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might be a form of Jevons Paradox (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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[–] Cort@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

2011 means it's probably DDR3, which is still fairly affordable

[–] wulrus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

wow, you are right! I didn't bother to check this whole time of needless suffering, but for what I earn with it in less than an hour I could probably buy 2x8 GB DDR-3, lol!

It just seemed a fair assumption that it would be insanely expensive ...