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However, the window for triviality is very narrow: for example, even going into two interrelated mutexes instead of one, can easily make multi-threading non-trivial

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Technically you are able to jump to any point of your program, but the variables you see may (and if you have a multi-threaded bug – will) differ every time you jump there.

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Throwing away 1400 bytes for no reason for every single network message is an outrageous waste

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Having this kind of stuff in your code is like having a time bomb: it will explode, and for any sizeable project if will usually happen sooner rather than later (unless, of course, “later” is the worst possible time for the explosion to happen)

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Throwing away 1400 bytes for no reason for every single network message is an outrageous waste

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Having this kind of stuff in your code is like having a time bomb: it will explode, and for any sizeable project if will usually happen sooner rather than later (unless, of course, “later” is the worst possible time for the explosion to happen)

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2D scaling is a headache.

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For us (as developers) it is important to know that the difference does exist, and that we should be ready to store graphics with larger sizes even when we personally don't see the need to do it.