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[–] arnitbier@sh.itjust.works 8 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

This is a really good read, not sure why its not being appreciated more

Well thought out and well done, thanks for sharing

Guess it just kinda pisses everyone off by not "taking a side" on this set of issues but its a rock solid blogpost for anyone IMO

[–] bigredgiraffe@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Yeah I thought so too! I am not sure why it’s not appreciated more either, it was a great read!

[–] tal@lemmy.today 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

UNIX schedulers became better and better, and eventually nobody needed to set process priorities and nice levels anymore.

I use nice levels.

[–] gratux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Because you want to, or because you need to?

Some people are just nice by nature.