With no end in sight for the global memory crisis, has anyone considered optimizing the kernel for rotational HDDs since SSDs are absurdly overpriced? For instance* overcommit memory doesn't make compiling #rustlang any faster. Ideas?@rustaceans We wrongly assumed the technology would make like Moore's Law. Instead, economic realities made the substrate of computation scarce for the long term. If so, the software of the People's future ought to be tunable to the contingencies of scarcity. #MemoryCrisis #SSD #HHD #RAM #RAMpocalypse #ChipsAct #rust #AI #DigitalDemocracy #Tech@jbz @fedora @fedora_fr @debian

WD has said they've sold out all of 2026 production to data centers.

No, I haven't, interaction bot.

The crisis will end when the chinese companies take over. And I swear by god... I will thankfully buy from them for supporting common people like us.

I hope those greedy assholes go broke with their imaginary "AI profits".

I just want the system to be able to run without RAM, solely on swap. I will take the slowdowns associated with it at this point as long as it runs.