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>Sometimes I try to imagine what things would be like if people were still trying to optimize their stuff as if it were to be ran on a 16mhz machine with a few
by AussieWog93 5y ago
>Sometimes I try to imagine what things would be like if people were still trying to optimize their stuff as if it were to be ran on a 16mhz machine with a few kb of ram
People (mainly EEEs) still do this in the embedded space, where most hardware interaction is done my directly writing to/reading from registers.
Latency for most things is on the order of 100ns - 10us, maybe 1ms or so if you're using a particularly slow serial bus.
- LanceH 5y agoThey need to turn their attention to the pumps at the gas station near me, which seem to be optimized for ear piercing beeps with each key press. I realize the blind may need feedback while they fill up their car, but surely if they can hear well enough to drive they can hear a normal beep.
- ComputerGuru 5y agoAll the gas stations near me have been spending all their R&D budget on publishing advertisements. They have loud mini TVs embedded into the pump that you can’t turn off churning out lowest dregs of society crap and ads on full blast while you pump. It’s now a conflict of interest for them to prioritize pump maintenance and upgrades because the faster you finish pumping the less ad money they make.