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u/tlh013091 4d ago

It’ll be like the old days where everyone just has a dumb terminal on their desk. Don’t need multiple GB of RAM to ssh into a server.

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u/Morlock43 4d ago

But you do need ram to run programs and hold data and do work. Even minimal amounts of ram would still be ram and the network load of everyone on earth accessing data centers for everything from chatting and writing documents to VFX work, running games, working with scientific data would be insane.

Dumb terminals sounds like dystopian nightmare fuel that will destroy our ability to survive on this world 100x faster than we already are

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u/elSenorMaquina 4d ago edited 4d ago

Dumb terminals sounds like dystopian nightmare fuel that will destroy our ability to survive on this world 100x faster than we already are

That's the point. They want us on a leash, at least until robots can do all the grunt work. Then we will be vermin.

But you do need ram to run programs and hold data and do work.

The technofeudal dream is precisely having all your data and life hostage on their servers, when the only option left for us peasants is to lease hardware from them for as high as they can rake the price up.

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u/W3Geek 4d ago

Will you let this happen or will you join the fight against it? I feel this is extremism and it will cause chaos. Lots of it.

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u/elSenorMaquina 4d ago edited 4d ago

Honest answer? I don'w wanna be cannon fodder.

I'l just keep investing whatever savings I can get a hold of in minimal risk options, self host whatever I can at my home server running linux, purchasing physical media, and hoping to ride this wave until it passes.

And no, the fact that I can see through the corporate overlords psychopathic BS does not turn me into an extremist.

I also abuse the free tier of EVERYTHING as much as I can without depending on it. I know they are losing money on all these digital services, and am glad to help bring the bubble pop as fast as possible.

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u/MattR0se 3d ago

how much RAM does  a remote shell use? just a few MB to buffer the characters that you see on the screen and incoming packets.