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Lol. A stick of 256gb RAM costs ~$3000. 1TB needs 4. 1PB needs 4000. 10PB needs 40,000. So this would be an upfront cost of $120M.

And this doesn't even cover how you'd fit 40,000 sticks of RAM together.


10PB of RAM being only $120M blows my mind, to be honest. I would have guessed that price was closer to the SSD cost for 10PB.


This made me curious about what the SSD cost would be. It looks like you can get a 2TB SSD for $200. So that's $100/TB = $1M for 10PB. Of course prices may be higher for enterprise SSDs and you may need redundancy. Then again, you could probably get a bulk discount at that scale.


I basically never do personal projects any more, and I'm much happier.

At home, I love cross-stitch. I can sit for hours after work just embroidering away.

When I'm at my parents' house, I love helping my dad in his workshop. He himself is an amateur, but he's extremely driven. Previous projects have been furniture for the house, a series of scrabble boards, and lately, jigsaw puzzles. I am now considering getting a jigsaw puzzle setup at home because it's so satisfying to do.

I also love sailing and walking. When I'm walking I'll completely disconnect. I don't even take my phone. I have an old flip phone which I keep switched off, and a GPS tracker with an SOS button that will send a text message if I press it.


Similarly, I love sewing!


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