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Re:You don’t need to work on hard problems (2020) by jbverschoor on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @09:05AM (#28209398)
What I think is funny, is that developers get the most advanced tools out there (IDE, repl, debuggers, etc), for free. But deliver junk, blaming "the user"

The same is true for resource requirements and performance. People complain about their OS (windows, macos, sometimes linux or some VM), and that it takes 1 whole minute to boot, while some projects take a couple of minutes to start.

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Re:You don’t need to work on hard problems (2020) by detaro on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @09:10AM (#28209427)
Heh, on the other hand it's also not uncommon to see complaints that developers refuse to pay for good tools, despite knowing first-hand that good software is hard to make.
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Re:You don’t need to work on hard problems (2020) by 3pt14159 on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @09:54AM (#28209863)
My host OS takes about a second or two to boot and my VM OS takes about 5 seconds.

A whole minute would drive me insane. We should not be waiting this long for computers to turn on.

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Re:You don’t need to work on hard problems (2020) by the_only_law on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @11:15AM (#28210782)
Currently my PC takes several minutes to boot, however I know the exact cause. I wonder how much boot time could be reduced by tuning settings, including not to start a lot if crap.
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