries.

And about Russia:
1. they are an invader of foreign nation that they recognised themselves without duress or unequal treaty
2. I can in fact completely understand why Russia invades Ukraine and the evilness of NATO. NATO's expansionism is what escalated this whole thing, and that is a fact.
3. But this whole blunder, majority of it is still Russia's to blame from the beginning, they are the ones who recognised the borders of Ukraine willingly and they recognised crimea as part of Ukraine willingly themselves without any duress. And DO NOT tell me dissolution of the USSR was somehow a "duress" because they are not even close to being vulnerable and still hold the world largest nuclear stockpile, and there was no "Eight-Nation Alliance" doing marching drills in their capital city or in their version of the Forbidden City like what happened to China during the Century of Humiliation. These are not even close, Russia just completely failed or does not care for political maneuvering which is their own fault resulting in the consequences in 2014 and subsequently 2022. Plain and simple.


And also about basic principles of sovereignty. If such principles were compromised, then China will actually need to fight for its very survival.

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Meeting with schoolchildren​

History is very important, not only for our entire country—and that is certainly extremely important—but also for the history of one's homeland and family history. This is important because it spiritually and emotionally connects each person to the land on which they live. They begin to see themselves as part of a vast country. When studying family history, information inevitably emerges about how some of our ancestors participated in some significant events. And, as a rule, by the way, they were all fairly young.
Or take this, it's all the rage right now, you've probably seen it online, and anyone who watches television, the events happening not far from us—far from you, not even close to Russia—I'm talking about Afghanistan

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A hero forever. Ruslan Aushev turned 65.​

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Kalum Pupeter said:

A follow up from this post. The PRC should act because it will not stop with Malaysia, Cambodia, Canada and Mexico. ​

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MortyandRick said:

The issue is that there are so many high grade scientists in China. I suspect the real key ones are hidden and their identities hidden as well. Maybe it's time to promote a health campaign that all jey scientists need to to have yearly comprehensive health review, and if stuff like this is still unexplained then look more into sabotage

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