Laptops and computers are known as energy vampires, especially when left in standby mode. To save electricity, unplug them when not in use or choose to hibernate them. Reducing power consumption can eventually
"Earlier in the year, a UK government study found that in the UK we spend about half our waking hours using the media, often plugged into several things at once. So, with technology continuing to develop at an alarming rate, how much time will you set aside for sleep in the future?1...
Almost every appliance we have plugged in uses electricity, even when it’s not in use. Devices that use a ton of electricity even when off are referred to asenergy vampires. On to more serious matters. How Much Electricity Is Used by Leaving Things Plugged In? It’s a fairly small amou...
Some things that might help: - The USB charging cable stays plugged in 24/7 its only when I actually plug/unplug my headset from the charger cable my pc crashes - I have not tried the other USB slots on my pc yet wanted to see if it was an easy fix first before trying other slots...
That's right. Challenge yourself to leave your phone unattended for a full 24 hours. See how much you're able to focus on being present, and in the moment of things without constant notifications distracting you. Throw a Dance Party
Not to mention how much we could help the environment by deciding to set our electrical equipment aside every now and then and just meet up with the people we’re endlessly e-chatting with for a coffee. The Global Day of Unplugging was created to do all of these things and more. The ...
This way the application layer can kill TCP connections when it deems that it's been too long after close(). It sounds like close() has the timeout problem (is this correct, as you've seen things?), but an abort() may not. I might couple this with inactive polling callbacks (see ...
Colin tries to keep things as real as they are in the moment. What tuning are you using on these songs? When I got this guitar, I just wanted to write something entirely on this. For the past couple years, I’ve been playing in this cover band called Black Sabbath Cover Band ...
I'm having a weird problem on a two-week old 13" MBP. When I plug in headphones whatever sound was playing, if any, will stop for 10-15 seconds and during this time the volume keys on the keyboard are unresponsive (along with any keyboard keys that operate hardware things...back...
the news religiously. I’m trying so hard to do this project and staying in touch with that; and then I’ve got my kids. But the news really sets me over the edge. I’m hearing these terrible things every damn day. It really wipes me out, man. I’m not kidding. I d...