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TIL computers can sometimes grow crystals
  • From where do the gentleman's statement gain their credibility. Site your sources, please. We are having an argument on the internet folks, the consequences are dire.

    This is Saturday night and this is staring to remind me of Monday morning meetings.

    Have an nice weekend.

  • TIL computers can sometimes grow crystals
  • Metal whiskering is a phenomenon that occurs in electrical devices when metals form long whisker-like projections over time.

    That's what the article says. EM is a subset of metal whiskering. It's not a similar thing, it's an example of it.

  • TIL computers can sometimes grow crystals
  • You got a degree in semi conductor physics? Lol

    Like i told the other guy, you're being pedantic. Engineers will call all these things whiskers. And I just mentioned I deal with one of them in my work. I'm not saying the photo in the thumbnail is an example of electromigration.

  • TIL computers can sometimes grow crystals
  • You're misunderstanding me.

    For instance, electrons always move the same speed in a given metal. Which of couse isn't even 'true' because temperature affects mobility.

    There are multiple mechanisms for metal to migrate, grow whiskers, or whatever you like to call the individual growth on an object. I mentioned that in the case if ICs, we are concerned with one we call electromigration. I'm not saying all metal migration is due to electromigration.

    You're being pedantic when all I'm saying is, I deal with these sorts of concerns in my job.

  • TIL computers can sometimes grow crystals
  • The mechanism behind metal whisker growth is not well understood, but seems to be encouraged by compressive mechanical stresses. According to Wikipedia.

    Electrons in metal always move the same speed, and potential differences in modern high perf applications are never above 3.3V. There are mechanical stresses in ICs introduced during manufacturing. So these cases aren't as different as you let on.

    Anyway, point is, metal moves, we have some ideas why and can model some of them. From an engineering perspective these are both tin whiskers. We call whiskers made of copper and aluminum tin whiskers. You're describing a distinction without a difference.

  • TIL computers can sometimes grow crystals
  • This can happen inside ICs and has been a known failure mode for high frequency processors for many years. I work in chip design, and we use software tools to simulate it. It's called electromigration.

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    Donald Trump's Chances of Winning Election Are Declining
  • Hearing Trumpers say we should feel bad for poor Don and his ear is really gross. Some right wing media must be saying we should 'forgive' him, because that's the language I'm hearing. They "can't believe what they've done to the poor man. First dragging him into court and now an assassination attempt!"

    Unless you drank the Kool aid already, who is feeling bad for Donald Trump? This can't be convincing to undecided voters.

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  • I love Obra Dinn, but not top 10 love. I think the fresh style in an industry of samey games using the same few engines made it really stand out for me. It's retro styled, but also goes beyond that to show you it's world in a new way.

    If the art style doesn't do it for you then you might not enjoy it as much.

  • We have to stop ignoring AI’s hallucination problem
  • I think it's that, and something even worse as well. There are probably many well meaning people working on these things thinking they really are creating and guiding and intelligence. It's an opportunity to feel like a god and a tech wizard at the same time.

  • We have to stop ignoring AI’s hallucination problem
  • The Chinese Room thought experiment is a good place to start the conversation. AI isn't intelligent, and it doesn't hallucinate. Its not sentient. It's just a computer program.

    People need to stop using personifying language for this stuff.

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