Linux script emails Sam Altman unused RAM stats
The gist
Open-source developer Iain Kay released a Bash script that emails Sam Altman daily about idle RAM.
The joke targets Altman's remark that idle PC memory is wasted scarce DRAM.
How it unfolded
- Nov 4, 2026Altman posted on X that he does want the world to have tons of memory and that it was annoying his words were taken out of context; he briefly changed his X display name to "Ram Altman".
- Nov 6, 2026Trendshift recorded the IainKay/ram-altman repository gaining +0 stars and +1 fork.
- Nov 7, 2026The repository gained +12 stars.
Key terms
- Bash script
- A text file of commands run by Bash, the free Unix shell used for automation.
- cron
- A time-based job scheduler in Unix-like operating systems that runs scheduled tasks, called cron jobs, at fixed times or intervals.
- DRAM
- A type of semiconductor memory that stores data in capacitors and is widely used as main memory in computers.
Source: Wikipedia