i love the little leaf thing. what does it mean? it means it's smoking your computer

dragon warrior iii for the game boy color describes me as "stubborn", and i'm tempted to agree with that assessment
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i've been around the internet since '01.
i generally feel like the internet
peaked somewhere around '07.
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plural / some kind of digital therian thing.
still discovering myself.
all of this is new to me.
i love the little leaf thing. what does it mean? it means it's smoking your computer
Love energy saving features that make applications just run worse for no reason, especially on ac power
it's great, especially when there's no indication of what this actually does, how to toggle/enable/disable it, or really anything
(also chrome just straight up caused shit to freeze/crash shortly before this screenshot, good browser)
This is actually a Windows thing; I had to learn about this when the CAD programmers where I work were locking their computers, and making no progress on processing their models while they were gone, because efficiency mode (indicated by the leaf icon) had started, and all it does is suspend the program. I notice it at home a lot too, when it basically stops incremental games from working unless you are literally looking at them, which rather defeats the point.
If I recall correctly, it also berates you slightly for not being environmentally conscious when you turn it off. Which is a little patronizing to say the least.
sorry but my brain is stuck on "hee hee its smoking the leaf" and now i have to let you know