The laptop could have setup to not sleep on close and could have been laying closed, screen on the ground. Also it would have provided completely unrestricted airflow to the fan...

[–] BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

...but then the sign would have affected the airflow...

This is the best compromise until mom visits and steps on it.

[–] FurryMemesAccount@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have killed two laptops by stepping on them. Is this a sign?

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

... Mum?

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

You could put the laptop on a box

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

you see ivan, server is much happier when comfortable on carpet, you can tell it wams its heart

[–] maxwells_daemon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean, literally just lean it against the wall, at the very least...

[–] FurryMemesAccount@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

With a risk of falling hard drives and such? I'm not doing that...

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Same here. I ran a kitchen server precisely like that (minus the sign) - - but on a carpet?

(as another commenter said: even if you just moved in, you put it on a box or something)