https://anarchygames.org/magazine/tags/price-manipulation/Recent content in Price Manipulation on Cassette Future MagazineHugoen-usSun, 19 Apr 2026 09:17:06 +0000https://anarchygames.org/magazine/2026/04/quantum-storage-wtf/Sun, 19 Apr 2026 09:17:06 +0000https://anarchygames.org/magazine/2026/04/quantum-storage-wtf/<h1 id="quantum-storage-wtf">Quantum Storage: WTF?</h1> <h2 id="価格暴騰の仕組みとあなた自身で確認できる方法">価格暴騰の仕組みと、あなた自身で確認できる方法</h2> <p>Let me start with the part that genuinely delights me, because if you lead with the outrage you miss the interesting bit.</p> <p>Quantum crystal storage — the layered photonic lattice arrays that replaced spinning magnetic discs about four centuries ago — is, at its physical core, <em>extraordinarily cheap to manufacture</em>. The raw materials are silicon-derivative compounds found in abundance on roughly 40% of surveyed rocky bodies in the Core Systems alone. The fabrication process is largely automated. The energy cost per petabyte has dropped every single decade since the technology matured.</p>