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Re:Belgian programmer solves MIT’s 20-year-old time capsule ... by eru on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @09:06AM (#19787523)
It's actually the algorithmic improvements that were faster, if I read everything here and in the article right. Not the raw single-CPU computer speed per se.
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Re:Belgian programmer solves MIT’s 20-year-old time capsule ... by acqq on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @01:13PM (#19789854)
> It's actually the algorithmic improvements that were faster

I’d really like to know about those! Any links?

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