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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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whaddya mean i gotta click three times every morning to get my work programs open. I want them open for me!!

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[–] Willem@kutsuya.dev 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Back when starting your computer and launching programs took a good chunk of your first hour at work (this was about 10-15 years ago for me), having startup programs meant you could just

  • hit the button
  • get coffee
  • chat with colleagues
  • login
  • get coffee
  • review the incoming paperwork
  • get coffee
  • start the one program that didn't autolaunch
  • get coffee
  • actually start doing something on your pc

those people in sitcoms chilling at coffee machines were probably waiting for their PC to start. Launching corporate software took ages, having them started neatly by windows saved you from having to start the next program when the previous was finally launched after a few minutes.

The biggest bump in computer performance in history wasn't getting more memory or a faster CPU, it was switching from a HDD to a SSD.

[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.org 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I have to wait 8 minutes after windows login for everything to start, due to the layers of security Software on my, fairly powerful, workplace pc. And after that another minute for Outlook to be ready.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Windows is so painfully slow after you get used to Linux

[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.org 1 points 4 months ago

Oh Yes, we had Linux for years on our work Laptops and it was so much faster. I miss it so much, not only for the speed.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 4 months ago

definately. when ssd's came down in prce at the dawn the 20teens you just throw an ssd and some more ram on an old machine and wow. it was incredible and way better than anything new still using a spinning disk. My wife installs to many games so will put one on the larger spinning drive and then comments they can't run right.