• Kowowow@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    I wonder if it was just me but I heard that clicking a dead spot could help when a computer was freezing or lagging

    • Fades@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      With love and respect,

      Maybe with some specific use case related to gpu rendering or something, but even then it would be more like forcing it to repaint part of the screen not clicking in the right place.

      As a developer, I can say with confidence that generally there’s just no way that clicking a random spot will help the code suddenly execute correctly or faster or help a resource free up so execution can continue or whatever.

      There’s just way too many kinds of freezes and lagging that this advice is all but useless and akin to a placebo at best.