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		jokoon on May 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Is Moore's Law over, or not? It's also crucial to not forget about wirth's law, that states that software is getting slower than hardware is getting faster. So don't fall for software vendors that want to convince you that you need a faster CPU every x year. You don't.

smabie on May 19, 2023 [–]

But if software is getting slower doesn't that apply you do need a faster cpu unless you are okay running outdated software?

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