• LemmyPlaceDN@europe.pub
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    I bought my somewhat high-end PC in late 2025, two months before RAMageddon. Two people advised me against it. They said it wasn’t a good time to buy because prices were already a bit high. I’m glad I didn’t follow their advice.

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      I bought my machine a week before the true ramocalypse. Prices were high, and 128GB of RAM was like 30% of my budget already, but literally the following week prices rose to the point that I would not have been able to afford any of that

      Fuck AI

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    Decommissioned VM host my company was getting ready to toss out.

    It’s all DDR4, but even that shit is expensive now.

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    Bought 128GB for €140 a couple years back, amazing deal looking back.

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      Yup that’s pretty much me… “Well I’ve got these ports and RAM isn’t expensive so let’s go!”

      Haven’t yet needed it really but it’s nice to know it’s there.

  • WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today
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    I got a 12 GB RAM S10…

    …not long after, I hear the news that the new flagships will have 12 GB RAM instead of 16 that were planned.

    The value sure went up.

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    I still have 32 GB of DDR in my drawer from when I upgraded to 64. I am too afraid to sell it because my current ram might break.

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    I hate myself for thinking that “no, I don’t need an upgrade just because, I’m fine with what I have” one year ago (and I was also hesitant because of the dying CPUs on AM5). 32 ain’t cutting it for me any more, I’m aiming for 96 or 128, but definitely not before this whole thing blows over.

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      I’ve lost a lot more than one.

      I can’t quite figure out the timeline of the jobs I’ve had. Memories of things that happened on those jobs don’t line up with when I think I was on the jobs. I feel like I have the order all mixed up.

      Recently, I was trying to remember the name of one of my old girlfriends. I can picture her clearly, but her name is gone. It will probably come to me at some point.

      This is shit you think about when you get old. If you want to remember these things, start a journal, and keep it. You think you can’t possibly forget, but you do.

      (Yeah, I know you meant memory sticks.)

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    And those of us with servers pray every day a stick won’t fail. But at least people can talk to robots and make slop on demand…

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      I have a backup R740 that I got in case I needed the extra capacity. It’s my donor now, or could be my retirement plan since it has 256GB in it.

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      My NAS is starting to act up and I have no idea what I’m going to do. I’ve got it all backed up but it’s basically deep cold storage (hard drive at a friend’s house in a different state). When it goes I’m cooked.

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        Yeah a drive failure is my biggest worry now. 12TB drives aren’t cheap. Luckily I got an extra when prices started going up as a warm backup.