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Terminal and shell performance
There’s a great MSR demo from 2012 that shows the effect of latency on the experience of using a tablet . If you don’t want to watch the three minute video, they basically created a device which could simulate arbitrary latencies down to a fraction of a millisecond. At 100ms (1/10th of a second), which is typical of…
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Systems & PerformanceTools & Productivity2017
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Jul 18, 2017 | Terminal and shell performance by darwhy | 404 | 204 |
| Mar 20, 2019 | Terminal latency (2017) by andyjpb | 181 | 109 |
| Aug 8, 2022 | Terminal Latency (2017) by merwanedr | 66 | 41 |
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