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RRive replied to the thread Cooling a processor chip.It's more about familiarity. Differences makes elderly users feel insecure, and little differences adds up at the end. Even those...
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RRive replied to the thread Cooling a processor chip.For elder people even the 'clikety' instead of the 'clikety-click' is a hurdle.
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RRive replied to the thread E-Bike/Scooter Li Battery Fires.As far as the company training went: since damaged batteries actually cannot be 'extinguished' but will 'burn' till energy remains...
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RWhat is the procedure? I haven't been trained on this fire source yet...
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RA couple of autumn shots
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RRive replied to the thread Cooling a processor chip.Bloatware meets too many layers of abstractions through browser and OS down to HW and so demanding absurd amount of CPU power even for...
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RRive replied to the thread Cooling a processor chip.I'm about to fetch a new PC for my mom (closer to 90 than to 80). Her old one (some i5 3rd gen with 4G RAM) is no longer able to...
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RRive replied to the thread Why does the amperage go real high if there is a low voltage short?.Considerably 🤣 It is often forgotten, but fuses are not just about a single current rating (and type). They have voltage too, and also...
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RRive reacted to sophiecentaur's post in the thread Why does the amperage go real high if there is a low voltage short? with
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Fuses can be used inside a device to protect internal parts of the circuit as well as in supply leads to avoid passing too much current... -
RRive replied to the thread Why does the amperage go real high if there is a low voltage short?.Just that the fuse were blown does not means that the current was anything really 'high'. There are fuses for small currents too. They...
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RRive reacted to russ_watters's post in the thread Why does the amperage go real high if there is a low voltage short? with Like.
A short, by definition, is a low resistance path for the electricity to take. Electricity prefers paths of low resistance.
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RRive reacted to sbrothy's post in the thread If you think having a backup is too expensive, try not having one with
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At my first job in 1973, on a multi-computer multi-tasking database server using HP 2100s, the system had the advantage that it was...
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RSo I was strolling around downtown San Diego the other day (for reasons), and I stumbled across a couple of nice looking strangers in...