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		sib on Oct 6, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Conterintuitive facts in mathematics, CS, and phys... It's probably more intuitive if you say that it's "half as ineffective"

Gibbon1 on Oct 6, 2021 [–]

I first saw this in a discussion of power supply efficiency. A 95% efficient supply generates ~half the heat that a 90% one does.

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