Spent my childhood optimizing CONFIG
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Spent my childhood optimizing CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT to fit everything into 640 KB.
Now one browser tab needs 2 GB of RAM so 17 analytics companies can find out I looked at socks.
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@fribbledom Apparently you can get help for that kind of sock fetish.
If you feel the need for help, that is.
Otherwise just keep enjoying yourself.
You can confuse the analytics companies by looking at other foot related apparel.
Or even branch out into gloves and mittens every now and again.
@the_wub @fribbledom Let’s try to be socks positive.
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Spent my childhood optimizing CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT to fit everything into 640 KB.
Now one browser tab needs 2 GB of RAM so 17 analytics companies can find out I looked at socks.
@fribbledom My New Hobby: Opening random "partner" options on these boxes, finding their privacy policy, and noting whether it:
a) 404s, or
b) is "Our Legitimate Interest is that we want to track you".
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Spent my childhood optimizing CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT to fit everything into 640 KB.
Now one browser tab needs 2 GB of RAM so 17 analytics companies can find out I looked at socks.
@fribbledom progress
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Spent my childhood optimizing CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT to fit everything into 640 KB.
Now one browser tab needs 2 GB of RAM so 17 analytics companies can find out I looked at socks.
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Spent my childhood optimizing CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT to fit everything into 640 KB.
Now one browser tab needs 2 GB of RAM so 17 analytics companies can find out I looked at socks.
@fribbledom Oh god, this is me.
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Spent my childhood optimizing CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT to fit everything into 640 KB.
Now one browser tab needs 2 GB of RAM so 17 analytics companies can find out I looked at socks.
I've written about programming languages, compilers, open source, distributed systems...
The Fediverse's response:
"Tell us more about CONFIG.SYS and sock surveillance!"
Love it!
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@12thRITS @fribbledom I never get tired by seeing this. Brings back memories!
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I've written about programming languages, compilers, open source, distributed systems...
The Fediverse's response:
"Tell us more about CONFIG.SYS and sock surveillance!"
Love it!
> Now one browser tab needs 2 GB of RAM so 17 analytics companies can find out I looked at socks.
deserves a no context tshirt.
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I've written about programming languages, compilers, open source, distributed systems...
The Fediverse's response:
"Tell us more about CONFIG.SYS and sock surveillance!"
Love it!
@fribbledom
Return to Windows ME -
Spent my childhood optimizing CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT to fit everything into 640 KB.
Now one browser tab needs 2 GB of RAM so 17 analytics companies can find out I looked at socks.
@fribbledom never fear. Now that AI has set a new precedent by forcing RAM prices to double every 6 months, soon the era of needing to optimize for minimal memory use will return!
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@the_wub @fribbledom Let’s try to be socks positive.
@mathew @fribbledom Wear them with pride!
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I've written about programming languages, compilers, open source, distributed systems...
The Fediverse's response:
"Tell us more about CONFIG.SYS and sock surveillance!"
Love it!
@fribbledom you know the old saying. An army lives on its feet blogs. Or something like that.
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@fribbledom "do I really need the CD driver? can I go without for game X?"
Gods what time that was.
@SunDancer @fribbledom
ironically, most of the games would immediately run some code that was functionally speaking "hey fuck DOS and 8-bit real 8086 mode, we're running our own custom special purpose 32 bit protected mode operating system, just so we can use that honkin 4 megabytes of RAM! " -
@patterfloof
websites should be paying us for loading them in our browser! /hj
@fribbledom@wolf480pl @patterfloof @fribbledom
I got a work laptop with 64 GB of RAM such that I can run VS Code, Slack, Obsidian, Spotify and Zotero (all Electron apps which ship their own copy of Chromium engine).I am kind of happy that RAM got expensive again such that programmers might actually start to value it again …
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Spent my childhood optimizing CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT to fit everything into 640 KB.
Now one browser tab needs 2 GB of RAM so 17 analytics companies can find out I looked at socks.
@fribbledom
I used to have 256 MB of RAM in the 64 MB era and it was luxurious. Now I have 16 GB in my personal laptop and I sometimes consider upgrading to 32 GB to fit all the browser tabs in there … -
@wolf480pl @patterfloof @fribbledom
I got a work laptop with 64 GB of RAM such that I can run VS Code, Slack, Obsidian, Spotify and Zotero (all Electron apps which ship their own copy of Chromium engine).I am kind of happy that RAM got expensive again such that programmers might actually start to value it again …
@martin_ueding @patterfloof @fribbledom
you do realize this can be read as a "fuck you, got mine"?
I would appreciate if programmers and product managers started caring more about resource usage.
I'd also appreciate a job where I get to spend a significant portion of my time optimizing code.
But I'm not seeing any of these happen yet, and I'm not holding my breath.
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Spent my childhood optimizing CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT to fit everything into 640 KB.
Now one browser tab needs 2 GB of RAM so 17 analytics companies can find out I looked at socks.
…*frantically increases BUFFERS=*
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Spent my childhood optimizing CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT to fit everything into 640 KB.
Now one browser tab needs 2 GB of RAM so 17 analytics companies can find out I looked at socks.
@fribbledom To be fair - optimizing config.sys and autoexec.bat wasn‘t so much fun back in the days either. It was more a pain in the a** when your favourite game just wouldn‘t run. @bijram
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Spent my childhood optimizing CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT to fit everything into 640 KB.
Now one browser tab needs 2 GB of RAM so 17 analytics companies can find out I looked at socks.
@fribbledom @buherator accurate
