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Finally I have a valid reason to learn about memory management. It was also hella weird when encountering it.

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[-] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 47 points 7 months ago

Unused memory is wasted memory

[-] mmmac@lemmy.zip 23 points 7 months ago

Cloud providers LOVE you with this one quick trick!

[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 3 points 7 months ago

Also goes for mobile. You use more memory and apps get killed.

[-] sus@programming.dev 7 points 7 months ago

and with a good enough leak, the amount of unused memory will become negative!

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