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zxcdw
14y ago
How is that even possible? How could applying too much material between the CPU heatspreader and the heatsink keep one from entering BIOS? Even if you spilt it all over your motherboard and socket, it shouldn't do a damn, as (at least most?
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14y ago
I think the article tells nothing of importance as it is right now. Since when has applying thermal paste been messy and requiring trial and error to apply "correctly"? These days the thermal load(W/cm²) between the CPU heat spreader(the ni
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14y ago
accident investigators != police officers behind the wheel. You probably know this, but still had to make an awesome comment about it? It's funny how some people really think that self-driving cars are a bad thing, automation is a bad thing
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14y ago
Comments like these seem to have the underlying idea that C somehow explains how things work. It doesn't. It doesn't explain at all. It's only an abstraction among the others - granted, it's a lower level abstraction. To understand how a co
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14y ago
I think C++ has greatly made C obsolete in many fields, I'd rather see people embracing C++ than C when it comes to learning and using either. For example almost everything C teaches about "low-level" and "how things work" is learned by C++
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Secure and high performance managed DNS service
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zxcdw
14y ago
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14y ago
At least I personally am much more driven by the fun of solving problems - usually low-level of the kind - and for me having a product that works isn't particularly very rewarding. It's much more rewarding to actually come up with a clever
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14y ago
"Think back to the time when you’ve done your best work." I found this very good advice. :)