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It's interesting to note that data centers don't use very much, despite perception.

[continuing from https://lemmy.ml/post/34963182]

Running Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon on a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 10th gen here.

Ok, so a while back, when I had TLP installed, I tried to set charging thresholds (I think with tlp-gui, does that sound right? Anyway . . .), and while I don't remember exactly what happened, I think there was a problem where the battery applets were stuck at a certain %, neither (apparently) charging nor discharging. I used the emergency reset button on the bottom of my Lenovo, started up again, removed all traces of TLP, and everything went back to normal.

As I wrote previously:

I have notifications set to warn me when a charge goes under 20% or over 90%, so that I either plug in or unplug when I get them, which TTBOMK constitutes “best practices.” Very possibly I’m just getting old and getting lost too deeply in whatever I’m doing, but I feel like I’m constantly getting these notifications, and they’re really starting to get on my nerves!

After consulting with my fellow Lemmings (who I should've listened to more carefully 🙄), I ended up doing this and then found myself stuck with the same problem again, stuck at 89% neither charging or discharging, at least according to my applets.

I tried timeshifting out of it, without success, then I did the emergency reset button on the bottom again, both with and without the laptop on, but again without success!

Since then, I've installed tlp, and am now in the process of recalibrating the battery (sudo tlp recalibrate). Still plugged into the AC, it drained the battery down to zero, and is now in the process of powering up to 100%.

So my question is, why does this keep happening? It seems like every time I try to set charging thresholds, the battery gets confused and I have to somehow try and fix it. For now, I'll have to wait until it gets to 100% and then see how it goes (maybe uninstalling tlp and reinstalling power-profiles-daemon), but in the meantime I'd be much obliged for any thoughts and/or suggestions.

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/36082211

Police officers arrested 18 people at worker-led protests at Microsoft headquarters Wednesday as the tech company promises an “urgent” review of the Israeli military’s use of its technology during the ongoing ~~war~~ genocide in Gaza.

Two consecutive days of protest at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington called for the tech giant to immediately cut its business ties with Israel.

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/36063172

Source.

Ok, well, to start with, my Lenovo X1 Carbon 10th is known for not having the greatest battery life.

Despite this, to preserve battery health, I have notifications set to warn me when a charge goes under 20% or over 90%, so that I either plug in or unplug when I get them, which TTBOMK constitutes "best practices." Very possibly I'm just getting old and getting lost too deeply in whatever I'm doing, but I feel like I'm constantly getting these notifications, and they're really starting to get on my nerves!

I've tried tlp and auto-cpufreq without any noticeable difference in performance, and usually I'm on "Power Saver" in Mint.

Mrs. Erinaceus has a gaming laptop and just keeps it plugged in all the time, battery health be damned. Is that what I should do? Maybe time to get a new battery? Or is there just some way to tell it to stop charging and leave it plugged in?

On Tuesday, a group of current and former Microsoft employees, as well as community members, took over a plaza at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, as part of a No Azure for Apartheid protest.

They declared the area a “Liberated Zone” encampment and said they had changed its name from East Campus Plaza to “The Martyred Palestinian Children’s Plaza.” The organization, which announced and distributed pictures of the takeover in a press release, said around 50 people were in attendance at the start of the event.

The protesters set up tents and artistic homages to the losses in Gaza, including shrouds and a large plate that reads “Stop Starving Gaza.” They also set up a negotiating table with a sign inviting Microsoft executives to “come to the table” and end the company’s partnership with the Israeli military. The group says it plans to occupy the plaza until they are forcibly removed. Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/34919033

This talk is a polemic that distills the pessimistic side of my feelings about systems research these days. I won’t talk much about the optimistic side, since lots of others can do that for me; everyone’s excited about the computer industry. I may therefore present a picture somewhat darker than reality. However, I think the situation is genuinely bad and requires action.

• See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Pike for context

paywall bypass: https://archive.is/mdi9x

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/34912703

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/26297841

I'll note that the article as originally published contains a typo; Ruth Porat is the CIO at Google, not the CEO.#

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