[ortusdux]

>Sometimes I dream of what the world would do if we were mystically stuck on exactly the processors we have today, for twenty years.

Reminds me of the old American cars in Cuba - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yank_tank

[richardw]

Cubans benefited from the cars being older, simpler, and robust. Imagine freezing car tech now, with so many electronics, far more parts and built to be replaced relatively quickly!

[eru]

These older cars broke down all the time. There's a reason old American sit-coms have at least some characters always tinkering with their cars: you needed to do that. Nowadays, cars just work.