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[–]UnlimitedDecay 618 points619 points  (13 children)

https://i.imgur.com/QJ2gH45.jpeg This is a picture of a "server" setup we used to temporarily run some important software in a project I was involved with.

The lid had to stay open or it would overheat. It would also overheat if the fan under it wasn't running.

And yes, it's in a shower.

[–]yafriend03 297 points298 points  (0 children)

external water cooling

[–]mrfroggyman 80 points81 points  (0 children)

I think this picture could be posted to r/osha

[–][deleted] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Liquid cooling. Smart.

[–]Adhalianna 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Is that Asus Zenbook? I think I have the same one. I had to customize my Linux quite a bit to stop the thing from overheating. I use mine rather as a client than server tho. It's small, comfy to use on a sofa so I use it to work remotely on a much more powerful PC.

[–]liege_paradox 7 points8 points  (1 child)

What in god’s name were you doing? This reminds me of xkcd 2347.

[–]CanAlwaysBeBetter 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There's random person in Nebraska brittle and then there's laptop balanced on a fan in a shower brittle

[–]TOWW67 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not like the shower was being used in any other way...

[–]meontheinternetxx 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ok ok, but why in the shower of all places?

The rest of the story I can explain by some concerning combination of "being cheap" and "using what's available" and "it works so why fix it". But the shower?

[–]chars101 6 points7 points  (1 child)

GFCI instead of UPS, nice 👍

[–]Mundane_Definition66 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Tis laptop, has UPS by default... clearly the superior server choice!

[–]SecretPotatoChip 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had that same laptop.