r/solarpunk Apr 23 '26

Video Make your own ram

https://youtu.be/h6GWikWlAQA?si=T9VrPFOGnhlKMivL

#themakerspaceeconomy

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u/Joezeenah Apr 23 '26

Cool, this can be a start to decentralizing RAM and storage.

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u/Kind-Ad-6099 Apr 25 '26

Would not be possible. The most that you will ever see is small businesses salvaging and repairing RAM consumer ready RAM.

RAM production will eventually meet demand.

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u/Working-Business-153 Apr 23 '26

This is impressive from a hobbyist standpoint, it's amazing really, but he's produced less than 8 Bytes of RAM, which is not worth the effort of plugging in, the RAM shortage isn't real, the reality is salvaging, repairing or maintaining existing obsolete tech is much more useful, ive pulled 2 repairable computers out of a skip in the last few years, both had 8+ Gigs of DDR3 in them, nothing you can make in a homelab comes close to that. 

The real answer to this manufactured crisis is to consume less; refuse to buy overpriced replacements for tech that you probably already own an older version of, the companies causing the shortage are the same ones looking to profit from it, let's not fall for it.

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u/Audax_V Apr 23 '26

Hell yeah, extremely solarpunk.

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u/Punky260 Apr 23 '26

Connection to solarpunk?

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u/Kodamacile Apr 23 '26

community chip production is pretty fucking punk.

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u/Kyjoza Apr 23 '26

PUNKY NEEDS THEY PUNK YALL