Charlie Stross on Nostr: This is your reminder that for the past 40 years the price of consumer electronics ...
This is your reminder that for the past 40 years the price of consumer electronics underwent roughly 10% compound *deflation* year by year.
An entry level Android or iPhone is every non-shooty-bang-or-transportation James Bond gadget rolled into one for the inflation-adjusted cost of a 35mm film SLR or a Commodore 64 back in 1984.
It's also much more powerful than every supercomputer on the planet back then, in combination.
And it's in your pocket.
https://canada.masto.host/@graydon/113579152811903958
An entry level Android or iPhone is every non-shooty-bang-or-transportation James Bond gadget rolled into one for the inflation-adjusted cost of a 35mm film SLR or a Commodore 64 back in 1984.
It's also much more powerful than every supercomputer on the planet back then, in combination.
And it's in your pocket.
https://canada.masto.host/@graydon/113579152811903958