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This is a classic and wonderful way to learn and think about the junction of physics and computers.

Another one is https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=702713



Imgur has has become so horrible that it loaded all recommendations first and it had still not loaded the main content before I closed the tab. I wish this was hosted somewhere else.


Never loaded for me. Alternate site: https://ibb.co/HHgRSG8


That image would be better by having an year tag.

Since then the ratios increased (L1 to RAM by quite a bit), SSD became common, and networks got intermingled with everything.


Or having a series of images every 5-10 years. Or have factors changed so little that not much additional would be shown?


Gosh that's a fun read in all sorts of ways. SSDs are relatively new, there are hold-outs, and they cost $300 for 80GB!


At right around the time that was published in 2009, I bought a new 17 inch MacBook pro and a $350 Intel 80GB 2.5" SATA ssd, and stuck the SSD into the position formerly occupied by the dvdrw in a special holder. Worked great as boot drive.




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