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What was the point in inventing the universal Turing machine if we then just arbitrarily gate it again? Computers were supposed to be different.
by delusional 1y ago
What was the point in inventing the universal Turing machine if we then just arbitrarily gate it again? Computers were supposed to be different.
- s1mplicissimus 1y agoMy personal take is that we currently have way too little hardware/energy available to perform all possible computations, so we want to prioritize some computations over others.
- npteljes 1y agoThe reason is more directly economical. We have more than sufficient energy to not have these gates in question, as demonstrated by people who disable the checks in the win11 installer and have it succeed on "unsupported" hardware. But it might not be worth it, for a profit-oriented company.
- jeroenhd 1y agoThere is no gate. There is only a lack of other people willing to maintain software for you for free. Install ChromeOS Flex or NetBSD or whatever on your Turing machine if you're so inclined.
- npteljes 1y agoWhy not gate it, if it means business? Not to mention, Microsoft is rotten from the very beginning. But to be fair, it's not like the other tech giants are much more philanthropic. For my hurt feelings, I found refuge in the open source community. Like you, I feel betrayed by technology - computers were really supposed to be different - and these guys are actually doing it. It just has a kind of warmth, and respect, that I don't get from Windows since like.... Win 95.