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Q: why did i optimize my code (running on Windows) but it works slower now A: almost invariably because some Windows process with a bland and uninformative name like "Windows Modules Installer Worker" has decided that it's going to do 30 MB/s of disk writes for foreseeable future

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Catherine

@whitequark

Feb 27, 2021

windows needs a button that just makes it chill

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Daniel Micay

@DanielMicay

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@whitequark

Select the application, Windows Key + G and use the gear icon to tell it the application is a game with Game Mode globally enabled.

2:29 PM · Feb 27, 2021Twitter Web App

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brilliant

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I'm not entirely sure how it will treat spawned sub-processes but it should at least make it calm down with maintenance work. You might have to convince it more things are games. I use this to make YouTube videos work when I'm doing a bunch of stuff in the background though.

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