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sophiabitslast Sunday at 9:48 PM2 repliesview on HN

A browser is OOM more expensive to run than a terminal app, regardless of what you're running inside said browser


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vineyardmikeyesterday at 4:18 AM

I've literally never met anyone in real life who used a computer that didn't already have a browser running 24/7

eVeechu7last Sunday at 11:19 PM

Is that because they are much more likely to pay the ultimate price at the hands of the OOM killer?