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this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2026
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It's true what he says and not just about RAM but about anything you own.
My car isn't driving most of the time. My drill isn't drilling most of the time and my oven is off most of the time.
That's a huge waste of resources in a macro economic kind of way.
You can't argue with the correctness of his statement. You need other arguments. These arguments exist.
Right, so the logical response would be to collectively own them. But that's not what this parasite wants.
I like the idea of collectively owning the computing power!
Would be nice to be able to buy part of a datacenter instead of renting it.
Defending that an argument CAN be true in an extremely narrow subset is an example of a really stupid argument, and only highlights the stupidity of the original argument.
I didn't mean to imply a narrow subset. Pretty much everything I own is idle and unused most of the time.
I don't think I understand what you're saying, sorry.
Here's a counterargument: The resources wouldn't be scarce if his company didn't buy all of it for exetremely questionable gain. (Three years into the bubble, and AI compute is still being sold at a subsidized rate. You'd think if enough genuine demand existed to justify the buildout, you'd have to pay dearly for any AI use.