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Re:Intel: Winning and Losing by bsder on Saturday May 10, 2025 @07:18PM (#43949814)
> This is probably why having some churn with the outside world, and also understanding what is the periphery of the outside, unbiased opinion is, is very important.

Maximally efficient is minimally robust.

Squeezing every penny out of something means optimizing perfectly for present conditions--no more, no less. As long as those conditions shift slowly, slight adjustments work.

If those conditions shift suddenly though, death ensues.

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Re:Intel: Winning and Losing by scrubs on Sunday May 11, 2025 @01:55AM (#43951732)
Really love this point. Perfect optimization depends on maximal content knowledge which by construction we can only know what we know now.
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Re:Intel: Winning and Losing by BeFlatXIII on Monday May 12, 2025 @09:22AM (#43962612)
The same is true for biological evolution. During times of rapid catastrophe, the biggest, baddest, and most intelligent are the first to die out because their caloric needs are unsustainable in the new environment. It’s the mediocre and adaptable who survive to restart the specialization process.
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