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> Err, "Google has rewritten the linker twice. Both times with the stated goal to make link times much faster." isn't an appeal to authority. It is, and a very weak one considering…

> So although you might not encounter issues with link times (debug or otherwise), it is a multi-million dollar problem for big companies like Google and Apple. Both in resources a…

> The problem being tackled here is link time in debug builds. This affects all platforms. I've worked on many projects, big and small, and the link time of debug builds was never …

> But I still think it's important to note that this isn't really advancing the state of the art like Apple would like you to believe. It's just a new middle-of-the-road approach w…

> Rerendering and recomputing too much (ever encountered these chains of map() and filter() in render()?), many API calls, huge icon sets, huge custom fonts, CSS frameworks and JS …

> The entire internet is slower because it's being squeezed to oblivion for monetization and tracking purposes. Bullshit. All you need to track a user is data you send as part of a…

> Ironically, many modern SPAs are significantly slower than the traditional apps they replaced. All software becoming slower is a already a meme. This isn't exactly a SPA issue. >…

> I'm pretty sure you were the problem What problem is that? Your comment reads like a puerile "no u" and adds nothing to the discussion. It's quite ironic given the topic.

> Um, I don’t think I was advocating any particular level of moderation, was I? More like visibility into its processes amd motivations, and that providing those convincingly and t…

> I have to agree with GP, I am part of several subreddits where the moderators clearly enjoy being kings of their precious little fiefdom. You never used IRC, have you?

> And nowadays you can deploy apps really close to users so latency is really low. That sounds like blindly throwing money at the software architecture problem you created for your…

> Making a 'server call' on each interaction is also what web apps used to do before SPAs were a thing. One of the reasons behind the popularity around webapps was that they would …

> The original point of this thread is that they'd like to be able to get an M2 PC like that. Not really. The point is that Apple's products are overpriced, and in particular the A…

> It's a bit of a different design point. I don't see the point of your comment. It matters nothing if you underline design differences if in the end you can get a cheaper minipc t…

> I think to compare prices you need something with adequate GPU performance (which the M2 has). I feel your comment reads too much like fanboy excuses. CPU is not the only or even…

> (...) leads you to the conclusion that they’re not spiritual gateways. I find this surprising as those are one in the same to me. How does that surprise you? I mean do spiritual …

> The products do come at a bit of a premium, but, in my experience, it's well earned and is a premium experience as well. As a long time Linux and macOS user, I don't agree. Even …

The worst mistake these naive proponents of free speech absolutism make is assuming that everyone is arguing in honest, good faith instead of exploiting founding liberal democratic…

> There is also the issue that it seems safe to assume that many people at the CIA etc consider him a traitor and would like to assassinate him, given the opportunity, even if he c…

That's interesting. It reads as a central bank of grains.

> Ah so Russia is a communist country? Russia still represents itself as the successor of the Soviet Union, and hardline communist parties still hold onto the (whitewashed) history…

> If Brazil exports less food it isn't Brazil alone that would pay the price Ukraine is/was the world's bread basket. Supporting Russia jeopardizes the world's access to food. Braz…

> And now they depend on US for the same things paying a much bigger price. What? Germany is now reporting record drops in it's energy prices. https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/…