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Replace "RAM" with "electricity" and it becomes obvious why that quip is wrongheaded, at least for those of us who pay our own electric bill. "Developers" like
by ThrowawayR2 6y ago
Replace "RAM" with "electricity" and it becomes obvious why that quip is wrongheaded, at least for those of us who pay our own electric bill. "Developers" like that who don't care about externalities because they're not footing the bill waste millions of dollars worth of RAM, millions of dollars worth of electricity, etc. globally.
- p1necone 6y agoRAM is not the same kind of resource as electricity. An application that uses twice as much RAM is not twice as expensive to run.
- exmadscientist 6y agoYou're right, it can easily be four times as expensive. Or even impossible.