Post #767145
2026-03-25 10:43 UTC
@cstross@wandering.shop
Someone once said the Moore's law of software is that the number of CPU instructions it takes to add two numbers doubles every two years.
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@phpete@mastodon.coffee 2026-03-25 10:49
@Phosphenes@mastodon.social 🤭 I like this. It's good to chuckle - even if the cause is inherently depressing. @cstross@wandering.shop
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@esoteric_programmer@social.stealthy.club 2026-03-25 10:56
@Phosphenes@mastodon.social @cstross@wandering.shop and the number of frameworks which have a runtime of at least 1 MB each, which can be used to display hello world to the screen, doubles every two years as well
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@axel@hsnl.social 2026-03-26 11:24
@Phosphenes@mastodon.social @cstross@wandering.shop I think you’re being generous, considering the number of clock cycles it takes to add two 32 bit numbers in: - ARM assembly (1988) - ChatGPT I cannot fathom how many the latter takes, and neither can OpenAI.