Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox-related CPU use by 75%

Post by kortilla » Mon, Apr 10, 2023, 10:00 PM UTC

chlorion wrote: post #251

arnaudsm wrote: post #40

Quick napkin math of the wasted power : Firefox has ~300e6 users, let's assume the bug wasted 5 extra watts 4 hours a day. That's 250 megawatts saved, the equivalent of an average coal power plant. Because some Microsoft engineer missed a bug.

Gaming on a mid-tier modern GPU probably uses around 50-100w, the Steam stats probably have a number of users to multiply with. I'm sure it's a massive amount of power. I don't like video games and they are not-necessary so I propose that we ban them globally, or only allow gaming if using renewable energy. If you don't live in a place where this is an option, too bad! Maybe instead of this we require all games to be…

Post by xk_id » Mon, Apr 10, 2023, 10:01 PM UTC

cronix wrote: post #143

If you're on a Mac and using FF (probably not FF specific), turning off "ambient mode" in youtube can save 30% cpu. I just found this out while searching why FF was taking 90% of my cpu while watching youtube videos in normal mode, but went down to 40% use if viewing in full screen. Turns out that this youtube "ambient mode" was the culprit. My lap is now cooler and the fan doesn't turn on anymore. I wonder how much…

Post by jldl805 » Mon, Apr 10, 2023, 10:04 PM UTC

nabakin wrote: post #173

yarg wrote: post #170

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's actually fairly clear in the title - the second clause depends upon the first.

Then why are comments assuming a large decrease in power consumption?

Post by bob1029 » Mon, Apr 10, 2023, 10:04 PM UTC

Renaud wrote: post #110

whalesalad wrote: post #39

My only interaction with Windows Defender is the (undefeatable) nag popup every boot that warns me it is disabled.

If you use Windows Pro and Enterprise, you can use GPO to disable Defender. Just run gpedit.msc and edit a few of the policies to disable real-time protection etc. Under Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Microsoft Defender Antivirus - Turn off Microsoft Defender Antivirus -> set to Enabled Under Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Microsoft D…

Post by xk_id » Mon, Apr 10, 2023, 10:06 PM UTC

zamnos wrote: post #245

ok_dad wrote: post #195

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just bought a Macbook because my dedicated Linux laptop, made by a popular Linux-only manufacturer, had so many issues that I got tired of diagnosing. I love Linux, but it's not a panacea for every computer issue under the sun, just a few of them. I, personally, am stoked I no longer have to deal with issues with this new machine, and can just take it into a Genius bar appointment to let someone else deal with it,…

With all the attention being paid to macOS these days, there's enough mods and addon's that I don't miss Linux so much on my laptop. Hammerspoon gets me drag and resize windows how I want, and there's Rectangle.app for tiling-ish window management. There's no /proc, and all the rest of the cli utilities are just wrong (netstat, route, top, etc) but I can live with my M1. (brew addresses a lot of the issues though, ev…