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throwaway1point1 t1_j49oc1k wrote
Reply to comment by uiucengineer in Intel breaks the 6GHz barrier with $699 Core i9-13900KS processor by Avieshek
The new safer breakers are less tolerant. They trip all the time if you run any kind of load at all (space heater in our basement office, for instance)
throwaway1point1 t1_j42w8pq wrote
Reply to comment by algernon132 in Intel breaks the 6GHz barrier with $699 Core i9-13900KS processor by Avieshek
The size of the transistor has gone down, helping efficiency, heat, etc, allowing higher clocks.
But they can't put them much closer like previous node advances.
throwaway1point1 t1_j42vvh3 wrote
Reply to comment by ledow in Intel breaks the 6GHz barrier with $699 Core i9-13900KS processor by Avieshek
Yeah UK 220 circuits are better, and the plug is far superior too.
Safer and more robust.
throwaway1point1 t1_j42vqa7 wrote
Reply to comment by lurkynumber5 in Intel breaks the 6GHz barrier with $699 Core i9-13900KS processor by Avieshek
Probably should get a 20A circuit installed anyway.
throwaway1point1 t1_j42vhpu wrote
Reply to comment by namesarenotus in Intel breaks the 6GHz barrier with $699 Core i9-13900KS processor by Avieshek
Keep it in a server room and use a heat pump to cool it in the summer. Just open the door to heta the house in winter.
throwaway1point1 t1_irw3jl0 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in The vast majority of the 150-400 billion stars in the Milky Way haven't been directly detected. Alpha Centauri is the nearest known star to Sol. What is the probability that there are nearer stars that remain undiscovered? by [deleted]
I've always wondered about this tho... I have enough knowledge of physics to get really confused, but not enough to understand how exactly it gets there.
There's still always heat, right? Using the energy for computation doesn't mean you're not still retaining the entire energy output of the sun inside a shell. You use the heat... But at the end you still have the heat.
Is it just that theoretically the outer shells are so big that it is simply diffusing the heat of the star across a vastly (vastly) larger area?
throwaway1point1 t1_j49othv wrote
Reply to comment by uiucengineer in Intel breaks the 6GHz barrier with $699 Core i9-13900KS processor by Avieshek
Common appliances are too much for a standard US/Can circuit tho.
Treadmill? Boop.
Space heater? Boop.
Dehumidifier? Boop.
The safety factor of the UK plugs is the biggest thing tho, and the fact that almost all outlets have a hardware switch cut off right on them (tho with kids that could become a pain)