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Re:The world is full of wasted motion by sifar on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @11:58PM (#26022764)
In fact, it can be argued that hyper efficient systems are pretty fragile and hence should be avoided.

Systems need some slack.

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Re:The world is full of wasted motion by koheripbal on Thursday February 04, 2021 @08:51AM (#26025282)
Similarly, too much slack can create its own problems. The real answer is that it depends.
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Re:The world is full of wasted motion by vidanay on Thursday February 04, 2021 @12:25PM (#26027530)
It's almost as if Real Life is analog and not digital.
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