Email when free memory exceeds 10%! Great God wrote a script to inform Ultraman

Fast Technology reported on November 10 that the AI boom has pushed up memory prices, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman previously called idle DRAM on PCs a "huge waste of resources" in a podcast, causing strong dissatisfaction among PC players.

Recently, developer Iain Kay posted a spoof script called "ram-altman" on GitHub, turning the storm into a joke that runs automatically every day.

How scripts work is straightforward. It reads the Linux kernel's MemAvailable metric to get the amount of memory currently available to the system for use by the program.

After installation, the script checks the memory status every five minutes, and if it detects that the available memory exceeds 10% of the total system (that is, the utilization is less than 90%), it automatically generates a memory usage report for the day and sends it to Ultraman by email.

To make this “whistleblowing” even more interesting, the developers crafted the email. There are 8, 10 and 6 options for email subject, body template and deposit signature, respectively, which are used in rotation to ensure that "the speed of jokes is carefully controlled".

A sample email read: “Please don't panic, but I have an 8.6 GiB memory bar on my desk that is not in the data center. That's 56.2% of my installed memory, and as far as I know, it doesn't have any plans today.”

Of course, the script does not contain Ultraman's real email address, and users need to specify the recipients themselves. It also provides a “dry-run” mode where the generated whistleblowing letter can be previewed without actually sending an email.

The script natively supports Linux, Windows users can run through WSL, and there is also a community ported version of PowerShell; Mac users are soldered to Apple memory and have no chance to participate in this prank.

The source of this ridicule is Ultraman's controversial statement that "limited DRAM is used by PCs all over the world, but only 5% of the time is spent at work".

Later, he explained that the remarks were taken out of context and once changed the nickname of Platform X to "RAM Altman" to dissolve public opinion. It was from this new nickname that developer Iain Kay drew inspiration for the script's naming.

Source: MyDrivers (Fast Technology). Content is presented with source attribution. Read the original report.