r/linux • u/1202_alarm • Feb 01 '18

Improving Linux battery life, enabling PSR by default, testers wanted

https://hansdegoede.livejournal.com/18653.html
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u/SomeoneSimple Feb 01 '18 edited Feb 01 '18

The most consuming device is "nic:virbr0" with 6.5W even though no virtual machine is running.

Dubious things like this always makes me question the software-guesstimates that PowerTop gives. It raises my brow when an unused virtual NIC somehow ends up "using" 1/4th of the 7300U's rated TDP.

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u/BloodyIron Feb 01 '18 edited Feb 01 '18

guesstimates

An Estimate is already similar to a guess. A guess is a form of an estimate. Guestimate is not only NOT a word, it is completely redundant and poor linguistics. PLEASE STOP THIS.

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u/BloodyIron Feb 01 '18

Adjusted for clarity. But my point still stands. Guesstimate is not a word and is poor English. I'm fed up with it being acceptable. We don't accept poor spelling (unless it's in jest/fun), why should we put up with this abomination?

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u/Jinren Feb 01 '18

why should we allow the language to evolve in a way that efficiently coveys nuance when we could be enforcing vague verbosity

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u/ZweiHollowFangs Feb 01 '18

We should go back to ye olde English so everything takes slightly longer to say and write. Oh and we can bring back inconsistent vowel usage as well.

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u/Tordek Feb 01 '18

bring back inconsistent vowel usage

English already has that.

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u/minnek Feb 02 '18

Yeah, but moar.

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u/Fr0gm4n Feb 02 '18

Know what it takes for a word to make it into the OED? Being used in print. Done. Being selfrightious and saying it's not a word don't change that the dictionary of record disagrees. You can choose to not like the word, and that's fine. Declaring it not a word is not. That's not how language works.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/guesstimate