Computer Speed Gains Erased By Modern Software
hackaday.com
[Julio] has an older computer sitting on a desk, and recorded a quick video with it showing how fast this computer can do seemingly simple things, like open default Windows applications including t…

Interesting take on comparability vs performance. I gotta imaging capturing user data and sending to a cloud collector is also a big culprit.

  • Spzi@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson's_law : The duration of public administration, bureaucracy and officialdom expands to fill its allotted time span, regardless of the amount of work to be done.

    Fitting quotes:

    • Data expands to fill the space available for storage.
    • The demand upon a resource tends to expand to match the supply of the resource (If the price is zero). The reverse is not true.