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minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThere’s a dime stuck in the road behind our local store, tails side up, for over 15 years. And that doesn’t even need error correction. Why does it sound like technology is going backwards more and more each day? Someone please explain to me how anything implementing error correction is even useful if it only lasts about an hour?
minus-squareMikina@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI mean, that’s literally how research works. You make small discoveries and use them to move forward.
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoWhat’s to research? A fucking abacus can hold data longer than a goddamn hour.
There’s a dime stuck in the road behind our local store, tails side up, for over 15 years. And that doesn’t even need error correction.
Why does it sound like technology is going backwards more and more each day?
Someone please explain to me how anything implementing error correction is even useful if it only lasts about an hour?
I mean, that’s literally how research works. You make small discoveries and use them to move forward.
What’s to research? A fucking abacus can hold data longer than a goddamn hour.
Based take.