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> I cannot perceive that today's computer is 100x faster or more than 20-30 years ago Seems pretty obvious when comparing, say, Duke Nukem 3D with Far Cry 5. O
by afterburner 6y ago
> I cannot perceive that today's computer is 100x faster or more than 20-30 years ago
Seems pretty obvious when comparing, say, Duke Nukem 3D with Far Cry 5. Or Wolfenstein 3D with Assassin's Creed Odyssey.
- ncmncm 6y agoIn certain limited domains, increased hardware capability shows up in proportionally more useful or meaningful results. In most uses the difference is squandered on eye candy or abstraction overhead. We see it in video game rendering and weather prediction, but not in web page presentation, where it is squandered on pointless animation.
- afterburner 6y agoIt's not web pages that have driven the demand for more and more processing power. This is a very web-programming-centric way of looking at things.
- ncmncm 6y agoI don't understand this remark. It seemed to me weather-prediction-centric.