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I used it for virtual machines and Docker containers.
One docker container per VM just to maximise the ram usage.
I realise that you are making a joke, but here's what I used it for:
- Debian VM as my main desktop
- Debian VN as my main Docker host
- Windows VM for a historical application
- Debian VM for signal processing
- Debian VM for a CNC
At times only the first two or three were running. I had dozens of purpose built VM directories for clients, different hardware emulation, version testing, video conferencing, immutable testing, data analysis, etc.
My hardware failed in June last year. I didn't lose any data, but the hardware has proven hard to replace. Mind you, it worked great for a decade, so, swings and roundabouts.
I'm currently investigating, evaluating and costing running all of this in AWS. Whilst it's technically feasible, I'm not yet convinced of actual suitability.
costing running all of this in AWS
The cost will be oh, so much more than you're expecting. I have not been at a shop where they didn't later go "oh shit. Repatriate that stuff so it doesn't cost us a mint."
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I unironically do this in proxmox. Keeps things nice and separate and i still have plenty ram left.
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You could run a Java program, but you'd quickly run out of ram.
Sell it to somebody at a medium, medium cost who needs it
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Compressed swap (zram)
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Compiling large C++ programs with many threads
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Virtual machines
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Video encoding
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Many Firefox tabs
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Games
Run a fairly large LLM on your CPU so you can get the finest of questionable problem solving at a speed fast enough to be workable but slow enough to be highly annoying.
This has the added benefit of filling dozens of gigabytes of storage that you probably didn't know what to do with anyway.
I have 16 GB of RAM and recently tried running local LLM models. Turns out my RAM is a bigger limiting factor than my GPU.
And, yeah, docker's always taking up 3-4 GB.
vram would help even more i think
Keep (checks math) 3 more tabs open in chrome.
Fold At Home!
You can essentially donate your processing power to various science projects that need it to compute protein folding simulations. I used to run it whenever I wasn't actively using my PC. This does cost electricity and increase rate of wear and tear on the device, as with any sustained high computational load. But it's cool! :]
Does additional 32 GB of RAM actually help there? I'd assume this is mostly CPU-intensive work.
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You could use it to finally level off that wobbly table in the kitchen.
700 Chrome tabs, a very bloated IDE, an Android emulator, a VM, another Android emulator, a bunch of node.js processes (and their accompanying chrome processes)
Run a local LLM
If you are on Linux and I guess windows but nor sure. You already use it for cache. So you can never have enough ram. As long as it's the same speed of your existing ram or you will screw yourself in preformence.
I'm on CachyOS. I made sure to enable DOCP and it's running at 3600mhz
Download DeepSeek's 64B model.
I actually did. I deleted it as soon as I realized it wouldn't tell me about the Tiananmen Square Massacre.
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You could make /tmp a ramdisk which probably has some speed benefits.
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You never have to close a browser tab again. If a window is full just minimize it and start a new one!
I hate having more than 5 open at a time. Apparently this is not normal.
I do the same. Spare tabs are bad and drain data.
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Open 1000 instances of vim
Store your Firefox profile and all tabs in RAM for snappier browsing: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Firefox/Profile_on_RAM
I can take 'em off your hands. Three fiddy.
God damn Loch Ness Monster, get your own damn memory!
Here's what you can do with your impressive 64 GB of RAM:
Store approximately 8.1 quintillion (that's 8,100,000,000,000,000) zeros! Yes, that's right, an endless ocean of nothingness that will surely bring balance to the universe.
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Be in virtual machine heaven
im sorry but you can't do anything with it i guess you're fucked
Same thing you can do with half a hole. Fix it to keep your mind from wandering.
The best thing about having a lot of RAM is that you can have a ton of apps open with a ton of windows without closing them or slowing down. I have an unreasonable number of browser windows and tabs open because that's my equivalent to bookmarking something to come back and read it later. It's similar to if you're the type of person for whom stuff accumulates on flat surfaces cause you just set stuff down intending to deal with it later. My desk is similarly cluttered with books, bills, accessories, etc.
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Photogrammetry (with Meshroom) or 3D scanning (point cloud alignments and processing has some beast requirements).
Meshroom would gladly use any resources it can find within a 20 mile radius.
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Run a LOT of VMs