#browser memory usage

[guiltiest-gear]

"Um acktually [insert non-firefox browser] is better than Chromium" Actually shut the hell up it's fucking Chromium, it's all fucking Chromium

Opera, Brave, Vivaldi, whatever fucking browser you can name, it's all fucking Chromium, they even fucking put Chromium on the desktop with Electron

Use firefox or a fork of firefox goddamn

I am no longer asking

If any of you Chromium boot-licking chuds try and defend anything Chromium-related I will block on sight

Double goes for the Apple boot-licking chuds who try and talk about Safari

Here's download links to useful and actually up to date firefox forks (and of course vanilla firefox)

The vanilla:

The hardened fork:

Even more hardened fork:

Edit: Palemoon has been removed due to citations of security issues

Use firefox, shut up about Chrome and Chromium, fucking die you stupid fucking Chromium feds

[changes]

Tuesday, July 25th, 2023

🌟 New

We’re running a new experiment in activity on web with more visual design updates.

We’ve rolled out a new top navigation bar in the iOS app. (This was already rolled out in the Android app.)

In the post editor on web, you can now reorder where an existing poll is in the post content when editing a post with a poll.

🛠 Fixed

We’ve fixed a bug in blogs’ RSS feeds that could prevent a title from being set on individual items in the feed.

On web, we fixed an issue that was causing the reblog icon at the bottom of posts to be misaligned by a couple of pixels.

We’ve fixed a bug across all platforms that was showing the “Mutuals” label for privately answered asks in activity when you aren’t mutuals with the answering blog.

We’ve fixed a bug on web that was preventing “retired” themes from appearing on their creators’ theme management page.

🚧 Ongoing

The new navigation layout experiment on desktop web is still going, and we’re still collecting feedback, making iterative improvements based on that feedback, and fixing bugs that people have pointed out to us.

We’re also fixing issues that are being reported to us about the direct messaging redesign experiment on web.

🌱 Upcoming

We’re working to fix a wide range of scroll performance issues on web, which has helped dramatically conserve memory usage and CPU in our tests so far, especially for folks using Tumblr in a mobile browser.

Experiencing an issue? File a Support Request and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can!

Want to share your feedback about something? Check out our Work in Progress blog and start a discussion with the community.

[slowburningechoes]

I was wondering if you could do something with like, maybe write a smut about Professor Reid x Female Student. Thanks <3

uhm, yes!!! professor reid makes me swoon cw: smut (18+, minor dni), brat!reader, unethical relationship (title ix is important babes), age gap (15 years), fantasization, mutual masturbation, oral (f!recieving), office sex, makeshift gag usage, exhibitionism, unprotected sex (pls wrap it up), breeding word count: 3.1k

secrets demand silence

Spencer knew this wasn't right - thinking of you, his top pupil, as he palmed the bulge growing in his slacks. It was an unethical and immoral concept at its core. After all, he couldn't have you and thinking of you this way just made his yearning even more unbearable.

He leaned back in his leather desk chair and tried to get the thoughts and images of you out of his mind, but the erection in his pants grew nonetheless. He couldn't help but think about the way you always sat at the front of the class wearing the cutest blouses and the shortest skirts. How you were always the first to chime in to answer his questions, rhetorical or otherwise. You had always done the reading and studied well for exams, but if you had to cram some last minute you would always come to class early with your hair pulled back with a claw clip and strands caressing the sides of your face as you stared intently at your textbook. There were so many times he wanted to bend you over the lectern right there and take you at the front of the empty lecture hall. Sometimes while he lectured, he would notice you biting down on your pencil and crossing your legs tightly and perversely, he hoped it was because you were soaking wet and thinking of him in the same inappropriate ways he thought of you. Spencer often wondered if you ever dashed to the bathroom or to your apartment to satisfy yourself from the tension those thoughts caused, just like he was doing now and like he had so many times before.

He tried to stop thinking of you, he really did - but it just didn't work. His cock was so enlarged that it was barely contained by the dark material - so, he decided to give in to temptation... once again.

Spencer knew the details of you from memory, but a little reference couldn't hurt. Thank god the institution didn't have access to his private browser history, he already had your social media pages pulled up from previous times he let his lustful thoughts control him. He had even decided his favorite picture of you: you were at some cozy little bookstore in between two aisles of shelves wearing a cream button down with a khaki v-cut sweater vest over top and a light brown plaid skirt that was just long enough to barely hit the middle of your thighs, your hair was wispy and pulled back by a matte cream claw clip and you were wearing the wide wire frame glasses that always made him take a second look. You weren't just standing there in the picture, though, you had your back plastered against one of the shelves, with your foot kicked up against the bottom and your eyes buried in a book. You looked so intelligent and beautiful, like you were in your natural habitat.

The last time he had touched himself to the thought of you was the first time he found that photo and he couldn't help dreaming about pinning you against that shelf and kissing you so deeply that the book fell from your hand and you were begging for him to touch you. That was a wonderful fantasy and one of his favorites, but after today's class Spencer's mind had created a new one.

He had started discussing a case that the BAU had worked in rural Alaska towards the end of lecture after one of your peers had asked about the places he had traveled during his work with the FBI. The conversation only scratched the surface, but it brought back the memory of the intimate homey inn and how there were limited rooms, so everyone else had to double up except him.

Now, so many years in the future, Spencer was wondering what it would be like to have to share a room like that with you. The inescapable proximity and the fact that you would be on the other side of the bathroom door with water dripping down your body as you dried off. How small the bed was and how close you would have to be because of it.

His imagination began to run wild as he freed his throbbing cock and wrapped his fist around it. He started to wonder what you wore to bed usually and how the fabric would feel when it inevitably brushed against his skin. He imagined waking up with the most strained morning wood imaginable and you making the softest whimpers in your sleep. He wondered if you would let him wake you up with a deep kiss and you would take him by surprise and straddle him.

Spencer was embarrassed that even the thought of kissing you made his dick twitch in his hand as he pumped it, but it did so desperately.

His need only increased as his imagination kept going, his eyes shut tight as he began to establish a rhythm. Spencer started to think about you grinding your core against his erection, moaning into his mouth and the wetness pooling on the area revealing that you slept without panties on. He would lift your sleep shirt to put your perfect tits on display for him before bringing one into his mouth as he bucked himself into you.

His fantasy hadn't even let him inside of you yet when his orgasm began to creep upon him at an increasing rate. Spencer's eyes were closed and his mouth was gaping as he increased the speed of his hand.

He couldn't help but let hushed mumblings of your name slip out as he worked himself with anticipation... what he didn't expect, though, was that you heard them.

You had just entered his office to see the shocking and glorious sight of Dr. Reid pleasuring himself. You hadn't knocked since he'd always said he had an "open door policy", but now you thought he may need to reconsider that. You had thought about what his cock might look like, but the reality of it was more than you could've ever dreamed of. He was lengthy, which was expected, but he was also impressively girthy. He would fill you up and stretch you out, the thought of which made your core begin to ache with a need that grew with every stroke he made down his member.

Before you could think consciously about your decision, you found yourself locking the door of his office behind you. Dr. Reid was so immersed in his self-gratification that he didn't notice the light "click" the lock had made.

The only thing that broke his trance was when you finally broke the tense heated air with a hesitant, "Doctor Reid?"

"F-fuck! Y/n?" his eyes shot open and he immediately began to panic, trying to maneuver himself back inside his pants and close out his browser before you made it around to his side of the desk - but to no avail. "W-what are you doing? Shit..."

You let your heart and sexual desire lead over your head as you came to the edge of his desk and propped your ass on top of him. Looking to your right, you saw your profile pulled up on his monitor. When you glanced down at him, his eyes were wide with shock, his cheeks flushed pink from embarrassment, and his cock still swollen and twitching with need.

"What am I doing? What are you doing, professor?" you inquire suggestively, spreading your legs open in the process, your skirt leaving little to the imagination.

"I-I," he attempted to begin his justification.

You flipped the bottom of your skirt upwards to reveal a pair of lacy black panties, which you began to rub your fingers down gently. Spencer couldn't help but suck in a tight breath and stare as you teased the outside of your need.

"Because it looks like you were jerking off to the thought of me," you hum, smirking down at him and pulling your panties to the side you reveal your bare pussy.

A hushed groan escaped him and his dick slapped against his stomach firmly. "I-I'm sorry, y/n."

"Don't be, professor... it's so hot," you dipped your middle finger between your folds and moaned softly for him, trying not to be too loud.

"Y/n..." he whimpered with a shaky voice, watching you intently. "T-this is wrong."

"Mmmm, but it feels so right," you sigh, pushing two fingers deeper inside you and moaning again. "Doesn't it?"

"Y-yes," he responded, beginning to palm his erection again.

"Don't be shy, Dr. Reid - I already saw your little show," you reassured, opening your eyes to smile at him devilishly. You circled your clit before choking out his name again with purpose and need, "Dr. Reid, please."

"Fuck, oh-okay," Spencer muttered before wrapping his fist around his length once again, pumping at a growing rhythm.

The sight of him stroking himself again made your wetness grow, your fingers motion in it eliciting the most delicious noises. The combination of those noises in combination with your moans made Spencer absolutely feral. Touching himself and watching you wasn't enough. Suddenly, he lunged forward towards you, spreading your thighs open with his hands.

"Professor!" you gasp, surprised by the contact and the strength of his grip.

"Can I taste you?" he blurts, his breath hot against your inner thighs.

You nod adamantly and begin to scoot your underwear down your legs to assist him. "Yes, please."

He hooked his fingers around the fabric and pulled them down the rest of the way before planting wet kisses along your inner thighs and up to your core. The feeling was like ecstasy, your mind was blank except for thoughts of pleasure and your body became tingly with anticipation. You were relieved when Spencer licked a stripe up your slit, dipping his tongue into you and gathering your arousal on his tongue. Just as he wrapped his lips around your clit and sucked gently, your legs snapped around either side of his head. He begin to switch between lapping at your center and taking the sensitive nub between his lips. It was excruciatingly satisfying, so much so that you gripped onto his locks firmly and subconsciously bucked your hips up into his mouth, demanding more as the pressure in your abdomen grew.

"Dr. Reid - I'm going cum," you whimpered, pressing his head against your core firmly. "Keep going, I'm begging you."

You feel him nod in agreement and moan into you as he continued to use his tongue strategically to motivate your climax. He began to devour you in a nearly animalistic manner, still methodic with his movements but with a desperation that made your thighs begin to quiver around his face. It only took him sucking gently on your clit one last time for you to fall apart, coming uncontrollably all over his face, grinding into it. You stifle your moans by biting down on your knuckle as he continues to lap at your pussy until you became numb from the excessive stimulation.

When he pulled his face from between your legs, his lips, chin, and the bottom bit of his button nose were soaked with your arousal. Plastered across his face was a mischievous smirk as he licked the arousal from his lips.

"You taste so... so fucking good, y/n," Spencer complimented, before leaning up to kiss you so that you could taste it as well.

You tried to respond as he moved away from your lips, but he was already working to remove your blouse. "I-is this okay?" he paused to ask when it was about halfway up your torso.

"You don't need to ask, professor. Anything you want to do is more than alright with me," you assure, peeling off your top to prove it to him.

Spencer stood there for a moment, staring at your breasts cupped by your beautiful black bra that matched your lacy underwear he had peeled off earlier. He reached around to your back to unsnap your bra, which he did so with ease. The fabric slipped from your shoulders and dropped from your chest, the cool air brushing against your bare skin causing your nipples to perk up and become hard.

"They're even more perfect than I imagined," he whispered, cupping them in his hands and bringing his thumb to caress your nipples.

"You've thought about them, hm, professor?" you tease, raising an eyebrow up at him. "Not a very appropriate way to think about your students, is it?"

Spencer cuts you a look of exasperation and snaps back, "Be quiet."

His demanding tone made your body writhe with warmth, "Oh, yes, sir."

"You act like you don't like me thinking of you like this, touching you like this - when you're the one who came over and put yourself on display for me," he growled.

"You were the one stroking your cock with a picture of me pulled up for reference," you responded with a sassy tone.

Your face was suddenly snatched between his hands, his thumb and fingers pushing your cheeks together. "And that made you so so wet. You know... after all the times I've fantasized about you, I never imagined you'd be such a brat."

You give him a smug look before biting you bottom lip and bringing him down for a deep passionate kiss. "Are you going to keep blabbing or are you going to fuck me?"

A loud huff came from Spencer as he leaned down to pick your panties up from the ground, stuffing them in your mouth. You gag around them slightly as they fill your mouth, muffling your teasing words.

"Since you're quiet now, I will," he whispered in your ear, sucking on your neck by your collarbone.

You moan in satisfaction, the sound barely vibrating through the fabric, your desperation making your professor chuckle smuggly. "That's much better. Can't have your loud mouth getting us caught, can we?" He spreads your legs back open, sliding the pads of his fingers in between your folds.

You shake your head "no" insistently, wanting to be good for him so that he would enter you. Your obedience worked, Spencer dropped his slacks and underwear to the floor and lined his tip up at your entrance. His dick brushing against your throbbing folds made you whine and grip onto the edge of the desk.

"I'm not even inside of you yet, beautiful," he hummed, enjoying your desperation.

He didn't wait an extra second to fill you, though, pushing his cock fully inside of you with one good stroke. You are stunned by the sudden force, his girth stretching you out with a stinging pleasure just as you had expected it would. He was much bigger than any other man you had been with and he knew exactly where to place his thrusts for maximum satisfaction for both of you. As he began to establish a pattern of his thrusts and their intensity, your walls began to squeeze around him for more. You wrap your arm around his back and scrape your nails down it with intense urgency, your simultaneous moans stifled by the makeshift gag in your mouth.

"You feel a-amazing, y/n - holy shit," Spencer struggled with his words, separated by quiet groans motivated by your pussy clenching around him. "So-so much tighter than I could've dreamt."

You smiled at his comment and looked up at his head thrown back and mouth gaping open as he fucked up into you harder. His left hand dug into your hip and the other came to tangle his fingers into the hair at the base of your head.

The deeper he pushed into you, the closer you became to reaching your second orgasm. The rhythm of his thrusts made your clit numb with pleasure, satisfying the nerves so much that you did not need external stimulation for your climax to rock into you. The grunts flowing from Spencer's lips in combination with the satisfaction made it come upon you quickly, your knees attempting to buckle together and your breaths becoming sharper. Your tightness increased, causing the cum to suddenly rush to the tip of Spencer's cock, causing his orgasm to rush into him as well.

The euphoria came crashing into both of you simultaneously, resulting in the most sloppy and melodic hushed noises you had ever heard. Your orgasm finished before his, your body tingling with satisfaction and your senses heightened.

"Y-y/n, baby - I'm going to cum in you," he muttered in between his struggled breaths.

All you could do was silently beg through the panties stuffed in your mouth, you wanted every drop of him inside of you. Thankfully, Spencer must have felt your body agree, your pussy opening deeply for his seed to spill inside. Within seconds, he was grunting lowly and coating your walls with his cum. The feeling of him flooding you was the greatest satisfaction you had felt before, warm and full.

As he came down from his own high, he looped his fingers into the lace embedded in your mouth, pulling it out slowly.

"How do you feel, beautiful?" he asks in a gentler comforting tone.

You latch onto his neck and pull him down to you for a sensual open-mouthed kiss. "Absolutely wonderful... I think I'll have to come by office hours more often."

"I think I'm going to have to change that open door policy, hm?" he suggests. "Only for you."

"Oh, you don't do this with all your students?"

Spencer responds with an eye roll and his thumb brushing down your bottom lip. "No, y/n... only you."

"What about outside of here, hm? You have some girls you meet up with when you get lonely?" you tease again, trying to gauge where this relationship was headed.

He lets out a sigh of annoyance, "Y/n. Only you - you're all I think about."

"You're all I think about, too," you blurt out in agreement.

"Mmm, so no hot college hook ups for you?" he decides to play your game.

"No... I-I've been waiting for you," you respond, tracing your fingers down his chest.

"I'm yours, if you'll have me, y/n. Let me make you dinner at my apartment," Spencer whispered, kissing your lips softly. "We - we have to keep this on the down low, but I can't go another day without you."

You smile at him and nod, "I'd love to have dinner with you, Dr. Reid. I'm yours, as well... don't worry, I graduate in May, but I'm good at keeping secrets regardless."

requests are open!

[rukafais]

"palworld is a better built game than recent pokemon" This game has sliders where the default loads 3000 dropped items at once throughout the entire game world and when i turned that slider down, its memory usage dropped like a rock (and it still runs an exciting 5k-6k memory compared to uh, literally every other high intensity game. I can open it up to the title screen, let it do absolutely nothing, and it will eat up 1k memory. the only thing that comes remotely close is firefox with many tabs open, aka a browser i'm actually fucking using). You do not have to go to the mat for this thing, I fucking promise.

[genericpuff]

welp, this kinda sucks

I'm currently at odds with the PC that I got a couple months ago, it's started freezing and soft-resetting randomly for seemingly no reason. It would usually be after hours of use that I could chalk up to the memory overloading, but now it's happening as soon as I boot up the frigging thing. And just to make it clear how much I've done on my own to diagnose the problem, our attempts to fix it have included the following:

Limiting startup applications

Running virus / malware scans

Swapping out display monitors

Updating the GPU drivers

Setting a lower overclock profile in the BIOS settings

Swapping out power cables and outlets to check for power surges

So far none of these things have worked and if anything, the issue has just gotten worse in the last two days. Like, it can barely make it to the startup screen sometimes, despite the memory and CPU usage being >20%, there is zero reason it would be the PC overclocking itself just from startup.

(and no, it doesn't even compel me, i'm just annoyed to shit LOL)

So I dropped it off with the guy who built it (he runs an electronics / pawn shop downtown that's very reputable and well-known so it's not like I don't trust him or anything, he's been building PC's for people in the area for years) and it's now in his care for the next day or two while he tries to isolate the problem. Right now the only thing I can imagine being the problem is the power supply or my display monitor, which is my old Huion Kamvas 22 Plus that still works as a monitor, just not a drawing tablet - but if something's still fucking around in the tablet, it could be causing problems through the PC, maybe.

When I dropped it off with the guy, he went and set it up in his office and came out and told me that so far it seemed to be running just fine, when he asked me if I was doing anything specific I told him it was crashing even after startup so I gave him permission to overclock the shit out of it, run 53879205893 browser tabs, run my games, software, anything he needed to do to push it to its limits and see if he could replicate the problem.

I am terrified if it has to do with the motherboard, because that will be an expensive replacement that will also potentially lead to losing files / installations / etc. depending on how big an issue it is. It could also potentially be Windows 11 having a hissy fit especially seeing as how it's freezing up on startup, but doesn't freeze on the BIOS screen when it loads up in safe-mode after hard resets, so something is clearly happening between the hard boot-up and the startup of Windows 11 itself.

Thankfully I do have Google Drive sync support and plenty of external HDD's that I can back my stuff up to, but with the freezing and restarting getting as bad as it's been, I haven't been able to back anything up, and I don't want to risk doing it manually if it'll just freeze and potentially corrupt my files in the process. So I told the guy to call me if he needed to mess with anything concerning the system storage so that, if he could at least keep it running stable in the shop, then I could swing by and get everything I needed synced up safely before he messes around with anything.

It could also very well have something to do with the power supply itself, the house that I occupy the main floor of isn't exactly built with electric optimization in mind, we've had fuses blow on us before just from running the hair dryer at the same time as the TV, so if it's something to do with the PC drawing too much power for the electrical system here to keep up with, either (hopefully) the guy will be able to instruct me on how to lower and manage that power intake through the PC's BIOS (I believe you can but I'm still a massive noob on custom builds and I don't want to go tinkering with it myself) or, idk, maybe I'll have to get my landlord to drop by again with his electrician and check out the fuses to make sure they're all operating properly. I'm not an electrician either, so fuck if I know at this point what could be going on. I feel like it can't be the house itself because everything else is running fine and it's just become a recent issue, but our city's power grid is also not exactly praised for being good at its job, especially not in the winter.

So yeah, I'm a little - well, a lot - stressed right now, but all I can really do at this point is wait. Fortunately, I have my iPad and also remembered that I still have my old PC, so I've hooked it up, at best if the problem repeats itself on this PC then I'll know it has to do with the display monitor, at worst I'll just be stuck working with my clunky old hardware for a couple days, which is annoying, but it'll get the job done. Fortunately I had the newest episode of Rekindled uploaded to the cloud in Clip Studio so I can still download it and work on it, which was my biggest worry when everything started to go belly-up (next to just, like, having a working PC).

Sooooo yeah. It's annoying, but I'm hoping for the best. Send good vibes y'all, I really could use it rn, between this and slow traffic at work and some other personal shit that's been going on, it's been a shitty few days (╥﹏╥)

And yeah, I'll keep y'all updated on if it affects this week's update, it really shouldn't honestly as most of the work left is doable from both my iPad and PC, but obviously at this point anything can happen so if anything has to be postponed or changed to accommodate the current situation, I'll update y'all as soon as I can! Thanks everyone, y'all are the best, wish me luck <3

[avixthecat]

i would like to teach all my clangen and lifegen using friends a very valuable lesson. today's lesson is: DON'T have a queen give birth to 9763 kits. it has been over an hour since the game started to try and produce such wild quantity of kits and it still has not done so. ESPECIALLY don't try doing this on an old/weak computer this is the result of said proceedure to my not old and not weak computer:

clangen and task manager are the only two non-background and non-windows process apps open. 93% memory usage. having my web browser open boosts this to 96%. moral of the story: if you think having 9000 kits is a good idea, RECONSIDER.

[yoiku]

What annoys me the most is the randomness of the boots. in the morning i was getting them at a rate of 1-5/hr while just watching stream and browsing on the side. and now in the evening none for 4hrs. If i try to game or stream the rate usually goes up, 20min-1hr is more or less a guaranteed boot at some point. sometimes i try to stream and i'm getting a boot in 10mins from starting. It could be the memory not being supported, or it could be transient spikes that the psu, cpu or mobo fails to handle. psu being the most likely culprit still. Could be that the cpu is momentarily boosting with just a few cores and gets a spike it can't handle. mobo isn't a likely culprit but can't put it entirely off the list either. I've tried changing the memory frequency and enabling/disabling xmp which hasn't had any effect. changing their voltage could help but I don't feel confident enough to fiddle with those and also it should not be something i'd even need to do on a brand new build anyway. If their testing environment gives a stable stress on the system without much spikes then that could explain why they haven't been getting any boots while testing. I've only ever gotten a few boots while the pc has been idling without any program or browser/video running. win11 loves to complain about just about anything, looking at event logs, but none of those are really things that would cause something like this. I have been logging pretty much everything with HWinfo over the weekend and it's great since it logs right up until the boot. Those logs also have the power usage of each component so the maintenance/testing team should know how to read those and see if there's something there. Or i sure hope they do >_>

[imaginependergast]

Imagine

The Penderpals playing MarioKart (8 Deluxe, to be specific)

Pendergast: Doesn't really get it, isn't very good, but does improve after a few rounds. Tries to think logically about using items but, since he isn't great at the game, his usage isn't usually the best. If he manages to get into first place he has a good chance of staying there. Plays as Rosalina in the Mercedes-Benz W25 Silver Arrow.

Diogenes: Also not great, but gets better. Picks up on how to use items pretty quickly and prefers the . Like his brother, if he gets into first he'll probably win but getting there is the challenge. Always tries to go for short cuts but probably forget to turn off steering assist so that ends up not working much of the time. Plays as King Boo in the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster.

Constance: Also doesn't get it, isn't good, but doesn't really improve. Probably has the worst time playing and gets gently ribbed by Pendergast and Diogenes. Doesn't really use items unless she's frustrated (with Pendergast or Diogenes) and then she just spams them. Plays as Daisy in the standard cart.

D'Agosta: Probably has some fond memories of playing early video or arcade games with his son. Never gits good but most often ends up in 3-5th place. Doesn't put as much thought into using items as other people but when he uses items it tends to work in his favor. Plays as Mario (if not by his choice, by Hayward making him) in the Pipe Frame.

Corrie: Is the best player and most frequently wins. Is the person who gets animated if they're feeling competitive (think turning their hands like it'll make them turn more). Uses items strategically and more often than not successfully. Enjoys teasing Pendergast about how he finally found something he isn't good at it. Plays as Dry Browser in the Flame Rider.

Coldmoon: Is the next best player and tends to come in 2nd or 3rd behind Corrie but it's not uncommon that he wins. He picks up on learning the tracks quickly and uses items strategically. His favorite is the banana peel and just drops them at random and is especially happy when Pendergast spins out. Plays as Link in the Comet bike.

Hayward: Has a good time despite being a pretty middle of the pack player. Is happy when she makes 2nd or 3rd place. Ends up getting playfully competitive, especially with Vinnie. Forgets that she has items so doesn't use them too often. Plays as Luigi in the Mach 8.

Bonus! Proctor: Doesn't show any emotion and, suspiciously, seems be working to help Pendergast win. Has a special interest in using items to delay Diogenes. Plays as Bowser in the Mercedes-Benz GLA.

[noctuafought]

okay so i officially transferred over from chrome to opera gx. i do highly recommend it. opera comes with its own built in adblocker, you can import / export bookmarks, and you can sign into your google account, use your chrome webstore and grab your extensions you have downloaded (it'll be in the 'not installed' section). there's also a tab snoozing feature where it will put your tabs to sleep after a period of inactivity to reduce ram / memory usage. this is optional of course and you can turn it off.

you can also theme your browsers. you can install premade ones or even make your own 'mods', which is really neat. a lot of the mods have background music, tab effects, typing sounds. so if you like that sort of asmr, it's definitely worth it.

making profiles is easy, and you don't have to sign in unless you want to, unlike chrome where they force you to sign into an account. it does take a bit of getting used to, but i highly recommend using opera gx <3

[rabbivole]

managed to install more ram and i will say it's very weird to run the browser and see memory usage at only like 25%

[axollyon]

"oops! we're having trouble getting back your tabs." you misunderstand. miles upon miles of waste representative of a bygone era lie before you, and you wish not to raze it to begin the day anew? you wish to prevent the newborn sunrise upon an undiscovered era of creation? foolish. you must truly believe that by nightfall i will have merely collected a small hamlet's worth of treasures, with an abundant level of care given to each. the gods of executive dysfunction must yet again propel this browser window to levels of memory usage only ever dreamed of

[irradiatedsnakes]

has tumblr been laggy on desktop for anyone lately? im trying to figure out what's up with mine.. i'm on firefox on a beefy as fuck gaming laptop, yet my tumblr dash keeps lagging to hell and back, slowing down my whole browser (and nothing besides firefox) to a crawl until i close the tab. it's not like it's using a lot of processing power- i don't think i've seen my cpu get above 10% usage- and while firefox uses a fuckton of memory it's not gotten above 90%, even when i have these problems.

[bloopsalot]

go to about:memory and press the "Minimize Memory Usage" button, otherwise Firefox uses RAM bc it makes processes faster, I’d encourage you to stick with Firefox for the security reasons even though it isn’t too different from a lot of browsers in terms of RAM usage

it did some Minimal lowering of memory usage, but i didnt even Think to check my CPU Usage! It went from 50 to like??? Single digits???

Holy shit

[vmlowell]

I've been meaning to switch to Firefox for ages, but my best lazy excuse was my problem of keeping tons of tabs open and firefox's memory management issues. This is why I've been just sticking to OperaGX with its ability to directly control how much RAM and CPU usage its allowed. Yeah its chromium, yeah tracking and privacy issues, yeah tons of other stuff, but I only really cared about the memory control...

...until this:

One of the simplest things that define me is that I'm most easily motivated by anger, and this pisses me the fuck off.

I could go on for ages about how fucking stupid and insulting this is. It's "Early Access" because its the usual covering their asses for using chat predictive programs without understanding them. It invaded my browsing experience unannounced with random prompts as I interacted with webpages. It's not fucking AI. There's literally no one on this planet who needs an assistant to generate tweets!!

But most egregiously infuriating is that this, once again, isn't their own creation, it's simply a basic API designed to take your webpage and...

...JAM IT INTO CHATGTP, LIKE ALL OF THESE HALF-ASSED HACKS DO

It literally doesn't even work if you don't have an account already setup with OpenAI.

Now I don't actually hate ChatGTP itself or any of the neural network stuff that's been going on, actually fascinated by it, but this is someone taking a brand new shape and mashing it into any hole they can, regardless of if it fits or not. Literally zero thoughts in their head about its importance or usefulness to the average user.

So here I am, presented with obvious evidence of a browser being ran by the same kind of brainless cavemen who, if the time period shifted back a year or so, would've instead been trying to jam the "mystical" blockchain into their system just to catch some of the magic of the latest buzzword, and the cold reality finally seeps in.

This post finally typed up on one of the only viable web browsers left, Firefox.

[femroe]

just unlocked a memory from ancient days on tumblr where if a photo post was a single animated gif under a certain size (pixels, not bytes), it would fuck something up in the code and make something load forever and my browser’s cpu usage would spike. god tier website

[theydjarin]

Y’all I am losing it over this bug im having with ao3 on mobile chrome is anybody else seeing this

What’s normal:

I’ll be reading a fic and switch to another app. To unload memory usage, my phone soft closes the browser app. When I go back into the app, the page refreshes.

(This is mildly frustrating but I’ve learned to just download long works)

What’s abnormal:

When the page refreshes, ao3 thinks I’ve logged out and loses my custom theme (aka dark mode). But when I go to another page or refresh, I am still logged in, but my theme is still gone. I’m resetting this fucking theme multiple times a day

This happens almost every time regardless of fic length it’s so annoying and it didn’t start happening until recently so I don’t know what is going on