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Re:SSD: How to Optimize Your Solid State Drive for Linux by ghshephard on Sunday May 31, 2015 @05:19AM (#9633602)
It's fine as long as people know what they are doing is ridiculous. I have a friend who both tries to hyper mile and as well as prevent any wear on his brakes on his Diesel VW Golf TDI. As in, his objective is to never, ever touch his brakes, or accelerate (significantly). He plans out his highway on-ramps to avoid sudden acceleration, rarely passes, and gauges stop-lights blocks in advance to reduce braking.

Is this needed in a modern car, or does it make driving said care more pleasurable, (or, for that matter, safe?) No, in call cases. But, he takes a particular pleasure about taking his vehicle into the dealer (free, once a year), and at 75,000 miles being told that his brakes look like they've got 10,000 miles on them.

So, if you read the advice on SSDs in this (ridiculous to some) vein, then It's a fun read.

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Re:SSD: How to Optimize Your Solid State Drive for Linux by andmarios on Sunday May 31, 2015 @06:07AM (#9633718)
Your friend's practice seems a bit excessive to me, though I can understand one adopting some good driving habits to reduce wear and increase mileage. It usually leads to more safe roads too, due to less aggressive driving behaviour.

A thing I can't understand are screen protectors used by people with an office job. The amount of R&D put into modern phones' screens and oleophobic coating is huge. Your phone's screen is designed to withstand both hits and dirt, to let your fingers slide with minimal friction and to allow you perceive every last pixel of your QHD panel (which has its own huge amount of R&D). Why would you miss all these by gluing a $5 piece of plastic on top of it?

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Re:SSD: How to Optimize Your Solid State Drive for Linux by keenerd on Sunday May 31, 2015 @06:26AM (#9633748)
> Why would you miss all these by gluing a $5 piece of plastic on top of it?

Some of us prefer matte, non-mirror screens.

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Re:SSD: How to Optimize Your Solid State Drive for Linux by kuschku on Sunday May 31, 2015 @09:04AM (#9634037)
Especially as those are also more fat-resistant. And read better in sunlight. <3 matte screens.
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Re:SSD: How to Optimize Your Solid State Drive for Linux by Zr40 on Sunday May 31, 2015 @05:29AM (#9633622)
The practice of hypermiling is about burning less fuel to reach your destination. Likewise, avoiding unnecessary braking saves on replacement costs. It's certainly not needed for any car, but it saves money.
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