▲ 514 ▼ Scientist says RAM pricing has risen to normalized 2007 levels, AI shortage undid 20 years of progress in a matter of months — memory prices had been falling exponentially for decades (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 4 days ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 123 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Sheldan@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago (2 children) Everything is a Browser. No chance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] rabidhamster@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 4 days ago (2 children) Of course a chat program needs a 4GB electron app. That's the bare minimum to match 1990s ICQ. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago I remember moaning about icq gobbling 75k. permalink fedilink source parent [–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 4 days ago (1 child) There are plenty of IRC clients that don't use electron. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BlackVenom@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago I think it was a comment on the use case for an app not really changing but the resources to run it bloating significantly.... E.g. software running on a computer with MB of ram then and now the app alone requiring GB. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago (1 child) did you know Edge has a fucking task manager? shift-esc to see the bullshit permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 child) It's a fork of chromium, which has it. AFAIK Firefox also has one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 days ago (1 child) Yeah so does ff permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 days ago TIL, thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rabidhamster@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 4 days ago (2 children) Of course a chat program needs a 4GB electron app. That's the bare minimum to match 1990s ICQ. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago I remember moaning about icq gobbling 75k. permalink fedilink source parent [–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 4 days ago (1 child) There are plenty of IRC clients that don't use electron. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BlackVenom@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago I think it was a comment on the use case for an app not really changing but the resources to run it bloating significantly.... E.g. software running on a computer with MB of ram then and now the app alone requiring GB. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago I remember moaning about icq gobbling 75k. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 4 days ago (1 child) There are plenty of IRC clients that don't use electron. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BlackVenom@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago I think it was a comment on the use case for an app not really changing but the resources to run it bloating significantly.... E.g. software running on a computer with MB of ram then and now the app alone requiring GB. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BlackVenom@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago I think it was a comment on the use case for an app not really changing but the resources to run it bloating significantly.... E.g. software running on a computer with MB of ram then and now the app alone requiring GB. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago (1 child) did you know Edge has a fucking task manager? shift-esc to see the bullshit permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 child) It's a fork of chromium, which has it. AFAIK Firefox also has one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 days ago (1 child) Yeah so does ff permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 days ago TIL, thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 child) It's a fork of chromium, which has it. AFAIK Firefox also has one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 days ago (1 child) Yeah so does ff permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 days ago TIL, thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 days ago (1 child) Yeah so does ff permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 days ago TIL, thanks! permalink fedilink source parent