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Always funny to read from environmentalists discussing how much power draws a lenovo laptop from 2014 running NetBSD. Come on, look at all the businesses and w
by zenlot 11mo ago
Always funny to read from environmentalists discussing how much power draws a lenovo laptop from 2014 running NetBSD.
Come on, look at all the businesses and what's really happening in the space you're commenting on. That laptop literally means nothing.
- NathanielK 11mo agoEven the Pentium M systems from a decade prior have <10W idle. Honestly embarrassing to mention when AI chips are dumping kilowatts.
- cluckindan 11mo agoWonder how long you could run an old laptop on the energy used by a single ChatGPT conversation?
- jrmg 11mo agoI think it’s a fair question when I’m literally commenting on a statement about sustainability and reuse of old computers. And on a larger scale, you could use your dismissal against almost everything. Every part of society (and businesses are part of society) can think ‘that thing I do means literally nothing when so much else is going on!’ about almost anything.
- mrweasel 11mo agoThat old computer running NetBSD probably also isn't running 24/7, making the environmental impact that much lower. The comparison probably needs to be: Running that old NetBSD machine for a few hours a day, worst case about 40 while I work vs. producing an running a brand new laptop. If we're talking desktops, then many older machines have 2-300W PSUs, not even enough to power a modern graphics card (I know, an Nvidia card isn't running 600W all the time).
- noAnswer 11mo agoBe passive, do nothing. Not even asking. Just consume. Your actions mean nothing because whatabout.
- zenlot 11mo agoLol. You're not using your laptop making huge impact. Wake up, be real. Sheep mentality, exactly what they want you to believe in.
- jrmg 11mo agoThere’s a lot of irony in asserting that the ones who are considering and acting upon the consequences of their small choices are the ones exhibiting ‘sheep mentlity’.