at least when it comes to consumer tech

like i can't even remember the last time i was excited for a new tech thing. maybe my second smart phone, i guess? that one was at least a big improvement from my first one. third was marginally better, and then the fourth, which i'm using now, i feel like i only got because of planned obsolescence (slow down/battery problems etc.)

it's such a stark contrast from growing up in the 90s/early 2000s

  • The_Walkening [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    I'm pretty sure RAM requirements haven't really changed much in a decade - now the big thing seems to be display tech

    • RION [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      Depends on your use case. For games 4gb was the bare minimum, 8gb recommended. Now I can't imagine running 4gb, 8gb feels like scraping by, and 16gb is comfortable

        • WonderSwanCrystal [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          The Boston Globe (or some Boston new site anyway) had a 32MB load for its front page. The internet is clogged to fuck.

            • WonderSwanCrystal [she/her]
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              2 years ago

              Like 10 years ago I believe.

              Edit: I heard it in a Maciej Ceglowski talk but I can't find the exact bit. One website in the talk is 18MB though.

              Edit 2 found it: https://youtu.be/iYpl0QVCr6U?t=1718

              It was saying Boston.com costs 40 cents worth of bandwidth per page load.

        • thisismyrealname [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          it'd be practically impossible to develop a new web rendering engine from scratch. the set of web standards is gargantuan and keeps getting bigger. it has evolved from a relatively simple document access system to the world's worst app store