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

  • 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