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Re:The resource leak bug of our civilization by mattdw on Monday December 01, 2014 @12:38AM (#8679687)
Perhaps, though, computing resources are priced artificially low due to externalities (e.g. third world wage inequality, environmental impact not paid for), and perhaps a sane long-term approach would find a different balance between programmer wages and physical tech components.
Re:The resource leak bug of our civilization by AnthonyMouse on Monday December 01, 2014 @02:50AM (#8679926)
Moore's law eats the difference between first world prices and third world prices for breakfast. Changing how the hardware is manufactured wouldn't materially affect the choices programmers make even if it doubled the hardware cost, and it probably wouldn't even do that.