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Why do computers keep getting more and more memory? 640KB should be enough for everyone, if people would just fix whatever is using up all the memory. /s Not a
by mikepurvis 5y ago
Why do computers keep getting more and more memory? 640KB should be enough for everyone, if people would just fix whatever is using up all the memory. /s
Not all OOM situations are because of a malfunction or leak.
- cuu508 5y agoLet's say you want to have a wallpaper on your 1920x1080 desktop. At 24bpp, that's ~6MB right there.
- mikepurvis 5y agoI've added a sarcasm indicator to my post to clear up any confusion. The point is that there are lots of valid reasons to use an unbounded amount of memory, and it's reasonable to expect unbounded-memory-using applications to have mechanisms which free that memory over time without direct user intervention (eg, manually closing a tab).