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minus-squareomarfw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoWhat does one use that much DDR for?
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 hours agoWeb browser tabs. (I only have 64GB, but that’s my answer. Firefox still eventually runs out of memory and crashes, BTW. Not blaming the browser itself; I think there’s a memory leak in the JS in some of the tabs I keep open.)
minus-squareomarfw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoInteresting. I use tons of bookmarks and close tabs/firefox frequently so I often forget that web browsers are capable of using that much memory.
What does one use that much DDR for?
Web browser tabs.
(I only have 64GB, but that’s my answer. Firefox still eventually runs out of memory and crashes, BTW. Not blaming the browser itself; I think there’s a memory leak in the JS in some of the tabs I keep open.)
Interesting. I use tons of bookmarks and close tabs/firefox frequently so I often forget that web browsers are capable of using that much memory.