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This is about unnecessary high cpu usage which affects temps (longevity of machine), $$ mains electric/bank balance.... battery usage when out and about. I put a watts meter on my mains electric supply outlet and monitored my old internet PC's cpu usage. I was using roughly 40 extra watts simply for using an inefficient browser and 1080p(i dont always watch full screen on youtube, so is a real waste watching hd when the screen is in small mode). any road, i installed chromium and noticed playing the same video and at the same resolution was 15 watts less. Then selected 720p and I noticed i saved even more around 40 watts. approximately. so if you wanna save energy, money.... check your cpu usage bar.... a test you can do. Play the same video in different browsers and see which browser is more efficient on your machine by looking at the cpu usage bar thing. you have to give the browser about 40 seconds to settle sometimes as it buffers, and turn off virus scanners for a fair test. once you have the best browser, drop down the resolution too, as far as you feel comfortable and see how low you can get the cpu usage bar. on an new i5 i7 you might not notice much at all. but this will help older pc users and laptops so to help the battery. also you can get a plugin/extension that blackens the screen all around the video which saves money on your screen power usage. that can be just as effective at saving energy. |
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what browser were you using before chromium? |
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also yes this is important since British gas are increasing their bills by 11% I reckon the others will follow suite if they haven't already |
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I fired fox |
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get an led bulb for your main room if you havent already. |
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Philips anti flicker. |
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oh yeah will have to get them for every room good suggestion, are they expensive? |
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go to a pound shop for rooms you do not use much old style AC bulbs flickered of course. but these days you can get non flicker. May as well,for your main room in particular. i have a philips in my main room. buy one bulb to see how bright it is before you buy 5 or 10 cause you will see that they are very bright. i think mine is 5 or 6 watt? for my whole room, i just have one bulb in ere hitting a white ceiling. kitchen i have a led strip light too. |
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yes ive been looking for ways to reduce electrify usage, I will mention the LED bulb thing, do they look artificial or are they quite good now |
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if you wonder about flicker of ac bulbs and so forth.. |
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just as good, you can have any warmth y like. |
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have you seen this Freqy? |
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crazy that we dont do this already, in normal housing. i wonder do they know the human body cannot generate vitamin d3 when the sun is shone through glass. depression is relieved from 'direct' sun exposure. |
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I wouldn't want to live in an iceberg home, you might start getting earthworms or moles coming through the wall |
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oh it was artifical i wonder if it produces uv b rays? |
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i missed the point, ....of the tower block idea. |
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people need uvb = vit d3 |
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probably doesn't so its of limited use in that regard, would be handy during winter months in a room that doesn't get much sunlight to read I think, its probably really expensive |
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ive been trying to get sunlight, I got a bit of sun stroke last month, my eyes were dry for about 2 days was a weird feeling, my dad was always suntanned because he was really into his gardening, he looked like a walnut |
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Power update ( i aim to go solar one day so lets get rid of watts) i built an amplifier using 2 x lm380 IC in a metal chassis that uses only 3watt. so much more level than I expected going into my 100w speakers 8ohm. So will be great for the interwebs. I previously had a 50watt amp here burning 50watts whether the level was up or down. yes. doesnt matter if you have it load or quiet 50watts all the time. ££$$ so there y go. i shall use this for teh nets. use my 50watt amp for music and stuff on my main machine. |
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more power saving on browsers when you just need audio. these are approximates and not the same for each browser but it shows you how usage can vary.. if you play a youtube and say its 15 % cpu usage if you minimise browser its 7% usage. but open new tab whilst video plays = 3% usage. approx. |
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LAZY_TITLE |
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how do you know these things? |
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pretty darn good, about 12 times less energy from the mains sounds just as good as before. 20-20000hz "How do you know these things?" i just got fed up knowing my amp was using so much energy , had to do something, |
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can you still hear 20Khz tone? I can only hear to 14KHz now |
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Depends on how how loud, sound intensity of teh 20khz freq is. you could probably explode your head at high enough SPL. you'd certainly hear that then. If not for a nano second lol. --------------------- welcome to Doctor Freqy's surgery. Have you tried plucking out your ear hairs? serious, Test your ears with a tone generator. take notes. Then pluck all longish hairs out. then clean with a damp cotton bud and then dry. retest. |
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I don't think I have any hairs in my ears apart from the tiny ones in my ear canals, my dad had hair growing out of his ears when he was older like some sort of troll |
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my hearing seems a bit better today, been doing jaw exercises, must have moved some gunk in my inner ear or something |
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