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That's a nice rant, and I don't entirely disagree with you, but it has little to do with my comment.
by sjsdaiuasgdia 4y ago
That's a nice rant, and I don't entirely disagree with you, but it has little to do with my comment.
- hilbert42 4y agoPolitics can change faster than the time it takes to lick a postage stamp and can do so in the most unpredictable ways. That's been a fact of life for the whole of human existence. That said, a processor can do billions of operations in the time it takes to lick a stamp. Thus, there's plenty of leeway there to ensure that computers don't even enter the political equation.
- sjsdaiuasgdia 4y agoMy point is that ergonomics and design is secondary to connectivity (continuous, intermittent, sneakernet, whatever) for a great deal of systems that need to care about time, including the latest political whims regarding time. The fastest processor ever created can't do anything with information it doesn't have.
- hilbert42 4y ago"...with information it doesn't have." That's my point. But when it eventually gets that info it shouldn't be impeded in updating as is the present system.