> Now you have to target highly mobile devices with small batteries traveling at high speed in metal tubes connecting to unreliable networks. In another commen

> Now you have to target highly mobile devices with small batteries traveling at high speed in metal tubes connecting to unreliable networks. In another comment[1], I called your earlier characterization a motte-and-bailey[2]. I'd wager it was probably not deliberate in that case. I have to think, though, that you're at least aware of how intellectually dishonest this move is. Compare like for like. The existence of my phone, running a completely different system and set of applications, has _no_ bearing on how responsive to input an entirely separate machine in a traditional laptop/desktop form factor is or explain why the state of things should have degraded over the last ~10–20 years. 1. <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36115622 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36115622> 2. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey_argument https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey_argument>