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This is a monitor with Variable refresh rate
I changed 60 Hz - 165 Hz in Cinnamon System Settings -> Screen.
But I feel it when I turn on the computer, because it changes from the default 60 Hz in the bios/systemd-boot/console to my system 165 Hz. So the startup animation of the transition from the black screen to the Cinnamon desktop does not happen at all before my eyes, because the monitor is still switching the refresh rate (the resolution remains as it should be in the bios/systemd-boot/console).
And when switching between TTY Ctrl+Alt+F2 etc. the same thing, it takes that long and in the background the TTY is already ready.
I dream of setting 165 Hz in the bios/systemd-boot/console.
But in DisplayPort, even setting the system to 60 Hz does not help, something changes anyway.
The AI boom requires massive data centers that consume enormous amounts of water and energy.
Tech CEOs have plans for hundreds more hyperscale facilities in the coming years, but activists around the world are fighting back to protect their communities and force us to ask who really benefits from the future Silicon Valley is building.
@parismarx
The power consumption of #AI engines and the power consumption of #bitcoin mining have one (key) thing in common:
They both rely on power-hungry video cards to do their calculations.
We need to push the #VideoCard industry to start focusing on making their cards less power hungry. I shouldn't need a 1000watt #PSU to power my computer. #nVidia#Radeon#AMD#Intel