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Yes. All these examples seem to stem from a fundamental misunderstanding about what a flywheel is and what it can do. They are primarily for storing and releas
by hyko 6y ago
Yes.
All these examples seem to stem from a fundamental misunderstanding about what a flywheel is and what it can do. They are primarily for storing and releasing energy; they don’t generate their own momentum. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flywheel https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flywheel
- ryanwaggoner 6y agoWho cares? Seriously, it’s a metaphor that no one has issues understanding, so why the pedantic nitpicking?
- karatestomp 6y agoI'd never heard of it and my best guess based on the name would have been some kind of way of "storing up" marketing effort to release it later, like if you had extra marketing $$$ and needed to use it before the end of the quarter but would prefer to spread it out.
- true_religion 6y agoI hadn’t heard of the metaphor before and understood it based on the words used. Flywheels aren’t some kind of academics only term. If you’ve ever touched a mechanical fishing rod, you have used a fly wheel.