Current Events > I kind of hate the "always on" meta for consumer electronics.

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AlisLandale
03/15/21 3:20:31 AM
#1:


Like, your phone, your computer, etc. Youre very rarely supposed to turn them all the way off these days. Theyre always sleeping or hibernating or on standby or whatever.

I cant articulate why, but this annoys me. <_<

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EnvoyOfTheLight
03/15/21 3:24:05 AM
#2:


Cause it takes several facets of control away from you, and, although not too significant, demands constant expenditure of your cash via electricity usage.

Fuckin' telling you what to do with one of the most personal devices you can have that isn't meant to go in your butt.

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sutree
03/15/21 3:27:32 AM
#3:


Things are only going to continue getting worse

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AdmiralStiff
03/15/21 3:36:04 AM
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A hibernated PC is essentially turned off

What your PC did was dump whatever was on RAM to the drive so it can resume once you turn it back on

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