#the delta between idle and load power draw just keeps increasing and the only way to enforce efficient use of that is metrics and incentives

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disadvantages of the fact that computer hardware is so good these days: it's very difficult to know if computer software is misusing it.

(there's a post that goes around every so often on tumblr suggesting—hopefully in jest?—that we should make powerful computer hardware illegal for a few years so people focus on software efficiency. taken literally I think that's very stupid but I obviously see their general point.)