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Re:Fallout 76 Day One Patch Is Larger Than the Game Itself by toomuchtodo on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @12:40PM (#18451817)
Human time is most valuable compared to the various waste you mention (cycles on CDNs, power, heat, etc).
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Re:Fallout 76 Day One Patch Is Larger Than the Game Itself by CydeWeys on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @01:24PM (#18452313)
And a lot of human time is being wasted waiting for update operations that take much longer than necessary.
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Re:Fallout 76 Day One Patch Is Larger Than the Game Itself by TeMPOraL on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @04:07PM (#18453947)
Yes, the oft repeated mantra in this industry. It's a cute thing to say when it's about saving your (developer) time by externalizing energy use on other people.
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Re:Fallout 76 Day One Patch Is Larger Than the Game Itself by toomuchtodo on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @04:11PM (#18453992)
The world is awash in energy. Time is fleeting. Sort of a cheap shot to call it "cute" when it's factually accurate. I'm sure your time is worth more than overly optimizing every technical process to save a few KwH of power.
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Re:Fallout 76 Day One Patch Is Larger Than the Game Itself by TeMPOraL on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @04:21PM (#18454083)
A few kWh of power times a million users. I'm not complaining about individuals buying time by paying for energy. I'm talking about saving little time for yourself by burning a disproportionate amount of power, distributed among all your users.
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