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		db48x 8 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Replacing a $3000/mo Heroku bill with a $55/mo ser... If it’s frozen, or if the mouse suddenly takes seconds to respond to every movement, then it’s not just using some swap. It’s thrashing for sure.

pdimitar 7 days ago [–]

I get it that the distinction is real but nobody using the machine cares at this point. It must not happen and if disabling swap removes it then people will disable swap.

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