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I had oral exams in Belgium where usually you are given time to prepare your written work. In the oral, the task then is to expand on your written work and answer questions that probe your understanding a bit deeper than the question itself. The professor might also ask you to hypothesize by changing some assumptions in the questions to check that you actually know the theory and have not regurgitated the book or copied it from someone.


In extension to what the other commenter said, critical temperature that is listed is usually higher than the maximum operating temperature so it is safe to run at the maximum.


It is safe only because it throttles heavily. Shutdown temperature is just 5 degrees higher btw.

At 100 the processor is at high risk of damage, which is why there's a built-in throttling mechanism.

Just imo, if it was safe it would be running at full speed (or at least max base clock) at that temperature.

As someone else said, they're made for burst operation these days, but again, that does not excuse manufacturers using subpar cooling.

I can see the majority is fine with it, but I'm not. A 15-25% failure rate in 2 years would make any other product a rotten lemon. But somehow it's acceptable for computers. Probably because people replace them every 2 years regardless, which is another insanity on its own.


I personally run my hardware for longevity (larger PSU, good temperature ranges, minimal overclocking, etc.) and upgrade every two years but I migrate my tech. downwards. Example: Gaming Rig -> Misc. Project/Guest PC -> NAS/Media Box. Working in tech. you very often make a salary that allows you to upgrade all of these rigs every year with no real consequences, but I think if nothing else we should be trying to reduce tech. waste. Semiconductor manufacturing has a large carbon footprint just like everything else.


For those curious to see the test, the link in huffpost has been moved to https://bullittcountyhistory.org/bchistory/schoolexam1912.ht...


AFAIR in physics and chemistry, room temperature is a short hand for 27°C in 1 atm.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_conditions_for_temper...

After checking the reference, I feel like this was probably an assumption in all the textbooks that I had to follow in school. I suppose if each standards body had their own definition, it can get frustrating.


That is a convention mostly used in school problems, because manual computations with a temperature of 300 kelvin are easier.

In most technical contexts, room temperature means either 25 Celsius degrees or 20 Celsius degrees or more seldom various other temperatures between 15 Celsius degrees and 25 Celsius degrees.


I think for most people, they would encounter it in a science class early in life (at least for English speakers). And Hg is just the chemical symbol for mercury, https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/element/Mercury#section=Ide...


If companies want something to be reliable and accountable then paying for RHEL seems like the obvious thing to do. They are able to pay for Windows but why not for RHEL. The current change is not unexpected given their acquisition.


Yes, the dumb ones just ding once.


In this case,I felt it was only needed because of having jury trials. I had the same takeaway that is useful in other places as you. For example, my boss presented a feature that I had worked on better than how I would have done it.


A judge is a jury of one. They may be better trained to rely on evidence, but they are clearly also human and affected by other factors. For evidence of this, I only need to refer to the well-cited study showing that parole judges were significantly more lenient at the start of the day and after their lunch break.


Wasn't that debunked a while ago? https://www.pnas.org/content/108/42/E833.long


Interesting, I haven't read that.

However, I really think it's a stretch to assume that judge's are immune to presentation style.


IMX (albeit very limited) in code[1] jurisdictions, judges do most of their work by correspondence. They direct the proceedings in writing, and the lawyers respond in writing.

Bonus common law track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBM82Ju2kJU

[1] compare "what have the Romans ever done for us?"


Can the URL be cleaned up :)


You can listen to the songs on bandcamp before buying it.


I didn't make it clear.

I wouldn't buy "your band's" album, even if I could listen to it right before buying it. I don't have the time to listen to 30 minutes of audio without being hooked onto it first.

One unknown song in my Google Music or Soundcloud auto-playlist may get me hooked... But you need to build a desire to buy the album beforehand.

I don't think I'm the only person like that, btw.


Artists can choose what song plays first on an album on Bandcamp.


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