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> I’d like to approach this differently, and think about what it would have cost United Airlines to do it “the right way”, versus what value it brings them. Fo
by arcticbull 5y ago
> I’d like to approach this differently, and think about what it would have cost United Airlines to do it “the right way”, versus what value it brings them.
For a 5-screen 50MB app, sure. For a 5-screen 500MB app that falls pretty flat.
[edit] You could fit all of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 or Final Fantasy VII for PS2 in the same amount of space.
- andai 5y agoWindows 95 required 4MB of RAM and 50-55MB of disk space.
- Krustopolis 5y agoAnd sucked.
- anthk 5y agoWindows 2000 was much more stable and yet the install was far less than a GB. On RAM, with 128 MB was pretty snappy.
- throw10920 5y agoExactly - badness of waste is non-linear. An application that's 4x as large as necessary is more than twice as bad as one that's 2x as large as necessary. A candy bar which is 5% packaging and 95% candy by mass is alright. A candy bar which is 50% packaging and 50% candy is horrifying.
- fennecfoxen 5y agoIt's not that scary. https://www.sugarfina.com/valentines-day-mini-candy-trunk https://www.sugarfina.com/valentines-day-mini-candy-trunk
- fennecfoxen 5y ago... It looks like this link died a short while after I posted it so have the non-holiday equivalent: https://www.sugarfina.com/design-your-own-9-piece-mini-candy-trunk https://www.sugarfina.com/design-your-own-9-piece-mini-candy...
- barbecue_sauce 5y agoAhem, FFVII and THPS2 are Playstation One (PSX) games.
- arcticbull 5y agoThe shame, lol. Your feedback is well deserved.
- anthk 5y agoYou could fit a good chunk of N64 zipped ROMs under a 700MB (a CD). An emulator and Mario 64, Zelda OOT, ISS and 40 games more could be placed under a CD and yet you could fit a good bunch of MP3's in between.