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Re:Conterintuitive facts in mathematics, CS, and physics by sib on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @12:07AM (#28769085)
It's probably more intuitive if you say that it's "half as ineffective"
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Re:Conterintuitive facts in mathematics, CS, and physics by Gibbon1 on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @12:52AM (#28769333)
I first saw this in a discussion of power supply efficiency. A 95% efficient supply generates ~half the heat that a 90% one does.
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