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Maybe it’s the author’s second language, but they lost me when they likened an electrolyzer to a resistor. They have little in common. Thermolyzer, maybe there
by mchannon 3y ago
Maybe it’s the author’s second language, but they lost me when they likened an electrolyzer to a resistor. They have little in common.
Thermolyzer, maybe there’s something there.
If they hired me, I could make their project pass investor due diligence and more importantly actually work. Oh well.
- passwordoops 3y agoThank you for saving me the time of reading the blog. HN for the win (again)
- jvanderbot 3y agoCasey writes to explain, not so much to showcase. Even his most marketty blogs seem like information-dense, well thought out physics courses rather than puff pieces. However, if you were not familiar with the writer or early stage of terraform, then yeah I could imagine some letdown.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoLikening an electrolyzer to a resistor IS 'puff piece' level writing.
- maxbond 3y agoWhy? Is it a reactive load?
- avmich 3y agoIn the past, in the non-existent country, surprisingly often the water was boiled by shorting mains via water in a vessel, oddly enough, used to buy beer. The electrodes used were frequently shaving blades. It's not exactly electrolyzer - mains were AC - but, if fuses (or usually their less fire-preventing replacements) held, water was heated - resistive effect. I think Casey is just simplifying things a bit.
- jvanderbot 3y agoI think it's fair to let that one tiny detail slide, and to read the rest of the article as is. And you may enjoy other articles he's written, if you can get past that detail you disagree with. I often take issue with the highly-reductive, "model a cow as a sphere" type thinking that seems like a phd-doctor trope, as well, though.
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- RamblingCTO 3y agoThere's the call to hire right at the end of the article, go for it!