[microcolonel]

> we see a character’s computer burst into flames

If we can just get malware that can prompt a personal computer to burst into flames.

[stephengillie]

With thermal throttling, simply stopping the fans and running processors at 100% may not be enough to HCF anymore.

[nayuki]

The infamous old video from Tom's Hardware Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxNUK3U73SI "What happens when the CPU cooler is removed?"

[NegativeLatency]

You could hop from the PC to something like a PLC and sabotage an industrial process (like stuxnet)