Living in the distant future, we have remarkable technology. More Memory, Storage, and Processing power than we could ever need, want, or imagine. We even have the graphics chips integrated directly onto the CPU with specs unfathomable 25 years ago.
And despite all this, the software has gotten slower. There are delays when clicking/opening different windows, panels, and interfaces.
I've had junk computers running Windows 98 and XP that ran snappier than modern systems. What a joke.
I just built a new $3,000+ PC, all the latest high end tech and a wired gig connection to new high end business level router... can confirm, slow, WTF is going on.
Everything done on a modern computer is sent to a combination of intelligence services to spy on you and manipulate your behavior + FANG companies so they can sell Google ads.
Remove all of this and computers would be lightning fast.
[ - ] Merlynn 1 point 9 hoursMay 7, 2025 17:21:09 ago (+1/-0)
And it doesn't fucking work cause I've never seen an ad for anything I even remotely wanted. I want my data back if they're not going to use it properly.
But that's ultimately the real problem. You can have the best computer system ever and it'll run like crap if the software is shit. And the software made by peejits who scammed their way into positions they had no right to be it is definitely crap.
yawn You peasants will still use my garbage. Oh, and did you see my new Jitsi feature?! It took me and my team a month, but you can now color the first letter of your chat messages to green! Just go to the setting in Options -> Chat -> Text -> Letters -> First Letter -> Colors and type in #ffde0c; (it currently only works for #ffde0c).
That's pretty much it. Hardware has been making pretty decent progress, but the software devs that should be taking advantage of this progress are being replaced with browns so the end-users are experiencing regressions in whatever software it is they're using. And to be honest, some of the hardware progression (mainly multiple CPU cores on one chip) is inherently difficult to make the most of. A team of high IQ Whites (and some yellows) would be able to do it though, it's just that we may not see that with mainstream products due to all the outsourcing and population replacement.
It's not inherently difficult to call other cores in the code of software. It's usually a couple lines telling whatever process you've coded to spool to the next core if that core is already being used by the code.
My work computer is completely locked down so Iām stuck with that. OS X works fine for the few business needs. Then this little old tablet works well for shitposting here.
Still doesn't change the fact that computers aren't slow. Windows is. Computers are lightning fast these days if you use something other than boomerware.
In 1998, as a Christmas present to myself, I built a computer that ran 4 Pentium II Xeon had 2 GB of RAM and an NVIDIA RIVA TNT video card.
No matter how well I build a new computer, nothing has ever worked faster than this machine.
The simplicity, lack of bloat, lack of hardware latency, lack of background process, no anti-virus overhead, smaller sites without Javascript and crap running, no "always on" services like DropBox, Cortina, etc, no abtract layers and backdoored encryption, and less spying by state and corporate actors...
1998 was the Golden Age for computers.
It's been all downhill ever since.
Back then, World of Warcraft 2, Age of Empires, Doom 2, Baldurs Gate, Starcraft... what more did you really need out of PC Gaming? Now its all microtransactions.
Other than AI, there has been no meaningful progress since 1998 despite our ,achines being orders of magnitude better.
If there was a corporate will to not be data raping you, your computer experiences would be far more productive and meaningful.
Instead, you're trapped in an electronic pile of shit.
[ - ] Trope [op] 1 point 9 hoursMay 7, 2025 16:41:22 ago (+1/-0)
I do love seeing modern computers run the old World of Warcraft client at 300 fps.
Only reason I would ever buy a high frame rate monitor is to see an old favorite run at a high frame rate. Maybe in 2030. No time for games in this era of history.
One aspect not often considered is how so much modern software is written within frameworks within frameworks. Nobody strictly writes their own code any more. It's all imported libraries. On the web its CDNs with web frameworks.
This translates to very slow programs that must interact through layer upon layer of abstraction, where the people who wrote it couldn't even tell you most of what's going on. If software where written in such a way for a vintage Pentium 4 device, it would also run slow as shit.
There is also the shift to interpreted languages. Again, the web leads in this. And I understand that interpreted languages enable more rapid development, but the end result is unavoidably less efficient.
So today we have such things as "desktop apps" which are actually just electron applications (pre-packaged websites) running shit interpreted code within a Matryoshka doll of nested frameworks reaching out over the internet for half or more of its functionality, running on CPUs whose dies are some double-digit percentage of die space dedicated to doing something other than executing instructions originating from userspace programs.
I wouldn't quite say there is a move to interpreted languages because interpreted languages have evolved into just in time compiled languages. About 100 times faster than interpreted langues and 5x slower than pre-compiled languages. About 10x slower than fully optimized pre-compiled languages.
But the framework on framework issue is on point.
But even with these JIT languages being 5x slower than pre-compiled this is not where slowdowns come from. The code itself runs fast. It's memory management. The frameworks on frameworks means you have a lot of allocations and deallocations on heap memory per function call made at the highest layer.
What lower level languages like C did wasn't just run the code faster, but because you could pass pointers around you could allocate memory at the highest level and pass the memory down into function calls so they don't need to allocate to do their processing. Then you can recycle memory. Allocate once is mandatory for anything that needs to run really fast. You wouldn't do that everywhere in your C code but it wasn't hard to figure out what needed to run fast and then do that. With framework on framework JS or C# even if you knew what needed to be faster you don't have such a straightforward pattern to make a slice of code run fast.
Basically these slow downs are caused by memory thrashing and IPC race conditions. The second one is what afflicts windows. So in linux realm you are just dealing with the memory bloat of multiple layers of frameworks, which while not being 100% snappy is still not horrible. This is why linux is never horribly slow even when using a bloated software but windows can be absolutely horrible just trying to open or close a window. You end up with indefinite hangs for things that should take zero processing.
I'm running a snappy fast 12 year old Dell Optiplex 7010 I bought used for $200. Put a 4tb SSD drive in it as primary drive after I nuked and repaved the shit Windows it came with, with Linux Mint.
It is screamingly fast. I can afford any computer made, so it's not all about price. Shit, I've basically already bought 4 or 5 macs and macbooks already for wife and kids - but this fits my needs perfectly and I can occasionally crow about it: like right now:-)
It boils down to programmers no longer optimizing their code. An overuse of libraries and now AI is leading to people not having a true understanding of what is going on in their program. Not to mention new programmers have learned in an environment where every device is expected to have multiple gigabytes of ram and hard drive space. They inherently have no respect for the hardware. Everything can be fixed later in a patch.
Try to run the standard install tweeks and you will find your system as twice as fast. There are other ways to make it even faster or more things than that tool you can screw with.
AI searches require 10x more electricity. Yet halfway down the first page the 'random results' begin, which have no connection to the boolean terms used. "Oh look we delivered twenty thousand results for you". Too bad they are all garbage or just repeats.
A page full of Fuckberg clickables isn't going to make me sign up for Facebook. Neither will being in a room full of trashy tatted-up hippos make me want to have sex.
I think it's all a psyche profile and social conditioning. They are testing users to see how dedicated they are to obtain a specific result. How many pages we will click through. How easy are you to steer towards a different idea? Either that or A.I. has become self-aware and is corrupting it's own work results.
There is no more optimization. Optimization was requited in the beginning, this is why old computers, consoles, phones, or anything else didn't need fucking updates. Now nobody give a fuck anymore for some reason.
It's because every click, every mouse movement, and every letter typed has to be logged and sent across the internet. And also, everything your mic and camera pick up. Eye tracking data, etc.
But that's a good thing. Because when the AI takes over we'll be sent to a part of the world where we can hunt, fish, and live free. Far away from government control and the lesser races. In accordance with our wants and needs that we made perfectly clear.
what kind of stuff are you downloading in to your system. computers shouldnt be slow specially when you have ssd's in them. you need a clean up monthly
also get malawarebytes and install antimalaware pulg ins in your browser. look for adblockers too for your preferred browsers as well, it help with the aids.
i have an 9th gen computer and it still reasonable fast. also i recommend you to stop updating your computer because the updates are meant to slow it down with time. its called planned obsolence
that's a processor not a computer. the generations scheme is proprietary to intel and attached to sales/marketing rather than technological progress.
my advice is to not run scripts. nobody listens to me you all run scripts and you're literally suggesting a third party to track what you visit in order to protect yourself. instead of doing it yourself. why bother to give advice when retards would rather listen to other retards.
[ + ] puremadness
[ - ] puremadness 20 points 16 hoursMay 7, 2025 10:28:17 ago (+20/-0)
Everything used to be local.
[ + ] Swej_Ehtsag
[ - ] Swej_Ehtsag 1 point 7 hoursMay 7, 2025 19:01:29 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] FuckShitJesus
[ - ] FuckShitJesus 0 points 9 hoursMay 7, 2025 16:54:02 ago (+0/-0)
Remove all of this and computers would be lightning fast.
[ + ] Merlynn
[ - ] Merlynn 1 point 9 hoursMay 7, 2025 17:21:09 ago (+1/-0)
But that's ultimately the real problem. You can have the best computer system ever and it'll run like crap if the software is shit. And the software made by peejits who scammed their way into positions they had no right to be it is definitely crap.
[ + ] PostWallHelena
[ - ] PostWallHelena 15 points 15 hoursMay 7, 2025 10:42:28 ago (+15/-0)
[ + ] dosvydanya_freedomz
[ - ] dosvydanya_freedomz 3 points 15 hoursMay 7, 2025 11:00:55 ago (+3/-0)
[ + ] Dr_Mx
[ - ] Dr_Mx 3 points 10 hoursMay 7, 2025 15:48:09 ago (+3/-0)
[ + ] Clubberlang
[ - ] Clubberlang 0 points 8 hoursMay 7, 2025 18:03:05 ago (+0/-0)
Go into any line of code and hidden in the middle will be am asci penis.
[ + ] big_fat_dangus
[ - ] big_fat_dangus 1 point 8 hoursMay 7, 2025 18:23:43 ago (+1/-0)
@graydragon
[ + ] GrayDragon
[ - ] GrayDragon 0 points 7 hoursMay 7, 2025 19:11:09 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] TheNoticing
[ - ] TheNoticing 10 points 13 hoursMay 7, 2025 12:58:18 ago (+10/-0)
[ + ] Trope
[ - ] Trope [op] 0 points 9 hoursMay 7, 2025 16:39:22 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] Tallest_Skil
[ - ] Tallest_Skil 10 points 16 hoursMay 7, 2025 10:25:55 ago (+10/-0)
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[ - ] oyy_veyy_goyy 5 points 14 hoursMay 7, 2025 11:47:33 ago (+5/-0)
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[ - ] Bassman9000 1 point 12 hoursMay 7, 2025 13:41:04 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] registered_bot
[ - ] registered_bot 8 points 13 hoursMay 7, 2025 13:09:21 ago (+8/-0)
[ + ] Trope
[ - ] Trope [op] 0 points 9 hoursMay 7, 2025 16:36:35 ago (+0/-0)
My work computer is completely locked down so Iām stuck with that. OS X works fine for the few business needs. Then this little old tablet works well for shitposting here.
[ + ] registered_bot
[ - ] registered_bot 2 points 8 hoursMay 7, 2025 18:21:29 ago (+2/-0)
[ + ] rhy
[ - ] rhy 0 points 8 hoursMay 7, 2025 18:30:30 ago (+0/-0)
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[ - ] registered_bot 0 points 7 hoursMay 7, 2025 19:11:29 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] lolxd
[ - ] lolxd 5 points 13 hoursMay 7, 2025 13:04:05 ago (+5/-0)
[ + ] Trope
[ - ] Trope [op] 0 points 9 hoursMay 7, 2025 16:36:59 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] rhy
[ - ] rhy 2 points 8 hoursMay 7, 2025 18:31:52 ago (+2/-0)
[ + ] Thedancingsousa
[ - ] Thedancingsousa 0 points 2 hoursMay 8, 2025 00:13:51 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] lolxd
[ - ] lolxd 0 points 1 hourMay 8, 2025 01:06:23 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] MeyerLansky
[ - ] MeyerLansky 5 points 15 hoursMay 7, 2025 11:27:02 ago (+5/-0)
No matter how well I build a new computer, nothing has ever worked faster than this machine.
The simplicity, lack of bloat, lack of hardware latency, lack of background process, no anti-virus overhead, smaller sites without Javascript and crap running, no "always on" services like DropBox, Cortina, etc, no abtract layers and backdoored encryption, and less spying by state and corporate actors...
1998 was the Golden Age for computers.
It's been all downhill ever since.
Back then, World of Warcraft 2, Age of Empires, Doom 2, Baldurs Gate, Starcraft... what more did you really need out of PC Gaming? Now its all microtransactions.
Other than AI, there has been no meaningful progress since 1998 despite our ,achines being orders of magnitude better.
If there was a corporate will to not be data raping you, your computer experiences would be far more productive and meaningful.
Instead, you're trapped in an electronic pile of shit.
[ + ] Kozel
[ - ] Kozel 7 points 14 hoursMay 7, 2025 12:27:53 ago (+7/-0)
literally linux
umatrix or ublock in advanced mode or noscript will prevent javascript from running
you can run nextcloud on that old PC
linux without systemd, portmaster to hide behind 3 proxies
[ + ] MaryXmas
[ - ] MaryXmas 0 points 11 hoursMay 7, 2025 14:42:42 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] Kozel
[ - ] Kozel 2 points 11 hoursMay 7, 2025 15:23:05 ago (+2/-0)
[ + ] Looneyskiprooney
[ - ] Looneyskiprooney 2 points 14 hoursMay 7, 2025 11:35:34 ago (+2/-0)
[ + ] Trope
[ - ] Trope [op] 1 point 9 hoursMay 7, 2025 16:41:22 ago (+1/-0)
Only reason I would ever buy a high frame rate monitor is to see an old favorite run at a high frame rate. Maybe in 2030. No time for games in this era of history.
[ + ] RabbiKinderschtupper
[ - ] RabbiKinderschtupper 4 points 12 hoursMay 7, 2025 13:40:55 ago (+4/-0)
[ + ] bobdole9
[ - ] bobdole9 4 points 15 hoursMay 7, 2025 11:03:38 ago (+4/-0)
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[ + ] CoronaHoax
[ - ] CoronaHoax 1 point 15 hoursMay 7, 2025 11:23:14 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] bobdole9
[ - ] bobdole9 2 points 14 hoursMay 7, 2025 11:41:40 ago (+2/-0)
Thanks, @Tallest_Skil
[ + ] RollinDaGrassTyson
[ - ] RollinDaGrassTyson 3 points 11 hoursMay 7, 2025 14:58:54 ago (+3/-0)
This translates to very slow programs that must interact through layer upon layer of abstraction, where the people who wrote it couldn't even tell you most of what's going on. If software where written in such a way for a vintage Pentium 4 device, it would also run slow as shit.
There is also the shift to interpreted languages. Again, the web leads in this. And I understand that interpreted languages enable more rapid development, but the end result is unavoidably less efficient.
So today we have such things as "desktop apps" which are actually just electron applications (pre-packaged websites) running shit interpreted code within a Matryoshka doll of nested frameworks reaching out over the internet for half or more of its functionality, running on CPUs whose dies are some double-digit percentage of die space dedicated to doing something other than executing instructions originating from userspace programs.
[ + ] Trope
[ - ] Trope [op] 1 point 9 hoursMay 7, 2025 16:38:30 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] Thedancingsousa
[ - ] Thedancingsousa 1 point 2 hoursMay 8, 2025 00:28:18 ago (+1/-0)*
But the framework on framework issue is on point.
But even with these JIT languages being 5x slower than pre-compiled this is not where slowdowns come from. The code itself runs fast. It's memory management. The frameworks on frameworks means you have a lot of allocations and deallocations on heap memory per function call made at the highest layer.
What lower level languages like C did wasn't just run the code faster, but because you could pass pointers around you could allocate memory at the highest level and pass the memory down into function calls so they don't need to allocate to do their processing. Then you can recycle memory. Allocate once is mandatory for anything that needs to run really fast. You wouldn't do that everywhere in your C code but it wasn't hard to figure out what needed to run fast and then do that. With framework on framework JS or C# even if you knew what needed to be faster you don't have such a straightforward pattern to make a slice of code run fast.
Basically these slow downs are caused by memory thrashing and IPC race conditions. The second one is what afflicts windows. So in linux realm you are just dealing with the memory bloat of multiple layers of frameworks, which while not being 100% snappy is still not horrible. This is why linux is never horribly slow even when using a bloated software but windows can be absolutely horrible just trying to open or close a window. You end up with indefinite hangs for things that should take zero processing.
[ + ] beece
[ - ] beece 2 points 11 hoursMay 7, 2025 14:32:10 ago (+2/-0)
It is screamingly fast. I can afford any computer made, so it's not all about price. Shit, I've basically already bought 4 or 5 macs and macbooks already for wife and kids - but this fits my needs perfectly and I can occasionally crow about it: like right now:-)
[ + ] rhy
[ - ] rhy 0 points 7 hoursMay 7, 2025 18:34:14 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] Clubberlang
[ - ] Clubberlang 1 point 8 hoursMay 7, 2025 18:01:34 ago (+1/-0)
Still runs and operates like the day I bought it.
CD burner shit itself about 3 years ago.
[ + ] Reunto
[ - ] Reunto 1 point 9 hoursMay 7, 2025 17:06:54 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] rhy
[ - ] rhy 1 point 7 hoursMay 7, 2025 18:33:21 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] eongoat
[ - ] eongoat 1 point 14 hoursMay 7, 2025 12:09:27 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] Niggly_Puff
[ - ] Niggly_Puff 1 point 15 hoursMay 7, 2025 11:02:24 ago (+1/-0)*
[ + ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey
[ - ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey 1 point 15 hoursMay 7, 2025 10:53:00 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] kammmmak
[ - ] kammmmak 1 point 15 hoursMay 7, 2025 10:43:59 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] _Obrez
[ - ] _Obrez 0 points 2 hoursMay 7, 2025 23:46:01 ago (+0/-0)
If we're gonna do this distributive computing shit we aught to be doing it right.
[ + ] rabidR04CH
[ - ] rabidR04CH 0 points 5 hoursMay 7, 2025 21:30:22 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] rhy
[ - ] rhy 0 points 8 hoursMay 7, 2025 18:29:27 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] ClaytonBigsby313
[ - ] ClaytonBigsby313 0 points 8 hoursMay 7, 2025 18:19:54 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] Rowdybme
[ - ] Rowdybme 0 points 8 hoursMay 7, 2025 17:40:50 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] NeonGreen
[ - ] NeonGreen 0 points 9 hoursMay 7, 2025 16:51:47 ago (+0/-0)*
https://christitus.com/debloat-windows-10-2020/
Try to run the standard install tweeks and you will find your system as twice as fast. There are other ways to make it even faster or more things than that tool you can screw with.
[ + ] GetFuckedCunt
[ - ] GetFuckedCunt 0 points 10 hoursMay 7, 2025 16:11:58 ago (+0/-0)
With Windows Xp you could ctrl alt delete no matter how fucked the computer was, you could terminate processes and take back control.
Then vista came along and usually froze while trying to terminate a process. Been that way ever since.
[ + ] Pasty
[ - ] Pasty 0 points 10 hoursMay 7, 2025 16:07:54 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] 2plus2equals5
[ - ] 2plus2equals5 0 points 11 hoursMay 7, 2025 14:38:25 ago (+0/-0)
A page full of Fuckberg clickables isn't going to make me sign up for Facebook.
Neither will being in a room full of trashy tatted-up hippos make me want to have sex.
I think it's all a psyche profile and social conditioning. They are testing users to see how dedicated they are to obtain a specific result. How many pages we will click through. How easy are you to steer towards a different idea? Either that or A.I. has become self-aware and is corrupting it's own work results.
[ + ] RollinDaGrassTyson
[ - ] RollinDaGrassTyson 0 points 11 hoursMay 7, 2025 15:00:12 ago (+0/-0)
You don't have to sign up. If your browser is even loading those Fuckberg clickables, then you are already using Facebook, technically.
[ + ] Conspirologist
[ - ] Conspirologist 0 points 12 hoursMay 7, 2025 13:39:28 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] FreedomChicken
[ - ] FreedomChicken 0 points 13 hoursMay 7, 2025 12:48:45 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] Dindu
[ - ] Dindu 0 points 13 hoursMay 7, 2025 12:44:25 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] Not_C
[ - ] Not_C 0 points 13 hoursMay 7, 2025 12:44:00 ago (+0/-0)
And also, everything your mic and camera pick up. Eye tracking data, etc.
But that's a good thing.
Because when the AI takes over we'll be sent to a part of the world where we can hunt, fish, and live free. Far away from government control and the lesser races. In accordance with our wants and needs that we made perfectly clear.
[ + ] Nosferatjew
[ - ] Nosferatjew 0 points 14 hoursMay 7, 2025 12:09:54 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] ProudRebel
[ - ] ProudRebel 0 points 14 hoursMay 7, 2025 11:46:53 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] HonkyMcNiggerSpic
[ - ] HonkyMcNiggerSpic 0 points 15 hoursMay 7, 2025 11:24:46 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] dosvydanya_freedomz
[ - ] dosvydanya_freedomz 0 points 15 hoursMay 7, 2025 11:00:18 ago (+0/-0)
https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9pm860492szd?hl=en-us&gl=US
also get malawarebytes and install antimalaware pulg ins in your browser. look for adblockers too for your preferred browsers as well, it help with the aids.
i have an 9th gen computer and it still reasonable fast. also i recommend you to stop updating your computer because the updates are meant to slow it down with time. its called planned obsolence
[ + ] Kozel
[ - ] Kozel 3 points 14 hoursMay 7, 2025 12:28:34 ago (+3/-0)
don't listen to this fucking noob lmfao
a what? the fuck is that
[ + ] dosvydanya_freedomz
[ - ] dosvydanya_freedomz 0 points 13 hoursMay 7, 2025 12:56:46 ago (+0/-0)
and for the rest, i think it was a solid advice, whats yours pro?
[ + ] Kozel
[ - ] Kozel 2 points 13 hoursMay 7, 2025 13:03:06 ago (+2/-0)
my advice is to not run scripts. nobody listens to me you all run scripts and you're literally suggesting a third party to track what you visit in order to protect yourself. instead of doing it yourself. why bother to give advice when retards would rather listen to other retards.
[ + ] FreedomChicken
[ - ] FreedomChicken 0 points 13 hoursMay 7, 2025 12:43:41 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] Trope
[ - ] Trope [op] 0 points 9 hoursMay 7, 2025 16:39:05 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] Autismo
[ - ] Autismo -1 points 15 hoursMay 7, 2025 11:07:10 ago (+1/-2)
[ + ] dosvydanya_freedomz
[ - ] dosvydanya_freedomz 1 point 15 hoursMay 7, 2025 11:11:30 ago (+1/-0)