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1. I’ve seen people overclock using liquid nitrogen

2. Freeze off warts

3. Nitrogen shrink fitting

E.g. fitting bushings into excavator pivots or caterpillar track bearings. Great footage shown on site on an Australian series: Mega Machines?

> 1. I’ve seen people overclock using liquid nitrogen

Heck, when I was at Intel we used to do that in the lab. A copper cup full of liquid N is a great heat sink!

How often did you have to top it off?

It only got used for short experiments. More of just one-shot use.

> used to do that in the lab

And tradeshows; it’s always kind of fun to see in an absurd way.