Thanks for the added insights! I haven't used it myself, so appreciated.
Linux has a second, similar "compressed memory" feature called zswap. This guy has used both, and thinks that if someone is using a system with NVMe, that zswap is preferable.
https://linuxblog.io/zswap-better-than-zram/
Based on his take, zram is probably a better choice for that rotational-disk Celeron, but if you're running Cities: Skylines on newer hardware, I'm wondering if zswap might be more advantageous.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II
The original retail price of the computer was US$1,298 (equivalent to $6,700 in 2024)[18][19] with 4 KB of RAM and US$2,638 (equivalent to $13,700 in 2024) with the maximum 48 KB of RAM.
Few people actually need a full 48KB of RAM, but if you have an extra $6k lying around, it can be awfully nice.
TECO's kinda-sorta emacs's parent in sorta the same way that ed kinda-sorta is vi's parent.
I compiled and tried out a Linux port the other day due to a discussion on editors we were having on the Threadiverse, so was ready to mind. Similar interface to ed, also designed to run on teletypes.
It's a compressed RAM drive being used as swap backing. The kernel's already got the functionality to have multiple tiers of priority for storage; this just leverages that. Like, you have uncompressed memory, it gets exhausted and you push some out to compressed memory, that gets exhausted and you push it out to swap on NVMe or something, etc.
Kinda like RAM Doubler of yesteryear, same sort of thing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zram
zram, formerly called compcache, is a Linux kernel module for creating a compressed block device in RAM, i.e. a RAM disk with on-the-fly disk compression. The block device created with zram can then be used for swap or as general-purpose RAM disk. The two most common uses for zram are for the storage of temporary files (/tmp) and as a swap device. Initially, zram had only the latter function, hence the original name "compcache" ("compressed cache"). Unlike swap, zram only uses 0.1% of the maximum size of the disk when not in use.[1]
Open-source RAM is better.
Many text editors today just load the whole file into RAM.
been the case for decades
One data point: emacs normally loads the whole file, unless you're using the vlf package or similar.
TECO and ed might not. Dunno.
Another user in the BlueSky thread showed a photo that appears to be a Best Buy case of RAM, showing a 32GB set of two DDR5 DIMMs going for over $400 USD, a 64GB kit for over $900.
If I hit Google Shopping, which indexes a ton of retailer sites, I can find 2x16GB DDR5 DIMMs for far less than that at various retailers that haven't jacked up prices yet.
https://www.google.com/shopping?udm=28
My first hit for "2x16gb 32gb ddr5" sorted by price is this:
https://pcpartshawaii.com/products/kingston-fury-ddr5-32gb-2x16gb-5200mhz-cl40-ram
Kingston Fury DDR5 32GB (2x16GB) 5600MHz CL40 RAM KF556C40BBK2-32
$100.00
They say that they have two in stock.
These guys are next lowest:
https://www.barcodediscount.com/catalog/kingston/part-kcp548us8k2-32.htm
Price: $103.06
IIRC from an earlier article, they're still looking at factors and don't yet know for sure (I suspect that it might be that Trump tariffs and whether they will stand is an input).
I mean, it's fine to do so, as long as you have PC hardware that meets your needs. Valve would be fine with it too. As long as it can run Steam, all good. For Valve, I expect that the Steam Machine is to provide an easy-to-set-up option a la consoles that let them move into the living room for people who have an issue with that. If you can already use/configure a PC and have one, then that option is gonna work too.
Unless he commits a crime, RFK serves as long as Trump is in office and wants him there.
Trump won't be removed in the midterms. He's in until 2028 (well, early 2029).
You might
probably will
get Democrats taking the House and being able to launch investigations into some Trump administration stuff after the midterms. But they can't remove RFK.
I can only imagine that maybe all the mentions of "brain" in this article is something in common with Vice's recreational drug articles.