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The BSOD would be even more exciting. 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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BSOND: Blue Screen Of Nuclear Death
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
The shortest horror story: On Error Resume Next
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That'll be the Cherenkov Radiation ... 
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Cherenkov blue, the most beautiful thing you'll see for the rest of your life.
"God doesn't play dice" - Albert Einstein
"God not only plays dice, He sometimes throws the dices where they cannot be seen" - Niels Bohr
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Gives a whole new meaning to Blue Screen of Death. 
Jeremy Falcon
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Clippy: It looks like you're having a meltdown. Would you like my help?
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From the link
"Microsoft spent six months collaborating with Terra Praxis, a nonprofit that advocates for transforming old coal plant sites into modern SMR[Small modular reactor] homes."
So in 200 years I suspect they will install the first one after clearing all of the regulatory, social protests and legal lawsuits.
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Microsoft goes atomic
[...]
World's most valuable company
I'm not sure why the second part needs to be brought up. They probably would still have hired that one guy even if they hadn't been the world's most valuable company. Does he command that big of a salary? Is he going to run a new department that only MS can afford?
Just something that irks me in headlines nowadays; they're not cause and effect; one didn't lead to the other.
What could possibly go wrong?
What could possibly go wrong, if instead of MS, it was some rag-tag startup that (you know) would try to cut corners at every opportunity?
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dandy72 wrote: What could possibly go wrong, if instead of MS, it was some rag-tag startup that (you know) would try to cut corners at every opportunity?
As opposed to cutting corners based on financial risk analysis?
"A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants"
Chuckles the clown
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k5054 wrote: As opposed to cutting corners based on financial risk analysis?
Including financial liability? I'd rather go with the company that has the deepest pockets. The small fish can just declare bankruptcy and disappear.
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Quote: A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.
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I doubt it makes any difference to the corpses whether they died because of cost cutting or because of corner cutting. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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They probably died of exposure (to extreme heat, pressure and radiation levels)
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
The shortest horror story: On Error Resume Next
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Everyone! Run!
Steve Naidamast
Sr. Software Engineer
Black Falcon Software, Inc.
blackfalconsoftware@outlook.com
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Hi All,
Not really being a big laptop person, I am seeing with my work Lappy the battery is good for around 10 minutes from a full charge it drops extremely fast, I am talking 93% to 15% in the space of 10 minutes while not being used! (Outlook open, Teams open, Chrome & possibly Edge open) the thing is you need to plug it in to get any useful work done, I have got on to our IT dept about it ('Well run BatteryReport and get back to us'). Battery report shows the battery falls off a cliff. So are 'modern' laptops really bad at power management or does the OS (11 ver?) run really badly from a power point of view. Back in the day Laptops would last and last (I remember the first laptop I dealt with an Amstrad PPC512 used it on site for four day didn't need to charge it!)
rant over
Glenn
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It sounds like your laptop/battery is a toast... Can't come up with any usage scenario that will drain a battery like that...
I can go two days without charge on mine... and I have a lot of applications open beyond your list...
"If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization." ― Gerald Weinberg
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Your battery is toast. All laptops I’ve seen recently run at least 2-3 hours of serious work. Mine runs a good 4 hours with mix of VisualStudio, VMware, browsing, OneDrive sync, etc.
Mircea
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Mine runs for 20 minutes off a brand new 100Wh battery, while gaming.
It's an I9/4090m
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honey the codewitch wrote: while gaming
... you see? There's your problem! 
Surely you can use your lappy for ironing or space heating
Mircea
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Mircea Neacsu wrote: use your lappy for ironing or space heating
Space heating definitely. My i9 is so warm I'm surprised my cat doesn't sleep on it. Ironing not so much - today's laptops are simply too light to make a good iron (or boat anchor). 
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In addition to what others have said, my last laptop battery ballooned up. If you let it go too long it can hurt internal components in the laptop - even possibly puncturing itself and potentially exploding, or at least causing a lot of smoke and excitement. Worth it to get it replaced.
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<<evil_beavis&butthead voice="">>Quote: even possibly puncturing itself and potentially exploding, or at least causing a lot of smoke and excitement
Cool, Huh, Huh, Cool<<evil_beavis&butthead voice="">>, I have made the request officially for a new laptop, which means after much prodding I might get a replacement battery!
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Lithium batteries don't last forever: and how you charge them makes a big difference. If you habitually leave them charging to "full" that can drastically shorten their life - charge to only 85% of capacity and they last a lot longer! (My phone has a optional software cutoff at 85% to do just that for me.)
Have a look here: BU-808: How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries - Battery University[^] and get a new battery!
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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My Lenovo laptop has similar functionality... I stop charging at 80% and restart at 15%...
"If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization." ― Gerald Weinberg
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