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RAM kits ship with a fake stick for psychological relief

development2026-03-16

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The memory shortage has become acute enough that RAM kits now ship with one fake stick alongside one real one, offering what sellers describe as desperate psychological relief.

Reporting date: 2026-03-16 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to March 16, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Welcome to March 16, 2026

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Apple withdraws a configuration as the memory shortage reaches Cupertino

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RAM kits ship with a fake stick for psychological relief
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-03-16
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-03-16-fake-ram-sticks-for-comfort
Claim: The memory shortage has become acute enough that RAM kits now ship with one fake stick alongside one real one, offering what sellers describe as desperate psychological relief.
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- Welcome to March 16, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-march-16-2026
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