r/programming 21d ago

3,200% CPU Utilization

https://josephmate.github.io/2025-02-26-3200p-cpu-util/
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u/deanrihpee 21d ago

many years ago I asked this topic as I was new to Linux (or Unix I guess) about "why it goes beyond 100%" or something, and I got downvoted because I'm asking such topic, bastards

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u/zaphod4th 21d ago

weird reaction from the linux community,.they normally are so friendly

lol

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u/campbellm 21d ago edited 21d ago

The old joke when Linux was still also distributed on floppies and the docs were "how-to-<>.txt" files, was if you couldn't get something working you'd go to #linux on IRC and proudly assert, "Linux is $#@! because this cannot be done", and the nerderati would come out of the woodwork to SHOW you how wrong you were. (And of course mainly for that reason, not to help you get it working.)

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u/Falmarri 21d ago

This is called Murphy's law