curyous
Joined 16 years ago
Joined 16 years ago
Conventional software practises result in unnecessarily complex code that takes much longer to write and to execute than needed. The problem is so endemic that there isn't really even a good programming language available that makes it easy to use the capabilities of computers.
Fortunately there are a few pioneers trying to improve things, constructively creating solutions such as JAI. Casey is fighting against the fact that not only are industry participants unaware of the problem, buy they actually fight to write bad code to ship bad software to customers because they believe that is the pinnacle.
How about having respect for you user's time? Depending on how many users you have, shaving seconds or milliseconds off your response time will save humanity hundreds, thousands, or millions of hours waiting for your software to do something.
If a paper bag requires more energy to produce, it could still be better for the environment as it doesn't stay around polluting the world forever.
Also, you're wildly overestimating what science can do. With many things relating to the human body, it's like we're in the dark ages. For example, tt wasn't that long ago that Chromium was viewed as unnecessary, but now we know that it is essential for regulation of insulin activity.
Also, in term of "breast is best", breastmilk reduces chances of SIDS. Supplementation with formula should probably be used more than it is, but if you want to have the greatest chance that your baby wakes up, use breastmilk if you can.