Re:Ask HN: Should I turn off my idle machine over the weekend?
by jgtrosh on Monday September 30, 2019 @12:34PM
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Clearly, there are better ways to share files than scp from work desktop.
I should have said that having forgotten to push changes to a remote repo, turning the desktop off partially caused quite a bit of extra work in an already very busy weekend. I value that wasted time and energy more than the electrity that would have been wasted had I left the desktop on.
Saying that it's wise to turn the PC off has no effect on the large swathes of corporate developers who only see an off PC as potential waste of time.
I should have said that having forgotten to push changes to a remote repo, turning the desktop off partially caused quite a bit of extra work in an already very busy weekend. I value that wasted time and energy more than the electrity that would have been wasted had I left the desktop on.
Saying that it's wise to turn the PC off has no effect on the large swathes of corporate developers who only see an off PC as potential waste of time.