You can tell when a computer is thinking rapidly because it goes clickclickclickclickclick really fast. You may notice computers stopped doing this around 2007, that's because that was when they got fast enough they didn't have to think anymore. Since 2007 all computers have just sort of been phoning it in. That's why you buy a more powerful computer every five years but they never *feel* like they get any faster: Loafing
@kon something something spritely goblins? :o
@libramoon Yeah I think the thing that fucks me up is when people assume that *they* are normal. Like, what a presumption to have.
Microsoft Edge stops using React for some of the browser UI and it improves performance by 40-80%: https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2024/05/28/an-even-faster-microsoft-edge/ 🚀
As a very "not normal" person that exists around kind people it gives me major whiplash when I realize that that experience is more of an outlier in most social contexts.
I get frustrated when folks get angry at others for being "not normal". I think "normal" people often assume that "not normal" people are attacking them or trying to invalidate them by being counter to their culture. The reality is the "not normal" person is just trying to exist with what is normal to them. I wish folks allowed more space for others to live their own reality.
@juliobiason Interesting. I think I only saw like one person in my network on a crusade against it and unfollowing greatly reduced the stress on my tl
@juliobiason Like the software project or the people on the social network?
Still thinking about this article.
https://picower.mit.edu/news/study-reveals-universal-pattern-brain-wave-frequencies
Just a reminder folks: We can't go back to save much of the good old days. If you find something on the Internet you like, download it now!
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp
https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl
There's still a chance the evil universe insane clown posse takes over in the 2024 election. One can dream
Occult Enby that's making local-first software with peer to peer protocols, mesh networks, and the web.
Exploring what a local-first cyberspace might look like in my spare time.