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Re:Pointer Pointer (2012) by dafoex on Friday December 11, 2020 @05:45AM (#25384312)
It could just be fake busy. Timing is everything in comedy, so give a first time user a little suspense to think advanced computer magic is happening before the punchline arrives.
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Re:Pointer Pointer (2012) by cprecioso on Friday December 11, 2020 @06:29AM (#25384563)
Exactly. Looking at the JS code (even minified), you can see that it's calling a setTimeout for effect - possibly also waiting for image load-, but all the data is there already.
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Re:Pointer Pointer (2012) by ziihrs on Friday December 11, 2020 @06:56AM (#25384748)
If it runs instantaneously, it would probably be a pretty cool effect to have the pointing fingers trace your cursor as it moves.
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