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Re:USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness (2021) by roywashere on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @01:48AM (#30915668)
To be honest I see this as a win for laptops nowadays. I still work from home most days of the week and I prefer not to have a power hungry workstation turned on all day, especially with current electricity prices. Because of unfortunate timing of when my contract expired I already pay around 800 euros per month for energy
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Re:USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness (2021) by gambiting on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @03:34AM (#30916274)
>>Because of unfortunate timing of when my contract expired I already pay around 800 euros per month for energy

Wait, what? Are you like cryptomining or something? That's actually insane. I charge two electric cars at home, work from home using a powerful workstation, and my electricity is about £100/month. How do you manage to spend 800 euro a month????

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Re:USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness (2021) by roywashere on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @05:18AM (#30916890)
No I am not crypto mining. Please mind I said 'energy', it includes gas. Electric is about 175 euros
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Re:USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness (2021) by maccard on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @05:44AM (#30917033)
Curious where you are? I run a threadripper workstation with a 3070Ti and 2x 1440p monitors for ~10 hours per day, and my household's electricity bill is ~£40/month.
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