Why Adding a Full Hard Drive Can Make a Computer More Powerful (wired.com) 5 points by SethMurphy 1y ago ↗ HN
[–] more_corn 1y ago ↗ I cannot read a tech writer who conflates the words “storage” and “memory” go back to fourth grade. [–] eurleif 1y ago ↗ In the context of the complexity theory questions discussed in the article, it doesn't matter: a hard disk has greater constant factors than does RAM, but their asymptotic behavior is the same.
[–] eurleif 1y ago ↗ In the context of the complexity theory questions discussed in the article, it doesn't matter: a hard disk has greater constant factors than does RAM, but their asymptotic behavior is the same.
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