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Yes, definitely. I feel a profound sense of despair when we purchase a mobile device with the most cutting-edge CPU and insane amount of memory, and proceed to
by dmitrybrant 4y ago
Yes, definitely.
I feel a profound sense of despair when we purchase a mobile device with the most cutting-edge CPU and insane amount of memory, and proceed to saddle it with a bloated VM that's designed to guardrail and protect the device from even more bloated, leaky, crashy, unresponsive apps.
And when we purchase a new desktop workstation, equipped with even more staggering horsepower, we're totally OK with installing software that makes itself comfortable by consuming large fractions of this horsepower without any apparent need, all because the amazing hardware is able to mask the awfulness of the software.
- SQueeeeeL 4y agoYeah, I feel an immense loss of "art" in modern software. Very specific example, but looking back at the sheer beauty of innovation to program the original Pokemon on a Gameboy, with it's complex compression schemes and systems to render the menus and battles. Compared to today where they release a $60 "next-gen" Pokemon game with massive performance issues and huge graphical bugs. It's just kinda sad to see software become so industrialized and commodified.
- Canada 4y ago> and proceed to saddle it with a bloated VM that's designed to guardrail and protect the device from even more bloated, leaky, crashy, unresponsive app Blaaah. Ship it and enjoy the moment!!