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I wish I had mustered up the courage to leave Windows earlier; my PCs are so quiet now (programming.dev)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/linuxmint@programming.dev
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I feel like trying to persuade people to leave Windows purely from a privacy angle is being too specific or extreme for those who really don't care/gave up. I think a great, alternative way to win people over would be to simply point out how much more efficient it is and energy-saving for their own electric bills.

Just don't warn them about how much energy they may end up ironically expending as a result of tinkering with it and fixing issues and finding cool stuff like Burn My Windows, haha... 🤫

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[+] -10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Good job on doing the math on those .01% of users pulling actually 350w running a Bitcoin mine. You definitely proved me wrong with this massive edge case that went beyond my napkin math point to demonstrate the absurdity.

Autistic kids missing the forrest for the tree. Name a better pair.

Also note, since we are going off the deep end pedantic nerd shit, 'average user' while you are out there maxing the delta with edge cases.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago*

    You're the one who said 24/7

    If you were off by even one order of magnitude, I'd say you have a point... But you were off by several orders of magnitude.

    Not sure why it makes them autistic for checking your shit math.

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