Comment on Preloading File Explorer in Windows 11 Doubles RAM Usage, Offers Minimal Speed Boost

chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  What the headline doesn’t say either: just use Linux already as that just works

  Yes, I’m that guy, sorry, not sorry

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• nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’ll never understand why file explorers are so resource intensive and so slow. they’re getting a list of files like the text of the file name, maybe pulling a thumbnail from cache, and that’s it. they don’t need to read the metadata of every file in the folder you’re looking at. macos finder is even worse. i am often pausing for multiple seconds

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  • chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Microsoft: “What was that? You want CoPilot integrated so it can search through your files for data mining…I mean helping you find stuff?”

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    • nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      imagine using a cloud-based AI to do the same thing as mlocated

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