[lug] Commuting by bike with a laptop

[Matthew Beldyk]

I'm forced to wonder if there is a mode you could switch into that
would start burning cpu when the computer gets too cold to avoid this
issue: trade off a little battery life to avoid having to deal with
condensation.

Perhaps, you could sleep into some "non-hypothermia" mode then every
few seconds wake to check the temperature and if needed do a couple
jumping jacks to warm up to some target temperature (without the
machine fully waking up and generating too much heat and cooking
itself inside a backpack).

-Matt

<snip>
> Of course if laptop stays on during the ride, it is unlikely to chill
> down to the point that there is moisture condensing inside. Wrapping
> in neoprene may not be an appropriate action. Water proof is not what
> is needed. Air tight is what is needed. Moist interior air infiltrates
> and then cools to below its dew point. But keeping the interior of the
> laptop above the dew point of the interior air at the destination is
> likely to be very effective.
>
> Also, there is safety thermal protection on laptops. If the temperature
> gets too high during the trip because of too much wrapping and padding,
> the laptop will go into sleep mode, I think.
>
>
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