• truthfultemporarily@feddit.org
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    4 hours ago

    Only bad management is keeping everything from being crazy fast. No reason for today’s programs to be slower than what we had a decade ago.

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      2 hours ago

      I think many programmers and business models have given up on programs running ‘fast’ but rather they just running and shoving them out quickly. Add in all the AI programming, and I don’t see it getting better. It’s basically like most people when they earn more income. The more speed and memory a computer has, the more programmers will use of it.

      A computer from the 80’s starts up a million times faster than any modern computer.

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        1 hour ago

        That’s nonsense. Every computer I own boots in under a minute. That was unheard of in the 90s, much less the 80s.

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            35 minutes ago

            Here is a 486 taking over three minutes to boot.

            The person you replied to countered a broad generalization with an anecdote which probably matches the lived experience of most of us oldies who lived through the time. Your comment did not contribute to the conversation.