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Re:Lessons from 14 Years at Google by astrange on Sunday January 04, 2026 @10:09PM (#46494922)
You probably wanted a low thread priority/QoS setting. The OS knows how to run threads such that they don't heat up the CPU. Well, on modern hardware it does anyway.
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Re:Lessons from 14 Years at Google by adrianN on Monday January 05, 2026 @01:19AM (#46495849)
I’d expect any os worth it’s name to run threads in a way that minimizes total energy not fan noise.
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Re:Lessons from 14 Years at Google by astrange on Monday January 05, 2026 @02:52AM (#46496314)
People with desktop computers don't care about total energy, but they do care about fan noise for overnight maintenance tasks.
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Re:Lessons from 14 Years at Google by rswail on Monday January 05, 2026 @06:35AM (#46497606)
The OP did say this was circa 2010. So we're talking 15 years ago.
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