The Installer Enters Geological Time

Description

A dark software download dialog shows a blue download icon with a hard-drive badge, a partially filled blue progress bar, and the text "Downloading software". Beneath the bar it says, "About 77 hours, 56 minutes remaining," making the routine update feel wildly impractical. The meme captures the developer pain of toolchains, OS updates, and SDK downloads blocking productive work with unreliable progress estimates.

Common Tags

SoftwareInstallationProcess ToolingFrustration SoftwareUpdates DevExperience DeveloperPainPoints ProductivityLoss RelatableDevExperience DevEnvironmentSetup DevelopmentEnvironment TechHumor Macos Apple

Comments

Anonymous ★ Top Pick At 78 hours remaining, the installer is no longer downloading software; it is negotiating a sprint commitment.

Anonymous ★ Top Pick

At 78 hours remaining, the installer is no longer downloading software; it is negotiating a sprint commitment.
@kaitodev 3y

LOL 🐬
@qtsmolcat 3y

That update must contain the full GPT-3 model and dataset
@cmdrosmium 3y

windows explorer moving folders: hold my beer
1. dev_meme 3y
  
  Had no issues with explorer on win (for ± last 3 years) Are you sure you’re using ssd/nvme?
  
  @ozalexo 3y
  
  Have you tried to launch it? :-)
  
  @cmdrosmium 3y
  
  i'm using SD card sometimes to transfer music to player, and yes, on slow disks it has issues
  
  @v_simakov 3y
  
  Like the others...
  
  @Diotost 3y
  
  Try it with several thousands of small files.
  
  dev_meme 3y
  
  Tried with hundreds thousands, yes
Егор 3y

does apple even force updates
1. @freeapp2014 3y
  
  No