Re:A Bitcoin Mining Operation Started a Secret Power Plant, ...
by xkeysc0re on Thursday October 07, 2021 @12:42AM
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Not if you still have older CRT monitors or plasma screens.
Also login / lock screens are essentially just screen savers
Re:A Bitcoin Mining Operation Started a Secret Power Plant, ...
by axiolite on Thursday October 07, 2021 @01:08AM
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Screen blanking and DPMS power-off accomplish the same goals, with considerably less energy usage.
Re:A Bitcoin Mining Operation Started a Secret Power Plant, ...
by floatingatoll on Thursday October 07, 2021 @01:13AM
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Didn’t it used to be necessary to exercise the pixels to keep them from burning in, rather than just turning off the screen? Or is that a thing that started with plasma TVs.
Screen savers?