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Tools to measure software energy consumption from your computer

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Re: Tools to measure software energy consumption from your computer

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Post by owlbite »

wmf wrote: post #8
lksewpnseiq wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

huh? This doesn't really have anything to do with climate change. Energy consumption is an important software performance metric, measuring it is the first step to optimizing that aspect of the software. Normally this sort of thing is done with low power microcontrollers, this article is just talking about techniques applicable to higher level systems.

This blog post is part of a "green software" movement that's trying to guilt-trip programmers for wasting energy.

I mean, don't do it for the "green". Do it for longer battery life for your users.

Re: Tools to measure software energy consumption from your computer

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Post by toast0 »

owlbite wrote: post #11
wmf wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This blog post is part of a "green software" movement that's trying to guilt-trip programmers for wasting energy.

I mean, don't do it for the "green". Do it for longer battery life for your users.

You don't even need to care about your users' batteries. Do it so your battery usage is less than other apps, so your users don't delete your app because it uses too much battery. (This is the same reason you need to optimize your app size, although remove app can sort by size and not battery use, AFAIK)

Re: Tools to measure software energy consumption from your computer

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Post by xyzelement »

frashelaw wrote: post #2

Westerners really will do literally anything about climate change except reckon with their corporate overlords who by far are the biggest contributors to climate destruction. Get real, your app using 15% less power makes literally zero difference. If you want to make a real difference, nationalize and seize energy corporations and whip them into shape under planned economic management. Anything short of that and clim…

>> nationalize and seize energy corporations and whip them into shape under planned economic management.

Can you imagine not being able to heat your apartment/home, or your stores being empty because there's no fuel for trucks? Unless you can really picture that and still tell yourself "yup, I really do want that," you shouldn't be excited/confident about what you're proposing.

I suspect you can't really imagine what it's like to lack fuel that powers your necessities, but I grew up in the USSR in 1980s and I can tell you it's not good.

Re: Tools to measure software energy consumption from your computer

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Post by jazzyjackson »

frashelaw wrote: post #2

Westerners really will do literally anything about climate change except reckon with their corporate overlords who by far are the biggest contributors to climate destruction. Get real, your app using 15% less power makes literally zero difference. If you want to make a real difference, nationalize and seize energy corporations and whip them into shape under planned economic management. Anything short of that and clim…

are easterners doing something different?

Re: Tools to measure software energy consumption from your computer

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Post by kingkawn »

frashelaw wrote: post #2

Westerners really will do literally anything about climate change except reckon with their corporate overlords who by far are the biggest contributors to climate destruction. Get real, your app using 15% less power makes literally zero difference. If you want to make a real difference, nationalize and seize energy corporations and whip them into shape under planned economic management. Anything short of that and clim…

Never say never

Re: Tools to measure software energy consumption from your computer

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Post by wmf »

jazzyjackson wrote: post #14
frashelaw wrote: post #2

Westerners really will do literally anything about climate change except reckon with their corporate overlords who by far are the biggest contributors to climate destruction. Get real, your app using 15% less power makes literally zero difference. If you want to make a real difference, nationalize and seize energy corporations and whip them into shape under planned economic management. Anything short of that and clim…

are easterners doing something different?

China's doing some crazy stuff like shutting down factories by fiat but it's not necessarily better.

Re: Tools to measure software energy consumption from your computer

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Post by adreamingsoul »

xyzelement wrote: post #13
frashelaw wrote: post #2

Westerners really will do literally anything about climate change except reckon with their corporate overlords who by far are the biggest contributors to climate destruction. Get real, your app using 15% less power makes literally zero difference. If you want to make a real difference, nationalize and seize energy corporations and whip them into shape under planned economic management. Anything short of that and clim…

>> nationalize and seize energy corporations and whip them into shape under planned economic management. Can you imagine not being able to heat your apartment/home, or your stores being empty because there's no fuel for trucks? Unless you can really picture that and still tell yourself "yup, I really do want that," you shouldn't be excited/confident about what you're proposing. I suspect you can't really imagine what…

How is “nationalising energy” anything similar to the socialist state of the USSR?

Re: Tools to measure software energy consumption from your computer

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Post by bserge »

frashelaw wrote: post #2

Westerners really will do literally anything about climate change except reckon with their corporate overlords who by far are the biggest contributors to climate destruction. Get real, your app using 15% less power makes literally zero difference. If you want to make a real difference, nationalize and seize energy corporations and whip them into shape under planned economic management. Anything short of that and clim…

What are energy companies doing that's worth nationalizing them over? Whip into shape how? They're energy providers, not users.

Re: Tools to measure software energy consumption from your computer

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Post by perceptronas »

adreamingsoul wrote: post #18
xyzelement wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>> nationalize and seize energy corporations and whip them into shape under planned economic management. Can you imagine not being able to heat your apartment/home, or your stores being empty because there's no fuel for trucks? Unless you can really picture that and still tell yourself "yup, I really do want that," you shouldn't be excited/confident about what you're proposing. I suspect you can't really imagine what…

How is “nationalising energy” anything similar to the socialist state of the USSR?

Grandparent mentioned "planned economy" + "nationalizing energy" which is a fair comparison to USSR as it was illegal to have private companies there and economy was planned in great detail
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