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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Computers don't produce heat high enough to be useful. You want the output temperature the computer cooling to feel like a warm room. That isn't hot enough to boil water. It isn't enough hot enough to do anything useful with.
They run at around 70-80 degrees, and that's WITH cooling. How is that not hot enough to warm up homes. Or taking showers in.
Computers usually shut down for safety at 100c which is the same temp water boils at. Usually even in data centers though, the temps are kept below 75c as compute efficiency drops as temp rises.
It might technically be possible, but would probably be more energy efficient to keep the servers cool, and desalinate with the 'saved' energy using RO filters
Ro vs distilation isn't nearly as clear cut as it appears. Well designed distillation systems recover most of the heat warming the incomming water (cooling the out water). Ro pumps use more energy than you expect at scale. I'm not going to say one is better but don't discount either without a full analisys of your situation.
On top of that, the return line is usually way cooler than the processors.