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Re:Expert overclockers successfully push DOOM Eternal past 1... by sdenton4 on Friday August 28, 2020 @07:00PM (#24311348)
Yeah, my favorite part of the article was the warning to please use proper safety precautions with liquid N, right under the no-gloves picture...
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Re:Expert overclockers successfully push DOOM Eternal past 1... by periodontal on Friday August 28, 2020 @09:03PM (#24312300)
Due to the Leidenfrost effect, incidental contact of bare skin and LN2 is not usually a problem (it boils off locally and creates a gaseous N2 barrier). Other things superchilled by it will not be as forgiving, however.

http://cookingissues.com/primers/liquid-nitrogen-primer/#sec...

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Re:Expert overclockers successfully push DOOM Eternal past 1... by hombre_fatal on Friday August 28, 2020 @07:58PM (#24311837)
Then again, pouring a liquid out of a cup without touching the liquid isn't exactly high level coordination.
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