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There's a question about the right units here. Your CPU performs more operations in its first millisecond* than most mechanical devices do in their entire lifet
by ajb 7mo ago
There's a question about the right units here. Your CPU performs more operations in its first millisecond* than most mechanical devices do in their entire lifetime. So in per operation units, they are staggeringly reliable.
Actual operating life is often determined by the economic feedback loop which causes manufacturers to cut costs until basically all consumer products have roughly the same expected lifetime, regardless of the potential of the underlying technology.
* Or at least, the first millisecond after it starts using its normal operating clock, which might not be the very first millisecond
- TeMPOraL 7mo ago> Actual operating life is often determined by the economic feedback loop which causes manufacturers to cut costs until basically all consumer products have roughly the same expected lifetime, regardless of the potential of the underlying technology. Which is why, despite being a huge BEV proponent, laugh when I hear people say things as "BEV are inherently more reliable due to having no transmission and less moving parts that could break". It might have been true in the early stage, that we're currently at the end of, but we already know that the reliability of a second-hand mid-range ICE car is what market has been bearing for decades, so we can be certain BEVs will be "value-optimized" until they are just as unreliable.
- ssivark 7mo agoBut that also just means that BEVs will become way cheaper as companies rush to optimize value and capture users at more attractive prices.
- TeMPOraL 7mo agoYes. Cars have fixed cost ranges for people so the end result is pretty much predetermined - electric cars settling at the same price and quality points as ICE cars are today.