Tired of getting out of the bed to turn of your pc when you go to sleep?

[TheNisse]

Well I'm a lazy f***, and I cba to turn of my pc when I'm already in bed almost asleep watching some stuff, resulting in a waste of electricity, a thing that I really don't approve of. So I found some solutions I'd share:


When I watch a movie, tv show or anything like it I just drop the files onto a .bat file i wrote containing:

START /WAIT D:\"Program Files (x86)"\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe %* vlc://quit
shutdown -s -t 60

When I watch a YouTube channel or stream:

Open Run [win+R]
Open Command Prompt [Type "cmd" then press enter]
Type:

shutdown /s /t X

Where X is the time-variable in seconds.. 3600 therefore being an hour etc.


These commands will make your computer shut down without giving you the chance to save your open files, please keep that in mind.
If you underway regret your given command, open up the cmd and type "shutdown /a" followed by enter

 

[HappyTauren]

The greatest marriage of lazy and economic convenience ever! Also great to see you're alive, TheNisse

 

[TheNisse]

Enjoy every second of laziness while you can Great to see you to.

 

[Dr Super Good]

You can also set your computer to go to sleep under power management. Although it does not save as much power as being turned off, it still saves a lot compared to running.

 

[TheNisse]

It wont work if you're watching stuff in your browser, and requires time after your media shuts off. Actually microsoft did a bad job with the power management, it always gets in the way when you activate it (like going into sleepmode midways in a movie).

 

[Zakamutt]

I can personally turn my desktop comp on by wake-on-lan (including from non-LAN IPs, natch) and off by logging into an sshd server on it with my laptop and giefing the command. I used to use the shutdown /t command on my laptop, but these days I just don't bother and just leave it plugged in and running.

 

[saphiree]

OR download teamviewer on your iphone, and turn it off with that

 

[Zakamutt]

Requires an iphone, and how secure is that compared to ssh?

 

[trolman]

OR - rollover and pull the plug, because of the physical activity in that, you'll have a better sleep

 

[Gilles]

I love you OP.

 

[Zakamutt]

OR - rollover and pull the plug, because of the physical activity in that, you'll have a better sleep

My desktop is in a different room (((

 

[trolman]

My desktop is in a different room (((

You'll get even more tired and it will be even better when you go back to bed !

 

[Zakamutt]

Actually resuming activity after I've settled down to sleep tends to make me more awake. I mean, even for me walking a few metres isn't quite hard enough to make me tired.

 

[trolman]

1st world problems...

 

[TheNisse]

Most of your solutions don't really work in the situation where you've already fallen asleep.

pull the plug

Never pull the plug, it can corrupt your data and it creates surges that can mess with your hardware.

OR download teamviewer on your iphone, and turn it off with that

A wireless mouse couldn't do that for you?

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It's funny to see how people think so different when faced with this "problem"

 

[Vladadamm]

I have another solution : Don't turn on your comp.

You'll save way more time like that.

 

[Ralle]

I primarily use my MacBook Air connected to a Display. I can't hear if it's on or off. Problem solved .

 

[Nuclear]

Solder a new power button to your PC that's attached with a 30 meter cable, then you can shut down your computer from anywhere.

 

[Ralle]

Solder a new power button to your PC that's attached with a 30 meter cable, then you can shut down your computer from anywhere.

Haha. That's a good one!

 

[Squiggy]

So how do you exactly do this 'shutdown a laptop'?
I recently got aware of the so-called 'reboot' after I left my laptop on for nine months.

But really, I only use the monitor turn off-timer with 30min and put the brightness to 0.
Shutting it down is rather rare.

 

[Chaosy]

a friend of mine got... um... a multi contact thing he just turns it off and everything iside the rooms turns off instant

 

[Gilles]

So how do you exactly do this 'shutdown a laptop'?
I recently got aware of the so-called 'reboot' after I left my laptop on for nine months.

But really, I only use the monitor turn off-timer with 30min and put the brightness to 0.
Shutting it down is rather rare.

I don't turn off my laptop either, but I have my main PC hooked up to a TV to watch movies on ant it's a slight inconvenience to get up and turn it off. My fans aren't that loud, but I like it as quiet as possible.

 

[Zakamutt]

Restarting your laptop, windows update ofc.
As for turning it off, that would be in battery-restricted situations, for example you want to listen to music in headphones while trying to sleep etc

 

[Nuclear]

Get an extension cord with a switch.

 

[Vladadamm]

Put a voice detection system and configure it to turn off your comp when you say something.

 

[Nuclear]

Throw stuff at the screen.

 

[Zakamutt]

control it telepathically using a chip wired into your brain.

 

[Nuclear]

Call the electricity company to cut off your power.

 

[trolman]

take your pants off and piss in the power contact while in bed

 

[Zakamutt]

th路w案得mpｇれなで
*ahem* wrong keyboard language

Throw an EMP grenade.

 

[Nuclear]

I think EMP grenades are still sci-fi. Electro magnetic pulses can be created with explosions, though. So detonate a nuclear bomb near your house.

 

[saphiree]

This thread has gone too far -_-

 

[Zakamutt]

this thread has gone too far -_-

BLASPHEMY!
nocaps

 

[Nuclear]

Blasphemy indeed

 

[TheNisse]

It's funny how none of you think that the meaningless power consumption are a problem x)

Oh well I guess I'm the hippie then *draws gun to the head*, goddamn hippies!

 

[Ralle]

It's funny how none of you think that the meaningless power consumption are a problem x)

Oh well I guess I'm the hippie then *draws gun to the head*, goddamn hippies!

Power in Denmark costs more than 3x the power in the US. So I am with ya.