Ah yes. The speedup-loop.
https://thedailywtf.com/articles/The-Speedup-LoopI think some compilers will just drop that in the optimization step.
I just measured it, and this takes 0.17 seconds. And it’s really reliable, I added another zero to that number and it was 1.7 seconds
On microcontrollers that might be a valid approach.
But then I gotta buy a space heater too…
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Nah, some MCUs have low power modes.
ESP32 has 5 of them, from disabling fancy features, throttling the clock, even delegating to an ultra low power coprocessor, or just going to sleep until a pin wakes it up again. It can go from 240mA to 150uA and still process things, or sleep for only 5uA.
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await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 2000));Which is somehow even worse.
Tell the CPU to wait for you?
Na, keep the CPU busy with useless crap till you need it.
Have you considered a career in middle management
Fuck those other processes. I want to hear that fan.
I paid good money for my fan, I want to know it’s working!
