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I have bad news for you my friend. Everything is a workaround. You do workaround your family, you do workaround your kids and you do workaround your health. Yo

I have bad news for you my friend. Everything is a workaround. You do workaround your family, you do workaround your kids and you do workaround your health. You have seat-belts on your car? Is that a fix or a workaround? Because a fix would be to actually have a car that doesn't crash at all. But would not be economically viable. You have plastic insulator around your electricity wires to prevent you getting electric shock. Is that a fix or a workaround? Because a fix would be to actually have continuous current at max 12V as power lines. But that's not economically viable. You have kids going to school and strangers are educating your kids a good portion of their life, molding them sometime against your values. Is that a fix or a workaround? Because a fix would be to have them home-schooled under your eye. But that's not economically viable. I can do this all day.

abraae 6y ago
> You have plastic insulator around your electricity wires to prevent you getting electric shock. Is that a fix or a workaround? Because a fix would be to actually have continuous current at max 12V as power lines. But that's not economically viable. Your examples are wanting. Wires are also insulated to stop them from touching each other, not just to prevent electrocution. A 12V wire touching another can definitely result in sparks and fire. It can even amputate your finger if you bridge with your wedding ring. In virtually all situations wire needs insulation - it's a feature not a workaround.
- unnouinceput 6y ago
  Did you know that when they first implemented electricity they just buried them pinned with nails on wood, no insulation? Back then insulating wires was more expensive than just eating energy losses via running current. Like I said, it all comes down to economics.
  - mikewarot 6y ago
    I'd really like to see evidence of this... if you bury wires directly, the voltage will speed corrosion to the point you won't have wires after a few weeks at best.
    - MagnumOpus 6y ago
      Buried them behind drywall and ceilings, not in dirt. Look up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knob-and-tube_wiring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knob-and-tube_wiring that is in some cases operational even after a century.
nullsense 6y ago
>You have seat-belts on your car? Is that a fix or a workaround? Because a fix would be to actually have a car that doesn't crash at all. But would not be economically viable. Lmao. I like this perspective. I guess all if life is basically a workaround to not dying.
Const-me 6y ago
Multithreaded software is all over the place. The process on my PC implementing this browser tab has 38 threads. For experienced developer using the right tools/architecture it's not even that expensive to develop.

abraae 6y ago

> You have plastic insulator around your electricity wires to prevent you getting electric shock. Is that a fix or a workaround? Because a fix would be to actually have continuous current at max 12V as power lines. But that's not economically viable. Your examples are wanting. Wires are also insulated to stop them from touching each other, not just to prevent electrocution. A 12V wire touching another can definitely result in sparks and fire. It can even amputate your finger if you bridge with your wedding ring. In virtually all situations wire needs insulation - it's a feature not a workaround.

unnouinceput 6y ago
Did you know that when they first implemented electricity they just buried them pinned with nails on wood, no insulation? Back then insulating wires was more expensive than just eating energy losses via running current. Like I said, it all comes down to economics.
- mikewarot 6y ago
  I'd really like to see evidence of this... if you bury wires directly, the voltage will speed corrosion to the point you won't have wires after a few weeks at best.
  - MagnumOpus 6y ago
    Buried them behind drywall and ceilings, not in dirt. Look up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knob-and-tube_wiring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knob-and-tube_wiring that is in some cases operational even after a century.

nullsense 6y ago

>You have seat-belts on your car? Is that a fix or a workaround? Because a fix would be to actually have a car that doesn't crash at all. But would not be economically viable. Lmao. I like this perspective. I guess all if life is basically a workaround to not dying.

Const-me 6y ago

Multithreaded software is all over the place. The process on my PC implementing this browser tab has 38 threads. For experienced developer using the right tools/architecture it's not even that expensive to develop.