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    The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
      
   > On 08/12/2024 19:50, David Higton wrote:   
   > > In message    
   > > The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   > >   
   > > > It's an interesting thought as to why one would use a fan at all. If   
   > > > its such a high compute task that you need one, maybe a bigger Pi or an   
   > > > Intel based machine is indicated.   
   > > >   
   > > > I dislike fans. They fail.   
   > >   
   > > PC fans run pretty much all the time. A fan on a RasPi is likely to run   
   > > less of the time, and could well last longer overall.   
   > >   
   > > Fans fail. Disc drives fail. SSDs fail. Batteries fail. Reservoir   
   > > capacitors fail. But before they do, they are very useful.   
   > >   
   >   
   > Such an ArtStudentâ„¢ view of life.   
   >   
   > Do you know what MTBF means?   
      
   Yes. Something I don't understand, though, is why so many people use   
   the term MTBF when the appropriate one would be MTTF, since so few of   
   the things referred to are repaired.   
      
   David   
      
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