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Following this line of thought, the Hacker News homepage should receive an Energy Star award from the EPA for not having insulting auto-play videos, 20 CPU-burn
by segfaultbuserr 7y ago
Following this line of thought, the Hacker News homepage should receive an Energy Star award from the EPA for not having insulting auto-play videos, 20 CPU-burning JavaScript trackers, 5 webfonts, and 40 useless images like others do.
- DanAtC 7y agoIf only there was a dark mode theme to save energy on OLED screens.
- ehnto 7y agoThere are probably some cost savings in the off white background of the content area.
- segfaultbuserr 7y agoIt depends on the display technology. I, for one, is still using an old-fashioned IPS LCD, and a white background has less power consumption.
- pieterk 7y agofound this today, hope it helps you too https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23015186 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23015186
- CKN23-ARIN 7y agoIf you use Chrome: chrome://flags/#enable-force-dark
- Proven 7y agoFollowing your line of thought people without a Web site should receive even more awards. And perhaps people who create energy-wasting Web sites that get their power from data centers powered by renewable energy should also be rewarded because they are helping bring cost of renewable energy down and save the world?