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		lmm on June 17, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The computers are fast, but you don't know it If faster software was worth anything to people surely they'd pay for it.

Dylan16807 on June 17, 2022 [–]

That only applies to homo economicus.

knorker on June 17, 2022 | [–]

And ones with a choice.

Given the choice between program X and program X plus higher speed at higher cost, some will choose the latter.

But that's never the choice. All else is not equal.

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