themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agoScientist 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 decadeswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1297 cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltechnology@beehaw.orgpcmasterrace@lemmy.worldtechnology@midwest.social
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minus-squarerabidhamster@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·13 hours agoOf course a chat program needs a 4GB electron app. That’s the bare minimum to match 1990s ICQ.
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 hours agoThere are plenty of IRC clients that don’t use electron.
minus-squareBlackVenom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 hours agoI 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.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 hours agoI remember moaning about icq gobbling 75k.
Of course a chat program needs a 4GB electron app. That’s the bare minimum to match 1990s ICQ.
There are plenty of IRC clients that don’t use electron.
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.
I remember moaning about icq gobbling 75k.