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For years I've been using Thunderbird's RSS reader. I know it's primary known as an email client, but its RSS reader is pretty decent.
But for the past few months, I swear it takes longer and longer to start deleting stuff. I've had feeds that have had thousands of entries in them, but I delete stuff as I catch up with new posts, and frequently empty its trash folder, so there's very little data it should need to work with (a few dozen posts per feed, at the very most).
If I leave it alone for a few minutes then go back to it, and hit the Delete button, it can often take a solid 10+ seconds before I get any response from it. Then after it's finally deleted the entry, I can keep deleting stuff repeatedly and it'll be nearly instantaneous, as one would expect.
Leave it alone again for a few minutes, and them go back to it to delete one entry...and again, it'll take a long time to process that first request. It's like a system that very aggressively pages everything to disk, but there's no disk activity while it's in that state - just a spinner with the app going into this "not responding" state.
The process is using far less memory than what's available (in typical use, this system can keep running with very little paging). I can't even begin to imagine WTE it might be doing.
Anyone using Thunderbird is seeing something similar? I've gone over all options I could find, but there's practically nothing about memory usage and/or caching.
(This is more of a rant than me hoping for an actual solution)
Also...I'm not exactly married to Thunderbird. I know there's tons of alternative RSS readers out there, but I'd be curious to hear some recommendations based on first-hand experience. The simpler, the better - like I said, I don't even use its email functionality.
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Thunderbird is horrendously slow with email as well. I have no idea what it’s doing, but it’s slow.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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I used Thunderbird for quite a few years for my three email accounts. However I switched to Googlemail a few months back and find it is just as good, if not better.
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Thunderbirds are go…
Queue music
A Fine is a Tax for doing something wrong
A Tax is a Fine for doing something good.
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Dun de dun, dun dun... 
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I'm in! I'm totally in. In like... well, I'm in!
It's been many years since the last AAA "western" MMO has been released.
Looking forward. Totally in the hype.
Preps for launch are running!
My launch-prep plan (worth a look^^): Infographic: Game Release Prep : newworldgame[^]
Anyone else waiting for release?
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Mike Barthold wrote: It's been many years since the last AAA "western" MMO has been released.
Only three years, surely?[^]
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I don't see RDR as a classical MMO - it has an online mode, yes, but that's true for almost all games these days.
And, according to the counting-strategy of many people: one-two-many, "three" equals "many" 
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lies!
the color of the universe is mostly black.... just look up at night....
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what do you think of that?
is it worth it updating my custom utility libraries to support that?! quite a bit of code to review...  :/
EDIT trying now to add nullable reference to my utility library...
but I got some.. existential crisis.. not sure how my custom IList<T> should implement IList
more code there...
modified 25-Sep-21 7:50am.
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I learned years ago to return null instead of crapping out when I couldn't return an object.
Then there's LINQ with FirstOrNull(), etc.
"Nullable references" sounds like solution looking for a problem. Or another pointless "pattern".
Like having to deal with Null value checkboxes when all you ever use is dual-state.
If you have to think about it, you probably don't need it; just something else that uses primitives one is already familiar with; and not exactly labor-saving.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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I am starting to think you might be right...
Particularly as I realize it seems impossible to implement both IList and IList<T> and predictably support both nullable reference type and non nullable reference type... 
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I'm in the market for a new monitor. My current home monitor is a 20" flat panel I bought several years ago. I lost my right eye in a fall last year, and anything I can do to reduce eye fatigue is A Good Thing.
I'm thinking a 24" or 27" would be easier to read, and probably 4K resolution.
My questions:
Q1: Does a curved monitor help with our typical work style (lots of text), or is this just a gimmick? I have an intuitive feeling it might help me, since I turn my head a lot more now when working. A curved screen would seem to also reduce depth of focus changes somewhat as I turn.
Q2: Any general suggestions on manufacturers or models who are good, who to avoid?
Thanks for your help.
Software Zen: delete this;
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I just recently replaced a 20" flat screen that I had been using for almost 20 years with two 24" Samsung CF390 screens. If I'd have known how awesome two monitors were, I'd have done it decades ago.
Whether a curved or larger monitor would work for your situation, only you will know that, regardless of what folks here say.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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I stopped in at Best Buy to take a look. The curved monitors looked nice, but it was hard to tell how they would be to work with. They were playing demo video, and the sales drone didn't want to connect them to an actual PC so I could see what text looked like.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Gary R. Wheeler wrote: ...an actual PC so I could see what text looked like.
I personally couldn't tell the difference between the two. I just like the extra screen real estate and that there are two of them.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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I have a 24" curved monitor (AOC)
It's big AF and sometimes loose my mouse cursor.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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Maximilien wrote: sometimes lose my mouse cursor
That's a problem I have. I've had to set my mouse pointer to the largest cursors available.
Software Zen: delete this;
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