alt Hacker NewsAnd yet in some ways, modern computers feel slower than those from decades ago. Software today is so, so much less efficient than it was back then.
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Capricorn2481 • today at 8:55 PM
Well I had to move music off a 10 year old laptop and I can assure you things aren't slower in the ways that matter. It was borderline unusable. I am happy with SSDs and not getting viruses off of websites, personally.
russfink • today at 4:31 PM
Until recently, it was always cheaper to forego software architecture optimizations and rely on faster hardware, but now with AI I think this changes that calculus.
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In some meaningful ways they are measurably slower.
https://danluu.com/input-lag/