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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's like my university campus removing all ashtrays to stop people from smoking.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

There will be no end of the term. Fascism doesn't just step aside when it's term ends.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

I think the existing telecoms tied them up in mountains of legal bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

It's kind of cheating, but [Popplagið] by Sigur Rós. I'd argue that the vocals in it are instrumental, since they're in a made-up language consisting of gibberish words.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Unless you're redlining your systems 24/7, the load really shouldn't be that bad.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

My first gen i7 would still be going strong if the mobo hadn't started dying. Especially running Linux.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Do you have any statistics regarding how likely a water eruption is? Because I microwaved water daily for nearly a decade without issue.

The turnstile removes most of the risk because super heating is a lot more difficult with moving water. Plus, most glasses aren't perfectly smooth and have plenty of imperfections to provide nucleation points.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think explosions were more common with microwaves that don't have turnstiles. The movement of the water helps prevent super heating to that point.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

It's because the microwave gets the water a bit hotter than boiling. Just give it like 15 seconds and it shouldn't foam.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

While I own one, it's another appliance that takes up space.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

But boiling a tea bag is wrong no matter what your heat source is.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

You know you can wait like 15 seconds before opening the microwave and putting something in, right? Even with my electric kettle I give it a few seconds before doing anything.

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