Betty_Boopie

I kinda disagree, there is still a lot of waste even with the best bike brands. Hydraulic brakes are probably my biggest gripe, it's basically impossible to rebuild 4 piston calipers, and that's if they even have replacement pistons/seals to begin with. Hope and SRAM are the only two I know of that have pistons readily available but they are also overpriced to hell (it costs around $100 for 8 pistons, almost the same price as replacing the calipers entirely). Magura, TRP, and Shimano make everything in-house but they only supply parts to rebuild the levers, the calipers are basically just wear items.

Dropper posts, carbonfiber parts/frames, the 3 different hub "standards" being used, and non-standard sized bearings are all adding to the irrepairability of bicycles. And that's before you factor in that Shimano and SRAM are hell bent on using electronic shifting and shoving wireless bullshit on all their products.

Yes, a good bicycle is repairable and will last decades, it's just getting harder and harder to find new bikes that are good.

Pyrolysis sounds really cool in theory but in practice it's wasteful, produces lower quality fuel that is harder to refine, and contains a ton of benzene.

There's a dude on youtube making one of these in his backyard, basically a speed run to turn his house into a superfund site. I have no idea how people can see burnt plastic as a "green" alternative.

I feel like even calling this a ring is an insult to actual jewelry

Good news! This ring also comes in fuchsia pink with piss yellow sapphires:

it's real and if it didn't already look dystopian enough, everything is oil themed for some fucking reason.

I believe it was built for the world cup but wasn't finished in time, yet another $200+ million wasted in the desert.

I have torx all over my mountain bike that gets caked in dirt, a little bit of water and a pick gets them usable in seconds. I could argue that hex is superior to square but they're both worse than torx so who really cares.

Sir this is a picture of a toyota tacoma and a ford f250

I'm not a snob, I'll spark up with the homies from time to time, but my god are flower vapes far superior to burning. I will never go back to smoking as my main, it's just worse in almost every way.

I don't care how crazy they look, my funky doohickeys keep my taste buds and lungs safe.

Snakes don't suffocate prey by stopping their breathing, they stop the blood flow to the brain. A retic can kill a person without even trying, that much muscle around your neck might leave you a few seconds before you're unconscious.

Your correct that thickness plays a role in theremal transfer, but the paste and amount you use is not what determines that gap. Both laptop and desktop heatsinks are under quite a bit of pressure, more than enough to squish out extra paste. If you want to be extra sure you can spread a thin layer across the entire chip, but a dot or two usually works just fine. This video is on desktop coolers but mounting pressure should be similar.

If your laptop is over a couple years old I can almost guarantee there are dry spots on the chip currently. Laptops already run pretty hot and it's a double whammy for drying and pump out.

I don't know of any modern paste that is electrically conductive, heck I basically use old thermal paste as an extra layer of protection on my gpu with liquid metal. You can be sloppy and contrary to the old belief, you can't use too much.
The bigger thing to watch out for is dried paste that essentially turns into adhesive. You can break a contact applying too much force, though with a heat gun (or hair dryer) and some patience it should be easy to avoid.

No problem, although I was definitely thinking of desktops and not a laptop. Some of the 'quiet' fan curves can be very underpowered and are detrimental to performance.

If it's not under warranty and you're comfortable opening it up, replacing the thermal pads and paste will do wonders for your temps though. Even if it's fairly new, a lot of laptop OEMs just have terrible paste applications.