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Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:06:26 +1100
Subject: Re: Explanation of this Python language feature? [x for x in x for x in x] (to flatten a nested list)
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On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 1:46 PM, Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Moore=E2=80=99s Law isn=E2=80=99t a mythical beast that magically materi=
alized in 1965
>> and threatens to unpredictably vanish at any moment. In fact, it=E2=80=
=99s
>> part of a broader ancient mechanism that has no intention of
>> stopping. This mechanism, which I call cost gravity, pulls down the
>> price of technology by about half every two years.
>
> Add to that the fact that cost=3Dmoney ultimately comes from money=3Deffo=
rt
> eg currencies like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ithaca_Hours
> (maybe even dolour =E2=86=92 dollar though thats not the official etymolo=
gy)
> and its clear that there is a ripple effect of technology breaking down
> old castles. Pleasant to the* layman, unpleasant to those professionals w=
hose
> fiefdoms are threatened.

The price of technology to the end user, yes. Anyone can go out and
buy a computer that's powerful enough to do everything the typical
person needs, and it's cheap enough to fit inside the typical person's
budget. (Compare early IBM estimates of maybe half a dozen computer
sales worldwide.) That has nothing to do with whether or not that
person can create that computer. Same goes for software.

ChrisA