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Re:The world could run on older hardware if software optimiz... by bitmasher9 on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @12:43PM (#43974876)
The major slowdown of modern applications is network calls. Spend 50-500ms a pop for a few kilos of data. Many modern applications will spin up a half dozen blocking network calls casually.
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