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by meaty 4962 days ago
That's a bit silly. There are a couple of things to consider:

1. ACPI power saving modes draw very little current. As long as your computer is configured to drop to that, it's fine. It will resume within 1-2 seconds as well.

2. There are companies which have software which manage this and power your workstations up before you get in and down after you've left.