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RAM wasted on users PCs.. should be concentrated on datacenters

Posted by xlayn on Friday October 30, 2026 @04:45PM
from the noai.duckduckgo.com dept.

https://noai.duckduckgo.com/?q=rom+a+global+allocation+perspective%2C+actually%2C+it%E2%80%99s+quite+terrible+to+have+everybody+have+a+bunch+of+the+world%E2%80%99s+limited+supply+of+DRAM+sitting+in+their+own+computer+and+being+used+5%25+of+the+time.+You+want+maximum+utilization+in+the+cloud+if+you%E2%80%99re+trying+to+deal+with+this+very+supply-constrained+environment&ia=web

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Re:RAM wasted on users PCs.. should be concentrated on datac... by gnabgib on Friday October 30, 2026 @04:45PM (#50309913)
Discussion (43 points, 71 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50305797
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Re:RAM wasted on users PCs.. should be concentrated on datac... by xlayn on Friday October 30, 2026 @07:56PM (#50311725)
Why is that flagged?, I don't see a single thing wrong with the post or the conversation there
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Re:RAM wasted on users PCs.. should be concentrated on datac... by krapp on Friday October 30, 2026 @08:03PM (#50311786)
Criticism of Sam Altman is bound to be flagged.
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Re:RAM wasted on users PCs.. should be concentrated on datac... by tancop on Saturday October 31, 2026 @08:27AM (#50315531)
Might be stolen content, it links to a mobile game company blog that decided to become a gaming news site for some reason.
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Re:RAM wasted on users PCs.. should be concentrated on datac... by xlayn on Friday October 30, 2026 @04:45PM (#50309905)
Are we hinting something something here?

Submitted duckduckgo search because I can't find authoritative source

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Re:RAM wasted on users PCs.. should be concentrated on datac... by pbronez on Saturday October 31, 2026 @10:32AM (#50316556)
The primary source is

https://cheekypint.transistor.fm/39/transcript#:~:text=quite...

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