• kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      6 hours ago

      A brushless motor only converts ~5% of its input to heat. That’s low enough that you can reasonably call it a side effect.

      Now, a computer, that’s a heater that happens to produce math as a side effect. 100% of its input ends up as heat.

      • BradleyUffner@lemmy.world
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        3 hours ago

        It all becomes heat eventually in the end though. Sometimes it’s just a multi step complex process outside the physical bounds of the heater.

        Wait a sec, is the universe just God’s space heater?

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        5 hours ago

        I love firing up my PC and gaming on cold winter nights. A well placed fan or two and I can spread it through my entire apartment and the heat won’t kick on all night. Ends up saving me money, my heater costs way more than my PC to run.