Steel mills that once needed 1,000 workers can now do the same work with 100.
Many governments that once needed the bank's help for dams, roads and other big projects are earning plenty from the sale of raw materials.
Instead of the reams of forms that once needed to be filled in, the school has just one that takes teachers through the process of arranging a trip step by step.
I have heard that heat and computers don't mix. A. Although desktop computers today are not as heat-sensitive as those old room-size machines that once needed to be kept in highly air-conditioned rooms, your computer's internal components are sensitive to extreme heat both inside and outside the case.
Projects that once needed to be hand-crafted by outside experts can now be bought as off-the-shelf offerings from firms such as Ariba and I2.
Sure, it's a renaissance for PC component manufacturers that once again need to push the limits on hardware, but it's also pushing ISPs to better serve users with better download speeds so that they can enjoy VR content.
That's all to the good but it means that the Jesuitical devotion that cinephiles once needed no longer matters so much.
With the new technology, retailers can analyze data to identify trends for specific employees, stores or entire regions, a far cry from the cumbersome detective work that was once needed.
The biggest models have improved substantially in the last few years, with many no longer requiring "flux adjustments" -- essentially fudge factors -- that were once needed to prevent the machine-generated, theoretical climates from drifting out of the realm of the possible.
Scientists of happiness have proved beyond any doubt that once our basic needs are met, well-being does not increase with more money, or stuff, or a big reputation.
