re: computers, heat, personal realization
@LottieVixen idk it'll heat up food pretty quickly
re: computers, heat, personal realization
@LottieVixen well, microwaves have their wattage specified usually so that's why I used it at an example bc light bulbs don't heat up that much anymore
re: computers, heat, personal realization
@LottieVixen yeah 650 W is quite a bit of heat, that's a microwave on medium low
@codl they weren't good enough at Mario
re: computers, heat, personal realization
@LottieVixen yes! and that's happening all the time and can't be reversed, to convert energy into a more "useful" form you have to expend more energy, the entropy of the universe can only go up
re: computers, heat, personal realization
@LottieVixen the electrical energy does work (not even real work in the physics sense) while turning into heat
@Gmr_Leon tell that to someone who has aphantasia lol
re: computers, heat, personal realization
@LottieVixen energy can't be destroyed, just converted to a less useful form of energy (scientists say that the entropy of the system rises)
re: computers, heat, personal realization
@LottieVixen though if you have a 650 W power supply that doesn't mean your computer is drawing 650 W all the time or even under full load, more like 250 W maybe? and under full load you're still supposed to have like 50-100 W to spare
re: computers, heat, personal realization
@LottieVixen every single of those watts becomes heat
@srol hm, that makes it a bit more mysterious
@srol checked your washer/dryer maybe?
@grumpygamer it's a bunch of wrappers around Windows/DirectX APIs, to make porting less work. I don't think using it keeps people from selling their game on e.g. Steam, they don't have to use the App Store
@pup_hime I'm pretty sure they also just… don't build 'em like they used to, like the DS5 having reports of stick drift after being out for a week sounds like parts are just made to be cheaper than the DS2 sticks
I think it's funny that all this talk about hall effect sticks (potentiometers have been in controllers for ages, they're actually pretty sturdy) completely ignores the original N64's stick which had optical encoders and still wore out like nobody's business because turns out the encoders aren't the only point of failure
@vantablack I'd try taking it apart, scroll wheel encoders are usually optical and incredibly easy to get gummed up by dust
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