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The RAM shortage is coming for everything you care about (www.theverge.com)
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[–] huquad@lemmy.ml 42 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Back in my day, we downloaded ram. 8GB at a time.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I downloaded a gallon of cum and my parents got really mad

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Kids these days don't know the pain of LimeWire

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

no I never had to use that crap

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nutsack doesn't know the pain of downloading gallon-of_jizz.vid.exe and completely fragging the family pc

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

no i never did this one time even because i am a genius

[–] null@lemmy.org 5 points 3 weeks ago

Which was used to then download a car.

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I believe that's the plan for the future, too. Conglomo A owns all the RAM, but we can rent access.

[–] huquad@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I hate that this is the plan. Time to burn it all down

[–] jali67@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago

Exactly. No loyalty to this system. The only solution is to destroy it.