Is it really that serious though? Thermal paste makes a difference on paper but honestly the stock paste on most coolers is already there and if you're not overclocking or pushing heavy loads you might not even notice. Still, running a chip for 2 years without any seems like a gamble for absolutely no reason lol.

Gasped when I read that part about sneezing while putting the die on. I actually had a coworker do that once, coughed at the exact wrong moment and crushed the connector sideways. Looked like a pretzel when he was done. We still joke about it every time someone brings up compression fittings.

Would you think less of someone for doing that on purpose? I used to say it was tacky too, until I went out with a guy who ordered way too much and then spent five minutes carefully boxing up his half-eaten pasta. It was so practical and he didn't make a big deal about it, just slid the box into his jacket pocket and we kept talking. Now I figure anyone who's that organized about not wasting food is probably a pretty solid bet.

Wait isn't a "full cast" production technically an audiobook but also kind of a different format thing, not just a different narrator version of the same book?

And that's exactly the kind of thing I worry about with my own trees, I found a similar mess behind my shed last spring where some old rope had basically grown into the bark. The tree was fine for years until that spot started cracking and then the whole branch just snapped off in a windstorm. It makes you wonder how many other hidden ticking time bombs are sitting there in the canopy just waiting.