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From: John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Shutdown - 25 Years Later
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 07:45:51 -0700
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On Fri, 25 Apr 2025 23:15:25 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

> > Fair enough. As long as those solutions work.. =20
>=20
> Or you could, you know, simply configure your kernel to say =E2=80=9Cno,
> sorry, there=E2=80=99s not enough RAM for that=E2=80=9D.

The whole idea of *not* doing that - pretending that resources are
infinite and arbitrarily murdering on the sly to maintain the fiction -
is utterly baffling to me. I'm curious what the rationale is behind it.