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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•edit-25 hours agoProbably performs a good burn-in for them too. Do people still do that? Used to be common practice to power on equipment and let it sit, either idle or full-tilt, for a couple days before even starting to configure it. Let the factory bugs scatter out.
minus-square@EvacuateSoullinkEnglish4•4 hours agoNever heard of that, interesting https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn-in
Probably performs a good burn-in for them too.
Do people still do that? Used to be common practice to power on equipment and let it sit, either idle or full-tilt, for a couple days before even starting to configure it. Let the factory bugs scatter out.
Never heard of that, interesting
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn-in