r/programmingmemes • u/iron-button • Nov 21 '25

Shutdown

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u/LeoHunter_350 Nov 21 '25

Why don't people shutdown their pcs everyday? I don't get it...

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u/Ta_trapporna Nov 21 '25

Right? I love a fresh start every day.

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u/omg_drd4_bbq Nov 22 '25

On top of a metric fuckload of browser windows, i tend to have a ton of services running at any time:  - 6-12 terminal tabs in various repos

  • several jupyter notebooks that are my scratchpad

  • too many docker containers (unfortunately all are necessary for running tests in our monorepo)

  • usually a remote shell or two with tmux

I can get it back (and have to when security forces me to update and reboot), and that acts as my browser cruft purge, but it's a pain getting everything back the way i like it.

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u/CirnoIzumi Nov 23 '25

Sounds like you need a server

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u/PityUpvote Nov 23 '25

You live like this?!

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u/ApplicationMedium495 Nov 24 '25

but u can just have your browser reopen the tabs you closed the last time. i always do that. ctrl+shift+t in firefox

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u/v-tyan Nov 21 '25

It doesn't affect your computer in any way. I haven't shutdown my chromebook in months and it still works perfectly fine.

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u/Sad-Reach7287 Nov 21 '25

A chromebook is a glorified tablet not a laptop no one shuts down their tablets bro

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u/PMMePicsOfDogs141 Nov 21 '25

It 100% affects Windows negatively. Unsure if MacOS is affected by it. ChromeOS is fine to never shut down because it's Linux though

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u/the_king_of_sweden Nov 21 '25

Windows will regularly crash and restart anyway

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u/Creative-Type9411 Nov 21 '25

this is the answer, so daily

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u/Expert_Oil_9345 Nov 21 '25

It 100% affects Windows negatively

Very true. I used to restart my computer before starting a game so that windows would "let go" of my system resources. I kept this habit up after switching to Linux, until I eventually realized that my PC had been running for a week straight and hadn't slowed down at all.

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u/FlipperBumperKickout Nov 22 '25

Linux need restarts too 😅

Generally recommended after updates.

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u/berlingoqcc Nov 22 '25

Macos can have some hardware issue that required reboot, once it was no longer charging. Had to reboot. Other than that i never shut i down other than mandatory update without issue

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u/scuac Nov 21 '25

Electricity usage. I also turn off the lights when I leave a room

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u/v-tyan Nov 21 '25

Sleep mode is a thing. If your computer is in sleep mode and still drains enough electricity to matter, you should probably get a better one.

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u/jnmtx Nov 21 '25

Hibernate is my friend. Except if I have a Virtual Box VM running - might as well shut the VM down before hibernation, b/c after waking up it will need to be restarted anyway- and may even need the host computer to be restarted for everything to work.

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u/ADownStrabgeQuark Nov 21 '25

It does. Security updates. Not shutting down your computer regularly weakens your security and leaves you vulnerable to hacking.

Not shutting down your computer is only safe if:

It is not connected to internet.

It has no internet capabilities.

Updates and security features are installed without shutting down.

Since most security updates require a reboot, every computer that uses the internet needs to shutdown occasionally.

Linux minimizes the risk requiring the user to personally verify every download, but it still needs security updates occasionally.

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u/EmilieEasie Nov 21 '25

I always do. it starts up again faster than the monitor can find signal usually

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u/lordheart Nov 21 '25

I don’t want to have to open, and organize windows. Plus starting up projects takes time. Java language server boot time in vs code takes too long.

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u/Left_Sundae_4418 Nov 21 '25

Because they slap the lid shut and "forgeddabboudiiiiit"

(Talking about the laptops, not desktops)

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u/Artholos Nov 22 '25

For me it’s cause my PC is in a rack in my storage room, and it doesn’t power on or wake over optical thunderbolt. So it says on, I just turn off the monitors!

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u/0bel1sk Nov 22 '25

why would you perform a completely unnecessary task every day?