If we all exist in a simulation, what will happen once we start running out of RAM? (lemm.ee)

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Assuming our simulation is not designed to auto-scale (and our Admins don’t know how to download more RAM), what kind of side effects could we see in the world if the underlying system hosting our simulation began running out of resources?

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

The universe starts swapping

this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2024

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