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		contravariant on Oct 28, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Becoming physically immune to brute-force attacks ... Nothing says you have to wait with gathering, just wait a bit for the CPU to cool down before you start computing.

skykooler on Oct 29, 2024 [–]

Gathering matter into one place heats it up, and prevents it from cooling (more or less - the outside can cool but thanks to the square-cube law that's basically negligible on universe-sized masses.)

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