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Re:Tell HN: Check out HNTrends.com by DTrejo on Tuesday September 08, 2009 @12:09AM (#810249)
you're already looking at HN, it's not like you're really gonna need that 25 for anything else right?
Re:Tell HN: Check out HNTrends.com by jrockway on Tuesday September 08, 2009 @01:32AM (#810337)
If he's using a laptop, he's now burning significantly more power. 4 hours of battery life at idle can easily become 30 minutes at a constant 25% CPU load.
Re:Tell HN: Check out HNTrends.com by Zev on Tuesday September 08, 2009 @01:50PM (#811481)
you're already looking at HN, it's not like you're really gonna need that 25 for anything else right?

Actually, I did need that 25% for something else. Was waiting for code to finish compiling (well, for Clang's Static Analyzer to finish running). It takes more then a few minutes to run on a sizable project.

Plus, as jrockway pointed out, it absolutely kills battery life, and I'm on a laptop.