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This is why I cleverly have no RAM (startrek.website)

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[-] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 84 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[-] collegefurtrader@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 year ago

I actually switched to chrome many years ago because firefox was abusing system resources and chrome was much lighter.

[-] Instigate@aussie.zone 30 points 1 year ago

I did the same! I’m now given to understand that that was Google’s goal with Chrome - make the easiest-to-use and most lightweight browser to bring everyone in, then ramp up the trackers and bloat. I think I need to export my bookmarks and look into Firefox again…

[-] GodsKillerKirb@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

You Should. Firefox has gotten so much Better. Not to mention all the literal BULLSHIT Google has done and will be doing with their browser.

The way Chrome works now, every tab is its own instance. Firefox, each window is its own instance.

[-] Goo_bubbs 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use Firefox, TOR, and even Edge sometimes these days for its nifty "Drop" feature. You'll never catch me using Chrome.

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[-] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 49 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

People also forget that most of the actual calculations were done on paper first; the computers were basically just executing precalculated instructions.

This is the stack of code used for the navigation software for the Apollo program.

(Fun fact: standing next to it is Margaret Hamilton, director of NASA's Software Engineering Division & the lead of the team who wrote that code.)

[-] interolivary@beehaw.org 14 points 1 year ago

Additional fun fact: Margaret Hamilton is the person who coined the term "software engineering"

[-] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago

Ooh, I didn't know that. That is a fun fact! 😁

[-] Quereller@lemmy.one 12 points 1 year ago

These are multiple printouts of the code. The computer did not only execute precalculated instruction. (This would be a sequencer BTW.). Try it yourself AGC.

[-] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

That is pretty cool. I might try it tonight since I'm at work right now. Thanks!

Though, to be fair, I did say that most of the code was precalculated.

[-] interolivary@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm not quite sure if even that is correct. The AGC, as far as I understand it, did do quite a bit of calculation on the fly and was essentially the first digital fly by wire system. It did rely on input from the crew and ground control for eg correcting its state vector etc etc, but it even has dedicated vector instructions if I recall correctly. Can't really precompute all that much when you can't be sure things will go to plan and you're dealing with huge distances. It did have eg separate programs for different phases of the flight but they weren't really precalculated as such, more like different modes that eg read input from different sensors etc etc.

The US space program was pretty big on having a human in the loop though, much more so than the Soviet one which relied more on automation and the pilot was more of a passenger in a sense, sort of a failsafe for the automatic systems.

The book Digital Apollo goes into all this this in more detail, I can highly recommend it if you're a ginormous nerd like I am and think that computers we've shot into space are endlessly fascinating

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[-] kamen@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago

Some people still don't seem to comprehend the difference between an embedded system and a general purpose computer.

[-] spiderplant@lemm.ee 30 points 1 year ago

We've had general purpose computers for decades but every year the hardware requirements for general purpose operating systems keep increasing. I personally don't think there has been a massive spike in productivity using a computer between when PCs usually had 256-512mb to now where you need at least 8gb to have a decent experience. What has changed are growing protocol specs that are now a bloated mess, poorly optimised programs and bad design decisions.

[-] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 17 points 1 year ago

🎶 JAVASCRIIIPT 🎶

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Ya know I thought those were the pillarmen menacing symbols(I dont know japanese scripts), and ya know what it fits.

[-] kamen@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I personally don’t think there has been a massive spike in productivity using a computer between when PCs usually had 256-512mb to now

For general use/day to day stuff like web browsing, sure, I agree, but what about things like productivity and content creation? Imagine throwing a 4K video at a machine with 512 MiB RAM - it would probably have troubles even playing it, let alone editing/processing.

[-] spiderplant@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Your original comment mentioned general purpose computers. Video production definitely isn't general purpose.

What do you mean by productivity?

[-] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

Video production is something you can do on a general purpose computer because it runs a flexible OS that allows for a wide range of use cases. As opposed to a purpose built embedded system that only performs the tasks for which it was designed. Hence, not general purpose. I believe this was their point anyway, not just like a computer for office work or whatever.

[-] kamen@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Yup, exactly this.

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[-] MxM111@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I like to have more than one tab opened on my browser.

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[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 12 points 1 year ago

Apollo 11 never had to deal with 47 different tracking cookies.

[-] jetsetdorito@lemm.ee 38 points 1 year ago

"we put Kanto and johto on a single cartridge"

[-] DrQuint@lemm.ee 28 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but they were reusing tilesets an-

*looks at modern pokemon*

Uh. You know what, you have a point.

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

It took till Scarlet and Violet for us to get more than one region in a game

Kitikami and Unova

That's parhetic

[-] SternburgExport@feddit.de 26 points 1 year ago

That's true I guess. But it probably helped that they had a big fucking rocket to get there.

[-] N00b22@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

Meanwhile I have 16 GBs, and I feel that I should update to 32...

[-] dindresto@lemmy.korz.dev 7 points 1 year ago

I upgraded to 64gb last week

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Did it work? I struggle with 32 sometimes, but I am blaming it on the software

[-] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Y'all are in the double digits? I've only got 8 and I'm doing fine

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

You are blessed

[-] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

The chosen one

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[-] Goo_bubbs 7 points 1 year ago

You don't think you'll ever really use all 32GB at the same time until you're running a virtual machine or two and open task manager to see that you're consistently using over 82% of your RAM, which happened to me today.