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2^24 of anything ought to be enough for anybody

I feel like 256 or 65536 bytes is too small for a usable computer with usable applications, whereas 2^32 bytes or larger is too unrestrictive on writing correct, bloatless applications. So I'm making a quote where 2^24 of anything ought to be enough for anybody. Like, 2^24 bytes of ram, 2^24 bytes of nonvolatile storage, 2^24 bytes of cpu cache, 2^24 clock cycles per second cpu cores, 2^24 fpga logic block chip, 24 bit address space bitstreams, etc. Basically, this sounds like the historic 3M computer, but I'll call my implementation of such a computer and OS the 16M computer and the 16M OS. Thoughts?
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Re:2^24 of anything ought to be enough for anybody by kstenerud on Monday April 21, 2025 @07:09PM (#43757505)
That's like saying raising tariffs and lowering interest rates will fix the economy and bring manufacturing back.

The real world is not that simple.

Re:2^24 of anything ought to be enough for anybody by vitalmixofntrnt on Monday April 21, 2025 @07:15PM (#43757535)
Oh no, politics.
Re:2^24 of anything ought to be enough for anybody by kstenerud on Monday April 21, 2025 @07:31PM (#43757614)
So is artificially limiting something for aesthetic reasons.

Until you can give concrete evidence, it's opinion and politics.

Re:2^24 of anything ought to be enough for anybody by vitalmixofntrnt on Monday April 21, 2025 @07:58PM (#43757754)
Opinion, yes. Politics? No.
Re:2^24 of anything ought to be enough for anybody by verdverm on Monday April 21, 2025 @06:35PM (#43757262)
I hope it is ok I have more than 2^24 brain cells
Re:2^24 of anything ought to be enough for anybody by vitalmixofntrnt on Monday April 21, 2025 @06:49PM (#43757354)
Well, you can't address individual neurons unless you're a brain surgeon shining a laser at someone's individual neurons, but you can address individual memories through indirect references, surely 2^24 unique memories might take millennia to acquire and chances are I'd forget almost all of them. It's a quote by me, not a rule.