My simple energy tracker code is somehow using more power than it saves

I decided to learn coding by making a basic script to monitor my home's electricity use. Every tutorial made it sound easy, but my first try just looped forever and froze my old laptop. Now I have this useless program that does nothing but drain the battery while I figure out how to stop it. It feels backwards to waste all this power trying to code something green. I even looked up how to make code efficient, but the explanations might as well be in another language. So much for helping the planet with my beginner skills.

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tylerblack1mo ago

Been there, you gotta kill that process in task manager first. Then maybe add a sleep() call so it doesn't just loop and freeze up.

anderson.rowan1mo ago

A quick sleep() call between loops stopped the freeze for me.

simonb921mo ago

My coffee maker needs a cool-down cycle between brews.