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[โ€“] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The first one is to warm up the engine. Like getting your car ignition to kick over in the winter

[โ€“] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 7 points 2 months ago

and sometimes that's exactly what's needed. Services wake up, connections get established and then when you try again things are up and it works.