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I'm not sure I understand. When the "old paradigm" was new, computing power was much more limited. They couldn't afford to "burn" any computing power. But it's
by jaystraw 3y ago
I'm not sure I understand. When the "old paradigm" was new, computing power was much more limited. They couldn't afford to "burn" any computing power. But it's only stuck around, because now we have more computing power? That doesn't make sense
- wpietri 3y agoYou might read some Kuhn. Paradigms change when the old one becomes unsupportable. But the vast increase in computing power per dollar means we can waste a lot of it without it being economically uncomfortable. Well, most of us. A good check on this is a podcast where Dr Kevin Bowers is interviewed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlzWM5GKQT8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlzWM5GKQT8 He works for a financial trading firm, where the competitive nature of it means that every processor cycle counts. For him, older paradigms are perplexing and irritating, because they are major barriers to getting the most out of the hardware.