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>Always feels awkward when there are general statements about the group you belong to, which are certainly false at least for you, and possibly for most others
by high_na_euv 2y ago
>Always feels awkward when there are general statements about the group you belong to, which are certainly false at least for you, and possibly for most others you know in that group.
You wrote this and then;
>would expect developers to dislike a web chat, as tech-savvy people generally seem to prefer more lightweight
What?
Web chats are not heavy
- wwfn 2y agoI can't think of a more bloated way to communicate than putting a browser in the middle. For some quick numbers, compare web browser input latency to terminal [0] where one might run an IRC client. Even emacs [1,2] is fast and light in comparison. [0] https://beuke.org/terminal-latency/#:~:text=6.2-,firefox%20(121.0.1-1),-10.3 https://beuke.org/terminal-latency/#:~:text=6.2-,firefox%20(... [1] https://danluu.com/term-latency/#:~:text=terminal.app%20and%20emacs-eshell%20are%20at%20roughly%205ms%20unloaded%2C%20small%20enough%20that%20many%20people%20wouldn%E2%80%99t%20notice https://danluu.com/term-latency/#:~:text=terminal.app%20and%... [2] https://pavelfatin.com/typing-with-pleasure/#:~:text=0.8-,Emacs,19.2,-5.3 https://pavelfatin.com/typing-with-pleasure/#:~:text=0.8-,Em...
- nightpool 2y agoOkay, but it's still a generalization. Most people don't care at all about the issues you mention