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   Jason Gorman (jasongorman@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Feb-2025 06:14:32 JST Jason Gorman

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Feb-2025 08:31:54 JST Rich Felker

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     @jasongorman The problem here is the discrepancy between what bad folks and good (or even normal) folks mean by "efficiency".

     I would say an efficient system also always has resources available when a need arises, because it hasn't let the resources be squandered, but has respected their finitude and has allocated them accordingly. An inefficient system treats resources as something ok to squander because the profit will make up for the inefficiency.