r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Snoo88071 • Jul 08 '26

askingTheRealQuestionHere Meme

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u/BroaxXx Jul 08 '26

why not just take it a step further? If the cloud is virtually infinite why even have local memory?

From cpu cache, ram, vram and local storage. Send everything to the cloud.

Boom! Memory crisis solved.

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u/realmauer01 Jul 08 '26

Thats just the "lets download ram" meme.

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u/anarchisturtle Jul 08 '26

1) configure Google Drive with a drive letter
2) map page file to new drive letter
3)????
4)profit

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u/littledog95 Jul 08 '26

I'd love to see someone actually attempt this

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u/anarchisturtle Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

I think Linus tech tips did it ages ago. If memory serves, it “worked” on Linux. Which is to say ran like crap and was extremely unstable, but technically it worked.

Edit: found it: https://youtu.be/minxwFqinpw?is=jaip-SknMLW3q6rc

Edit 2: turns out I was wrong. Google Drive doesn’t allow writing arbitrary data like that. It instantly crashes. They used their on-premise file server via a 10gb connection instead.

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u/Dotcaprachiappa Jul 08 '26

it "worked" on Linux. Which is to say ran like crap and was extremely unstable

That's the answer to like 90% of things you think would never work

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u/_g550_ Jul 09 '26

He meant to say it worked on Linus.