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Re:Intel mulls cutting 16 and 32-bit support, booting straig... by rbanffy on Thursday May 25, 2023 @04:30PM (#36075777)
The modern stuff is only more complicated because it had to be built around and on top of dozens of dead civilisations under it.
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Re:Intel mulls cutting 16 and 32-bit support, booting straig... by hulitu on Friday May 26, 2023 @04:10AM (#36081417)
This is the simplistic explanation.

I think that besides that, some people are paid for complexity. That would justify the evolution of SW in the last 10 years.

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