[trvz]

Soldered RAM being bad is an opinion, not a fact.

I’ve seen way too many RAM slots go bad.

Smart people always get the highest configuration in computers, unless they know they’ll never need some of the resources and can tolerate a lower option.

[yjftsjthsd-h]

> Smart people always get the highest configuration in computers

Smart rich people, maybe. Have you got the money for extra RAM right now?

[trvz]

It's implied. Truly smart people manage to become affluent.

[defrost]

The legendary wealth of Paul Erdős was indeed largely of legend alone.

[farfatched]

We've all what a terrible job LLMs do in some problems. But they are doing well at burning down Erdos's list of problems. Perhaps mathematicians aren't a good measure of "truly smart".

[defrost]

If you're seriously taking that angle on comparison .. how well are they doing on generating interesting and challenging Erdős like problems?

[farfatched]

Oh, not that seriously, but it makes me wonder!

[something98]

Why do you assume “truly smart people” care about affluence at all?

[bpye]

You've seen RAM slots go bad? DIMMs can also fail!

I'd much rather replace a bad stick than a whole motherboard/device.

[evere]

For real. Reballing a chip is hard!

[AnthonyMouse]

> Smart people always get the highest configuration in computers, unless they know they’ll never need some of the resources and can tolerate a lower option.

So if I'm buying a server and it's available with anything between 8GB and 4TB of RAM (the price difference being ~$70,000), and my current use only requires 8GB, how much should I get? There is a 50% chance the project fails and I never need more than 8GB and a 50% chance it succeeds and then I'll need 64GB or 512GB or 4TB depending on how well it goes.

[project2501a]

Not everyone lives in SanFra, my man, and can afford to throw a salary on a lab.