Alex WJul 4, 2019
Jim Stormdancer
Wiggling the mouse really did make Windows 95 go faster. (Due to I/O event bundling.) https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/11533/why-did-moving-the-mouse-cursor-cause-windows-95-to-run-more-quickly
Why did moving the mouse cursor cause Windows 95 to run more quickly?

I was playing Hypnospace Outlaw, a game about a retro-themed OS. This OS has a peculiar behavior that when loading a webpage, wiggling the mouse cursor will load the page faster. That reminded me of

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@mogwai_poet this is truly mind blowing. I can’t believe that this was actually a thing and not just some wishful thinking I might have had at the time.
Show threadCodaJul 4, 2019
@mogwai_poet it’s up there with “holding certain buttons while catching Pokémon in the original games affects the capture chances/RNG” actually also being real