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"Coded in assembly language 59 years ago, the IMF seems small, at 200,000 lines of code. But the nature of assembler is that each line does a lot. Somehow repli
by jiveturkey42 5y ago
"Coded in assembly language 59 years ago, the IMF seems small, at 200,000 lines of code. But the nature of assembler is that each line does a lot. Somehow replicating the logic in a more contemporary language has resisted efforts dating back a couple of decades."
Considering that average IQ has been dropping for decades in developed countries, one has to begin wondering if we are even capable of building code or infrastructure as well as they did 50-70 years ago
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- asperous 5y agoIQ has actually been increasing https://ourworldindata.org/intelligence#by-country https://ourworldindata.org/intelligence#by-country
- zionic 5y agoThat’s only until 2013. As of 2020 the consensus is that the Flynn effect has reversed. We are in cognitive decline now.
- mrlonglong 5y agoI've a theory it's bad food and poor farming practices plus pollution that's causing the issues?
- zionic 5y agoThat's certainly one of the more charitable theories.
- dghlsakjg 5y agoTechnically the average IQ has always been exactly 100 if I’m not mistaken…