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Great, now that we have this new fast hardware, time for developers to make everything 2x slower again.
by sim_card_map 6y ago
Great, now that we have this new fast hardware, time for developers to make everything 2x slower again.
- eganist 6y agoIt's not far from reality; suddenly there's 100% more capacity for analytics and behavioral tracking. God I hate this timeline.
- Yetanfou 6y agoThen opt out of it by blocking all that tracking and those analytics as well as those spurious a/b tests. While you're at it you might as well block any and all "social functionality". This way they get to play with their new toys without bothering you.
- jaredtn 6y agoDo all technical advances make you feel sad? Why hang out on Hacker News then?
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- cknoxrun 6y agoIt's actually a legitimate phenomenon: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15643663 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15643663
- sooheon 6y agoSee also Parkinson's law: "Work expands to fill the time available for it's completion"
- smnrchrds 6y agoAlso the famous Jevons paradox.
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- aYsY4dDQ2NrcNzA 6y agoBlinn’s Law “As technology advances, the rendering time remains constant.” https://www.fxguide.com/fxfeatured/founders-series-industry-legend-jim-blinn/ https://www.fxguide.com/fxfeatured/founders-series-industry-...
- geodel 6y agoNot all but software related in general and Javascript/Electron related in particular any advance make me sad. I hang out on HN to find comfort in fact that others also feel crappy software hosing all the hardware advances.
- sys_64738 6y agoRemember what happened with the last great speed increase from spinners to SSD. They speed up was as dramatic as the bloat added in the past decade to slow it down. One of the worst offenders is Apple though.