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[–] DjangoFett@lemmy.zip 72 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Am I missing something here?

Wasn't that the original purpose of Discord?

Like, for gamers by gamers?

Everyone loses the fucking plot so fast these days.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 38 points 1 week ago (4 children)

This is actually what pisses me off with modern tech, we have soo much computing power that we have forgotten to properly optimize.

What used to be a software problem, writing code efficiently has turned into a hardware problem, with only one solution:

Throw more computing power at it.

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago

Developers slowly realizing that RAM and CPU cycles aren't forever getting cheaper.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 6 points 1 week ago

Just buy more RAM, bro!

RAM prices skyrocket 1000%

Just sell your house to buy more RAM, bro!

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 1 week ago

The SUVs of software, basically.

[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

wirths law (I think?) in effect

[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I remember the og 2015 discord homepage said it was performant as a selling point

the random shit i remember lol

Voice chat that doesn't slow down your gameDesigned for use while gaming, Discord has minimal impact on your CPU. Your game's performance won't be affected in the slightest. Seriously. It's time to ditch CPU hogs like Skype.

[–] Janx@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago

Enshittification. It seems to eventually come for every corporate, for-profit product...

[–] dudeface@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

It’s called VC funding