I mean why would someone prostrate themselves to fit into stackoverflows toxic culture when they can ask an AI trained on those same answers for the same thing. I dont use AI though

If it were a cap it could be fine without out. It looks like a diode or fet though; just because there’s a bunch doesnt mean there’s redundancy. There’s something that isn’t working properly, you just don’t know it yet. Double check you are operating at full 16x on the gpu pcie slot. They could also be ESD protection diodes, in which case the mobo will run fine without it as long as you don’t shock the crap out of it

Some discussion about ending homework and moving towards more in class pop quizzes and testing. Honestly I’ve never had a good experience with homework. After 8 hours of school plus travel I was not ready to do several more hours of work. I never did homework and it was the only place my grades suffered.

Ive had teachers who teach well and teachers who teach poorly. With the former, we started with the problem, figured out what didnt work, figured out what worked and why, and overall learned the process, reasoning, and application. With the latter, we got lectured, infodumped, quizzed, and textbook chapters to read to learn more before answering the homework.

Personally I think we need better coursework that can give more of the former and less homework. There’s a ton of focus on grading, testing and quizzing that kids dont actually have the time to learn why a solution works and instead memorize the how