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		oarsinsync on May 29, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A website that runs on a solar-powered server in B... Would the effect of the display hardware on battery life not be mitigated by simply keeping the display turned off? Not sure how much that would help the power draw of the graphics processor, but it would remain idle at the very least.

brightbeige on May 29, 2019 [–]

Yes, the idea was to keep the display off. I didn’t think about the graphics card.

jschwartzi on May 30, 2019 | [–]

Just gate the clocks.

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