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Oh, so now HN suddenly likes electrons? > Because of my 40 million Coulombs, the force between myself and my “image self” would be something like 10^{20} tons.
by danShumway 5y ago
Oh, so now HN suddenly likes electrons?
> Because of my 40 million Coulombs, the force between myself and my “image self” would be something like 10^{20} tons. To give that some perspective, consider that 10^{20} tons is just a bit smaller than the weight of the entire planet earth. So the force pulling me toward the earth would be something like the force of a collision between the earth and the planet Mars.
Unnecessarily heavy imo.
And I'm just going to say, the person you do this to might not have the scientific experience to realize that the electrons are the reason why they can't move anymore and why they've ripped a hole in the vacuum, but they'll still notice the effect, so it's inaccurate to say that they don't care.
- ruined 5y agothis website goes in a cycle. electrons bad, electrons good. nobody holds a real position. the current "correct" take is a whim based on flavor-of-the-week politics. and of course nobody here talks about the end user, or the social effects of electrons. please take some responsibility!!
- cheschire 5y agoYou meant the “correct current take”, surely.
- formerly_proven 5y agoIt's a super position, really.
- topaz0 5y agoWorth noting that this electron cycle is important if you want to have a magnetic field.
- malwrar 5y agoDid HN ever not like electrons? I kinda need them to dick around with computers, I was pretty sure most other people here were into that too.
- fennecfoxen 5y agohttps://www.electronjs.org/ https://www.electronjs.org/
- Crisco 5y agoI'm pretty sure it's a joke about the Electron software framework.
- MauranKilom 5y ago(Joke explanation ahead:) They are joking about HN not liking Electron (the framework).
- throwaway894345 5y agoThank you, I also wasn't getting the joke.
- Case81 5y agoI’m curious how people are getting it. Is it some sort of HN mindset or is just the HN crowd* 24/7 on about programming
- SAI_Peregrinus 5y agoIt's pretty common for someone to complain whenever some application uses the electron framework and gets linked here.
- temp0826 5y agoI don't get it either...especially when tfa is so ripe for your-mom jokes.
- mholm 5y agoHN also seems very positive about Proton. Interesting that they aren't always negative about electron.