Unplug Your Laptop Now, or It Will Stay Plugged in Forever
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#2The problem isn't plugging it in, the problem is naive control software and non-communicated expectations.
In contrast, at night I plug in my phone, and it "knows" I won't need it until the morning alarm goes off, so it avoids unnecessarily charging the battery too soon or too rapidly.
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#3This is why modern laptops don't stay at 100% if the detect that they're always plugged in, no?
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#4Somewhere down the line, many of us got the idea that our laptops should always be plugged in to improve their performance
Because the manfacturers made the firmware defaults downclock the CPU if it was on battery power.
Also, is it just me or does this article have an "AI generated" feel to it? The arguments it makes are somewhat in the "uncanny valley" between truth and fiction, and the phrasing of some of the sentences seems very unusual, especially this last one:
Stop charging your laptop past 100% today, so you can free yourself from being plugged in tomorrow.
Stuff like this also raises some red flags:
It’s when hen[sic] there are too many lithium ions on one side that the battery gets stressed.
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#5This is why modern laptops don't stay at 100% if the detect that they're always plugged in, no?
And one day you'll unplug it and complain "why is the battery at 80%? It was plugged in all day. Stupid manufacturer. I will tell everyone to avoid this piece of shit"
The least losing move for the manufacturer is to always charge 100%.
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#6Somewhere down the line, many of us got the idea that our laptops should always be plugged in to improve their performance Because the manfacturers made the firmware defaults downclock the CPU if it was on battery power. Also, is it just me or does this article have an "AI generated" feel to it? The arguments it makes are somewhat in the "uncanny valley" between truth and fiction, and the phrasing of some of the sent…
Yeah, this does seem AI generated, or at least “AI assisted” in that it was primarily written by AI and a human slightly modified it and then stamped their name on it.
Just look at this paragraph:
“Many laptops sit on a charger throughout the workday and all through the night. We don’t even think about it; we just plug in everywhere. We’re charging at work, at home, at the coffee shop – a collective addiction to a laptop at 100% battery. There’s nothing more frustrating than a laptop that can’t hold a charge, but your charging addiction may be accelerating the issue.”
It’s entirely air. It says nothing. The transition to the “There’s nothing more frustrating than a laptop that can’t hold a charge” sentence also doesn’t make sense. It’s like an 11th grader padding their essay to 1000 words, except the entire article is like that.
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#7I usually shut down my computer when not in use. If the laptop remains plugged in even in its unpowered state, does the battery still degrade?
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#8Please explain like I'm five: if continuously charging and drawing power at 100% hurts my laptop's battery, why doesn't the laptop bypass the battery circuitry, keeping it idle, and use the incoming juice directly?
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#9This is why modern laptops don't stay at 100% if the detect that they're always plugged in, no?
Yeah mine is always plugged in and stays at 60%. This article is stupid.
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#10I usually shut down my computer when not in use. If the laptop remains plugged in even in its unpowered state, does the battery still degrade?
Yes. Per the article the problem is being at 100% charge.