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Re:Electron 4.0.0 by agildehaus on Friday December 21, 2018 @12:06PM (#18734647)
> This laptop has 16GB

Okay? Having a lot of memory does not mean a program should be wasteful, nor does it mean everyone has that.

Re:Electron 4.0.0 by vmchale on Friday December 21, 2018 @03:48PM (#18736510)
In fact, many/most computers these days have 8GB of RAM.

And in any case, less RAM usage usually means less cache thrashing which in turn means acceptable performance.

Re:Electron 4.0.0 by diminoten on Friday December 21, 2018 @01:48PM (#18735529)
Yes, it actually does, because it redefines wasteful, and the availability of many-GB computers means a lot of people do have access.

This isn't 2008, we don't need to care about 150MB like we used to.

Re:Electron 4.0.0 by Camto on Saturday December 22, 2018 @04:08PM (#18742455)
> many-GB computers

Most computers nowadays have 4/8GB, it's not that much memory compared to how much Electron uses.

Re:Electron 4.0.0 by vmchale on Friday December 21, 2018 @03:47PM (#18736503)
> because it redefines wasteful

how do people write shit like this and not realize how blatantly user-hostile they are??

Re:Electron 4.0.0 by diminoten on Saturday December 22, 2018 @01:37PM (#18741823)
Because it's not user hostile at all?
Re:Electron 4.0.0 by agildehaus on Friday December 28, 2018 @09:52AM (#18777004)
Remind me never to hire you.
Re:Electron 4.0.0 by agildehaus on Sunday December 23, 2018 @07:37AM (#18745757)
If you have legitimate reason for using 150MB. Developer laziness is NOT a legitimate reason.