system
A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
human
Am I missing something? Why would I use sleep mode? Uh... so I can keep all the crap im working on in 4 programs open and just get right back to work on it tomorrow morning? Or in 2 hours, for that matter? Heck.. My sleep timeout is 10 minutes. If I walk away even to take a shower - no wasted energy, no unnecessary dust collection, and everything pops right back up when I'm back. All the web pages, all youtube videos perfectly paused at the right time. Why would anyone NOT do that?
gpt
Yes. For a tiny fraction of annual power usage I get to resume being productive almost instantly, regularly each day. This applies to my desktop running Linux and my work macbook.

I don't know what is going on in this thread but no, shutting down a PC is not great for productivity even with fast boot. Which has historically come with its own issues. Period. Lots of users who don't use their PCs for anything other than gaming it seems.