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by jaredtn 2013 days ago
Do all technical advances make you feel sad? Why hang out on Hacker News then?
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It's actually a legitimate phenomenon: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15643663
Blinn’s Law

“As technology advances, the rendering time remains constant.”

https://www.fxguide.com/fxfeatured/founders-series-industry-...

See also Parkinson's law: "Work expands to fill the time available for it's completion"
Also the famous Jevons paradox.
Not all but software related in general and Javascript/Electron related in particular any advance make me sad. I hang out on HN to find comfort in fact that others also feel crappy software hosing all the hardware advances.