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wildrhythms on June 21, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Moving the mouse cursor can cause CPU spikes on ma...

(Un?)related, but this brings back memories of wiggling a Windows 95 window back in the day and "speeding up" the application.

bigbizisverywyz on June 21, 2021 [–]

I also remember wiggling the mouse to get installation programs to progress.

Sometimes it would be stuck at 100% for ages, as usually you're not interacting with the machine during an install, and then somebody would wiggle the mouse and suddenly 'Installation complete'

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