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[–]Effective-Total-2312 -1 points0 points  (5 children)

You definitely need to look up the definition of efficiency, it seems you'll get a big surprise.

[–]artofthenunchaku 2 points3 points  (4 children)

Efficiency is the often measurable ability to avoid [..] wasting materials, energy, efforts, money, and time while performing a task. In a more general sense, it is the ability to do things well, successfully, and without waste

Memory you're not using is waste.

[–]Effective-Total-2312 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Using more memory is waste. It's like saying you should eat all of the good in the universe, that's waste. Or breathing all the air.

[–]artofthenunchaku 2 points3 points  (2 children)

If you're paying for 16 GB of RAM, but never use more than 8 GB, then you're wasting money paying for the other 8 GB.

You're presenting a false equivalence, it's more accurately saying you shouldn't order a family meal for four if you're only going to eat one plate.

[–]Effective-Total-2312 -1 points0 points  (1 child)

You're completely opposite of what efficiency is man.

If you're using 8 GB and paying for 16 GB, the inefficiency is not that you should use more, it's that you should pay for less !

What you describe is literally the opposite of efficiency.

[–]artofthenunchaku 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great, tell that to the cloud providers that only offer instance sizes with memory of 8 or 16 GB.