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This is ridiclous

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I think it’s more just their minimal design combined with the fact that a normal user will never press the power button. Most people don’t shut down their computers, and if they do, a key on the keyboard turns it on.

The only argument I’ve seen to this being bad is in a server rack environment.