Sam Altman Thinks You're Wasting DRAM
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#26Peak rank
1Days on list
–Score · 7d
Oct 30, 2026First seen
On Hacker News
- Points
- 18
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- 18
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- dutchbrit
- Posted
- Oct 30, 2026
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- frvr.com
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Trending history
Sam Altman Thinks You're Wasting DRAM was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Oct 30, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 1 check on 1 different day. Its best position was #26 of 30, reached on Oct 30, 17:07 UTC. It dropped off the list after Oct 30, 17:07 UTC.
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Got piles of dram and consumer GPUs racked locally generating 100% of my tokens with complete privacy and sovereignty on my own property. Sam Altman can eat my entire ass.
In a sense, I think everyone knew it was coming. Historically speaking, in US at least, there initially may be a notable number of upstarts, but those numbers quickly dwindle to form oligopolies. That is how we end up with 3 million cereal types, but 2-3 companies controlling them. The same repeats throughout most…
Two statements can be true and he stated one of them. Sam is not wrong. 1. Local inference can cause a large under-utilization of resources from users that do not run local inference hardware at capacity over the hardwares lifespan. This is under-utilization and under-utilization is not optimal from an economics…
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Is Sam Altman Thinks You're Wasting DRAM trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Oct 30, 17:07 UTC, after 1 day of trending.
What is the highest rank Sam Altman Thinks You're Wasting DRAM reached?
#26 on Hacker News · Front page, on Oct 30, 17:07 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has Sam Altman Thinks You're Wasting DRAM been trending?
It was first seen on Oct 30, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (1 check) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
18 points and 18 comments; submitted by dutchbrit on Oct 30, 2026.