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    [–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 40 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Imagine your oven or clothes iron turning itself on while you're not home. Why TF people just accept their computers doing this is beyond me. Either it's a boiling frog situation, or people simply don't remember the times us users had complete control over our devices and think things were always this way.

    As an 80s/90s kid, I can tell you they most definitely were not.

    [–] vinyl@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    I hate windows doing windows things but that's an oxymoron take because computers aren't known to cause fires, if there was an apparent danger around leaving PCs on unattended, then there would've been legal repercussion. This is just a mere annoyance to most.

    [–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 13 hours ago

    Windows has no idea of the state of the hardware it's running on. Someone could be using a janky molex to sata power adapter, which are known to catch fire and only uses it when someone is present. Or a cheap-ass wish.com power supply with exploding capacitors.

    [–] HStone32@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

    Electricity isn't free, and neither is it's impact on your computer hardware. The life expectancy of a circuit may reasonably be approximated as a function of watt-hours. this is why hardware manufactuers test their circuits in ovens: the heat simulates high wattage.

    it doesn't matter if the power drain is low. So long as your computer is on, it's lifetime watt-hours are constantly ticking down.

    [–] Genius@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

    Sleep disruption is a serious health issue