I've had to, actually. But I am curious about the answer, as well, so I did a little research. Supposedly if you use an incandescent bulb with a lower voltage, you make the coefficient of efficiency worse but you simultaneously extend the lifespan of it by quite a bit. In a oven, low energy efficiency is not a major problem as the waste heat just gets to be used in heating the oven itself. So perhaps the lamps are quite usual but just get used at a lower voltage? Or perhaps the filament is thicker so it burns slower. I didn't arrive at an answer, but have few plausible conjectures instead.
I had to get this out of the system as I've been thinking about it for a while. If I had thought for a little while longer, I might have put something about EarthBound in as well, but I have hard time putting my finger on what's the appeal of it to me.
If you don't mind a bit of a left field suggestion, The Secret of the Monkey Island has a remastered version that looks cool, has a good soundtrack and I for one enjoyed the game play - it's possibly the single best introduction to the genre. It is very light fare, story wise, and has a genuinely sweet, funny vibe to it. The game design is, I think, quite good, but I won't gush about it now.
I genuinely think a lot of CS analogies are misleading in the same direction but I will probably never make this into actually sensible thesis that I support with anything.
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Reply to why do oven lights last seemingly forever? by hollyhoppet
I've had to, actually. But I am curious about the answer, as well, so I did a little research. Supposedly if you use an incandescent bulb with a lower voltage, you make the coefficient of efficiency worse but you simultaneously extend the lifespan of it by quite a bit. In a oven, low energy efficiency is not a major problem as the waste heat just gets to be used in heating the oven itself. So perhaps the lamps are quite usual but just get used at a lower voltage? Or perhaps the filament is thicker so it burns slower. I didn't arrive at an answer, but have few plausible conjectures instead.