You’re right and it’s a pragmatic approach to the problem. They only need broad technical effectiveness to change user behaviour.
I’d argue that it’s not strictly cost cutting but cost transferring. The total client resources most likely exceed that which would be needed on servers.
Meme is superset of your “internet meme”. Meme is any idea which successfully replicated itself to another mind. If you posted it on the internet it probably succeeded.
For me personally, trams are right up there. Aside from the main issue of sharing the roads instead of having a dedicated line, they really make it easy to get from one part of a city to another, especially for wheelchair users. They’re usually as frequent as buses, but much faster. The stations are much more attractive...
I’ve been using Linux since 1996 and remember when time_t was less than a billion. I guess I’ve found a new way to date myself. Slightly interestingly I thought, 1 billion was a couple of days before 9/11 which some have said defines the modern era or epoch.
Recently I’ve been catching up on tv and some of the more mature/adult shows, which I’ve been…Enjoying? Seems like the wrong word, but they’ve all generally been cynical or dark....
Have mercy on our souls (sh.itjust.works)
OpenSSH is about to change. (For the better.) (youtu.be)
OpenSSH’s ssh-keygen command just got a great upgrade....
I will rue the day this inevitably happens. (lemmy.world)
One of the few times I've downvoted (sh.itjust.works)
Windows 11 scores dead last in gaming performance tests against 3 Linux gaming distros (www.notebookcheck.net)
As a normal, boring user that does nothing special other than browse the internet and the occasional "casual coding" -- what am I supposed to do with 32GiB of ram?
Title. Besides setting tmpfs to use 10GiB of it to store downloads.
Do better. (sh.itjust.works)
How are they tracking us? (slrpnk.net)
An unbiased comparison of linux distributions' setup (sh.itjust.works)
Hey, Asimov. Bite me. (lemmy.world)
No tearing support discussions for me (feddit.de)
You have not "*something something*" original Klingon. (pixelfed.social)
bro pls (mander.xyz)
How do I exit vim? (lemmy.ml)
What modes of transport do you really like?
For me personally, trams are right up there. Aside from the main issue of sharing the roads instead of having a dedicated line, they really make it easy to get from one part of a city to another, especially for wheelchair users. They’re usually as frequent as buses, but much faster. The stations are much more attractive...
A fine addition to my collection (lemmy.zip)
happy 1_700_000_000 everyone! (discuss.tchncs.de)
a rare Unix timestamp occurred yesterday....
Lighthearted, upbeat shows for adults?
Recently I’ve been catching up on tv and some of the more mature/adult shows, which I’ve been…Enjoying? Seems like the wrong word, but they’ve all generally been cynical or dark....