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The "You can do surprising things when you have 64 kilobytes of fast RAM" ad made me realize how little we appreciate the abundant resources we are lucky to hav
by dvfjsdhgfv 9y ago
The "You can do surprising things when you have 64 kilobytes of fast RAM" ad made me realize how little we appreciate the abundant resources we are lucky to have these days...
- dTal 9y agoYup. Amusingly that statement is every bit as true today as it was in 1979, although the surprise may be of a somewhat different character.
- marktangotango 9y agoThat's why size hack contest are so much fun, like 4K intros, or java4k games.
- agumonkey 9y agoMainstream consumerism lowers the average. It goes from a craft of people with a little bit of insights to a social status toy lost in brands and appearances. Sadly it's self sustaining, since users only care about "fast", but the average program isn't made for that, giving the opportunity to offer more ram and more GHz to satisfy the needs of the customer (freemarket ftw).
- mhh__ 9y agoThe amount of RAM that some programs use these days still makes me sad.