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humans started their first 300k years as nomads – storing was just impossible and decrufing happened by itself when moving along. So maybe that's why we're not
by mro_name 5y ago
humans started their first 300k years as nomads – storing was just impossible and decrufing happened by itself when moving along.
So maybe that's why we're not good at it yet.
- hinkley 5y agoBeing a renter definitely kept me lighter for a long time. When you have to box things up over and over you find that the physical and mental energy around keeping it aren’t adding up. I wonder if migrating from cloud to cloud would simulate this experience.
- travisgriggs 5y agoTwo space garbage collector in action right there. Maybe all things software need a "move it or lose it" impetus. Features in apps, old data, you name it. If you've gotta keep transferring/translating it, it would definitely pare things down.
- mro_name 5y agomaybe reuse is inferior to re-implement. Moderately re-inventing wheels may be beneficial. What may be a threshold?
- Bayart 5y agoBeing a renter just taught me to batch my $STUFF I/O to minimize read-writes to disk and maximize available low-latency space. ie. fill my bags to the brim with shit I didn't plan using whenever I'd go to my parents'.
- fomine3 5y agoAlso hoarding digital data is far easier than real. I wish I could have grep on real space.