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[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

This wholly depends on where this code is running. If it’s running on the server, you want the best algorithm for most cases, to try to minimize work and power consumption, and maximize capacity. If it’s running on the client, just use whatever.

[–] Clusterfck@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 3 days ago

THIS IS WHY SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS ARE 75 GB WHEN 20 YEARS AGO THEY WERE ONLY 200 MB.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If it’s running on the client, just use whatever.

Because who cares if it's the user that has to buy more RAM or gets terrible battery life, that's not our problem. /s

This is why we can't have nice things.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I agree. I guess it wasn’t obvious that I was being sarcastic.

[–] bruh@nord.pub 1 points 2 days ago

you should have used '/s'. a lot of people got confused it seems