<html><head></head><body>I'm holding out for the 128bit chips. And retirement. By 2038 the only computer I'll be using is the implant used to change the stream from DisneyTimeWarnerMGMFoxNetflix Media Corp over the 8G wireless into my isolation pod where my body eat is used to power Google Matrix and I'm fed by tubes.<br><br>What do you mean it's a 32-bit device?<br><br> What year is this anyway? <br><br>Oh, crap.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On May 19, 2021 8:57:47 PM EDT, Solomon Peachy via Ale <ale@ale.org> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 03:42:48PM -0400, Leam Hall via Ale wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;">Instances are re-created programmatically. Much of the OS is becoming <br>bloat that does not support the application. Unless you're doing the <br>datacenter for Amazon, your statement doesn't quite fit.<br></blockquote><br>If your point is that it's easier to "consume" black-box images that <br>someone else creates without having any idea what/how things inside <br>work, then sure, I would agree.<br><br>Meanwhile, someone still has to (1) put those images together, and (2) be able <br>to debug it when (not if!) something breaks.<br><br>But hey, the fewer people that know how to get their hands dirty, the <br>more money I get to charge. Suffice it to say I'm actually looking <br>forward to the Y2038 panic.<br><br> - Solomon</pre></blockquote></div><br>-- <br>Computers amplify human error<br>Super computers are really cool</body></html>