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2 years ago I stated that we should stop worrying about software consuming a lot of ram.

I had just built my pc with 128gb of ddr5 ram spending less than an average android phone (I think like $300).

I would like to retract that statement. Thanks.

  I stated that we should stop worrying about [X] consuming [finite resource].

Why would you ever say something like this? When was that ever true?

It's true when [finite resource] is indistinguishable from [infinite resource], meaning it's abundant, cheap, and can be used recklessly with no impact.

Aside from air, ocean water, sunlight, and a few types of rocks, I don't know if that's ever the case. Pretty much as soon as something is declared "free", people will consume so much more than you could have ever imagined.

I didn't say it was actually infinite, just that it felt infinite. When it feels infinite, people will abuse it, making it feel finite again the hard way

On the flip side, high 5 for getting 128gb of RAM at exactly the right time!

The pricing differential is just absurd now. I expanded the memory on my math clusters about 2 years ago so I would have 4 machines with 1.5TB of DDR4 memory each. Back then a 128GB DDR4 DIMM could be found for $150 used. Now those same DIMMs are $600-$800 used! I think the RAM in my homelab is worth more than all of the other hardware combined.

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