<story><title></title></story><parent_chain><item><author>optymizer</author><text>People are posting all sorts of code one-liners to do this, but... what happened to just pressing the power button?&lt;p&gt;Pros:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  * Only 1 keypress per display
  * The button is guaranteed to be present on all displays by default
  * It doesn&amp;#x27;t frustrate you by pointing out the dead pixels
  * Optimal energy efficiency
  * You don&amp;#x27;t have to customize scripts or settings on your OSs, even if you reinstall
  * You don&amp;#x27;t have to know if you&amp;#x27;ve got an OLED that turns off the hardware pixels when they&amp;#x27;re black, or LCD that turns off its backlight, or whatever a CRT display used to do
  * You don&amp;#x27;t have to worry about a working Internet connection to access the site
  * You don&amp;#x27;t need a browser
  * You don&amp;#x27;t even need a CPU
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
Cons:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  * The off color is not customizable&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>iso1210</author><text>&amp;gt; Only 1 keypress per display&lt;p&gt;Nope, two on my right hand monitor&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; The button is guaranteed to be present on all displays by default&lt;p&gt;Nope, no button at all on the left&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; You don&amp;#x27;t have to customize scripts or settings on your OSs, even if you reinstall&lt;p&gt;reinstall? What is this 1998? If I did have a new computer then when I restore my essential home directory (~&amp;#x2F;bin, ~&amp;#x2F;.vimrc etc) any script would be in there</text></comment>
<story><title></title></story><parent_chain><item><author>optymizer</author><text>People are posting all sorts of code one-liners to do this, but... what happened to just pressing the power button?&lt;p&gt;Pros:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  * Only 1 keypress per display
  * The button is guaranteed to be present on all displays by default
  * It doesn&amp;#x27;t frustrate you by pointing out the dead pixels
  * Optimal energy efficiency
  * You don&amp;#x27;t have to customize scripts or settings on your OSs, even if you reinstall
  * You don&amp;#x27;t have to know if you&amp;#x27;ve got an OLED that turns off the hardware pixels when they&amp;#x27;re black, or LCD that turns off its backlight, or whatever a CRT display used to do
  * You don&amp;#x27;t have to worry about a working Internet connection to access the site
  * You don&amp;#x27;t need a browser
  * You don&amp;#x27;t even need a CPU
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
Cons:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  * The off color is not customizable&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>crtasm</author><text>&amp;gt; The button is guaranteed to be present on all displays by default&lt;p&gt;Mine doesn&amp;#x27;t have one, it does have a touch activated area that&amp;#x27;s not findable by touch because it&amp;#x27;s completely smooth.</text></comment>