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0 pointsvanderZwan9y ago0 comments

Where "left on" means "merely plugged in, because they used a shitty noisy capacitor that whines even when on standby"

OTOH, unplugging those devices saves you energy.

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I feel sorry for house dogs and cats, they must be going crazy listening to all the irritating electronic noises that most people don't notice.

vanderZwanOP9y ago

Similarly: birds and old CRTs and fluorescent lights (they are much more sensitive to the flickering than we are)

spydum9y ago

i've noticed more and more cheap USB wall-wart chargers. I can hear them pulsing, it's sort of interesting, but super frustrating when trying to go to sleep (I end up just unplugging.. for which you can hear it scream as it drains)

mjrpes9y ago

I used to love the idea of a device without fans or spinning hard drive. But the last two "silent" tablets I've had randomly made very faint, but annoying, high pitch squeaking. Vibrating capacitors, I think. So ironically, I was better off with at least a low speed fan to provide white noise to cover up this faint electronic noise.

ghurtado9y ago

Exactly, it doesn't even need to have a picture on the screen.

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