Post B2OGkCI68ArX73k5cO by teajaygrey@snac.bsd.cafe
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 (DIR) Post #B2LvjWOfPBidpLjQHo by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
       2026-01-16T19:53:03Z
       
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       @robpike @timbray i too close tabs as s matter of habit. If i have dozen i feel like im doing something wrong.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2MsSPLAHZhkJZCYCW by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
       2026-01-17T06:51:03Z
       
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       @robpikeExactly.  @timbray
       
 (DIR) Post #B2OGkCI68ArX73k5cO by teajaygrey@snac.bsd.cafe
       2026-01-17T06:57:52Z
       
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       Good habits. Maybe we're old? It pains me to think of all the wasted memory by leaving too many tabs open, yet I see folks younger than I use browsers which have, to me, an incomprehensible number of tabs open.Just because OSes evolved virtual memory, and browsers evolved multiple tabs, doesn't mean such things are wise uses of finite resources.CC: @robpike@hachyderm.io @timbray@cosocial.ca
       
 (DIR) Post #B2OGkDYRQtWv22OejQ by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
       2026-01-17T22:57:52Z
       
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       @teajaygrey OK I can imagine, but try to avoid, characterizing other peoples' workflows or whatever as "wrong", lol. The way *I* use tabs is for particular purposes.Right now, above me:  the BDS C manual (a rare permatab) (I have it downloaded but firefox is a good pdf browser), one tax thing I gotta do, this fedi  thingiemabobwhatever, a page about .LBRs I need to reference in a a web page I gotta write, a property assessor page I gotta look at. A VCfed page about fZ80 I monitor. That's a decent "typical" representation of tab use for me I guess.If I use them and close them then I don't have to care about remembering or maintaining them. If there's a useful document (BDS C manual) I download, name it usefully, move to a Projects/folder and it's now in the system.If something "looks interesting" I'll look at the tab the next day; usually it's lost its interest, or I dealt with it. Closed.Partially my habits are of someone that grew up on minis then microprocessor machines. I've never had an employer of the type where I rely on their hardware to Do Things. So I always have frugality in mind. I actually clean directories and purge.And absolutely right, wastefulness in computing is exactly the same mindset as, or reflects, wastefulness in the mundane consumer world which I've never embraced anyway. When have we ever had infinite resources? It's not even a good fantasy.@robpike @timbray