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latexr ◴[] No.45138173[source]
As I opened the website, the “16” changed to “17”. This looked interesting, as if the data were being updated live just as I loaded the page. Alas, a refresh (and quick check in the Developer Tools) reveals it’s fake and always does the transition. It’s a cool effect, but feels like a dirty trick.
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pessimizer ◴[] No.45138881[source]
Reminds me that the reason that loading spinners spin is so that you knew that the loading/system hadn't frozen. That was too hard (you actually had to program something that could understand that it had frozen), so it was just replaced everywhere with an animation that doesn't tell you anything and will spin until the sun burns out. Progress!
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1. gpm ◴[] No.45140683[source]
I've definitely had systems freeze badly enough that our modern dumb spinners stop spinning... so at least they're still some sort of signal.