Why Adding a Full Hard Drive Can Make a Computer More Powerful (opens in new tab)

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5 pointsSethMurphy0y ago2 comments

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I cannot read a tech writer who conflates the words “storage” and “memory” go back to fourth grade.

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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more_corn0y ago

I cannot read a tech writer who conflates the words “storage” and “memory” go back to fourth grade.

eurleif0y 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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