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> We got to the moon with a computer less powerful than my microwave. Can that computer show a GUI with multiple videos playing simultaneously surrounded by UI
by lomnakkus 8y ago
> We got to the moon with a computer less powerful than my microwave.
Can that computer show a GUI with multiple videos playing simultaneously surrounded by UI elements where multipile peripherials (mouse, touchscreen) can control their display area, all the while running two compilers (C++, Scala), and indidentally also running a Virtual Machine, etc. etc?
"Get to the moon" is an absurdly simplistic way to view complexity and it does your argument no favours.
(That's not to underplay getting to the moon. It's an amazing achievement, but if you look at the resources/humans poured into the project, it's actually not that amazing that it was possible.)