I think of this kind of thing whenever HN commenters complain about how some TODO app is using 300Mb of memory or has 700 dependencies.

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kranner 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Legitimate complaint on HN of all places. TODO apps shouldn't be embedding whole browsers.

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Barrin92 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

>HN commenters complain about how some TODO app is using 300Mb of memory or has 700 dependencies.

yes because as we've learned this year nothing bad ever happens when you have hundreds of dependencies

we're living in an obese society, metaphorically and literally, we should put everyone through a decade of whatever the equivalent of playing ping pong with a spoon is in every domain of life. Being concerned with too much frugality is like being concerned there's not enough corn sirup in our diets

	▲	wiseowise 6 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> we're living in an obese society, metaphorically and literally, we should put everyone through a decade of whatever the equivalent of playing ping pong with a spoon is in every domain of life. What’s stopping you? Go ahead, live in a trailer and wash once a year.
	▲	brokenmachine 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I'm hoping the AI RAM crisis will turn out to be a good thing in some ways, although that's probably being way too optimistic.