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You know, with a link title like that, I was really hoping to see a food processor powered by a steam engine.

by BurritoAlPastor 13y ago

mikeash 13y ago
Agreed. It would be a great followup to Top Gear's V8-powered blender and their occasional obsession with steam trains.
mschuster91 13y ago
Me too, but then I looked at the URL :D
joyeuse6701 13y ago
Third, I'd like to see this. Or a steam powered coffee grinder, who's with me?!
- j2h6mW 13y ago
  Yes! And if you could somehow re-route the steam from the steam-powered coffee grinder to an adjoining moka pot... automatic steam-powered coffee-grinder-brewer?
- zooka2 13y ago
  I'm all for it, now I just need to find that free steam source
  - nwh 13y ago
    Go full-circle and make the steam with a Bitcoin miner.
tobych 13y ago
Me too. Thought it sounded cool.
jlgreco 13y ago
Same. I was expecting something along the lines of the pulse jet powered tea kettle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fDM9Eb16Do http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fDM9Eb16Do
- speeder 13y ago
  Now you made me miss my time to sleep because of all such awesome jet powered things. (but can someone explain to me the jet powered kettle???)
  - jlgreco 13y ago
    Basically he's just using the mini-pulse jet's waste heat to boil the water. (Pulse jets are sort of primitive jet engines, though they operate on a different principles. Most famous for being used by the Germans with their V-1 "Flying Bomb".)
solistice 13y ago
That's HN for you. You're never quite sure whether it's programming related or not. 40 Days without Booze - Alcohol Abstinence or Node.js Framework? Steam powered Blender - 3d Modeling Software or Steampunk kitchen tool? A new perspective on Coffee and Tea: “Building” Coffee Match - Again, Beverages or Web Frameworks? Someone should write a site akin to http://www.crackshackormansion.com/ http://www.crackshackormansion.com/ or http://steakhouseorgaybar.com/ http://steakhouseorgaybar.com/ regarding HN post titles.
unwind 13y ago
My submission (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6204638 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6204638) had the title "Valve interested in getting Blender on Steam" which used a powerful technique of "more words, less terseness" to attempt to maximize clarity. :) I should perhaps have added "3D" somewhere to make it more clear, but at least there are words to make it sound software-related. Too bad the submission sank.
conductor 13y ago
My original title was "Valve is planning to use Blender as a game modding tool in Steam", it was changed by a mod/admin.

You know, with a link title like that, I was really hoping to see a food processor powered by a steam engine.

mikeash 13y ago

Agreed. It would be a great followup to Top Gear's V8-powered blender and their occasional obsession with steam trains.

mschuster91 13y ago

Me too, but then I looked at the URL :D

joyeuse6701 13y ago

Third, I'd like to see this. Or a steam powered coffee grinder, who's with me?!

j2h6mW 13y ago
Yes! And if you could somehow re-route the steam from the steam-powered coffee grinder to an adjoining moka pot... automatic steam-powered coffee-grinder-brewer?
zooka2 13y ago
I'm all for it, now I just need to find that free steam source
- nwh 13y ago
  Go full-circle and make the steam with a Bitcoin miner.

tobych 13y ago

Me too. Thought it sounded cool.

jlgreco 13y ago

Same. I was expecting something along the lines of the pulse jet powered tea kettle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fDM9Eb16Do http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fDM9Eb16Do

speeder 13y ago
Now you made me miss my time to sleep because of all such awesome jet powered things. (but can someone explain to me the jet powered kettle???)
- jlgreco 13y ago
  Basically he's just using the mini-pulse jet's waste heat to boil the water. (Pulse jets are sort of primitive jet engines, though they operate on a different principles. Most famous for being used by the Germans with their V-1 "Flying Bomb".)

solistice 13y ago

That's HN for you. You're never quite sure whether it's programming related or not. 40 Days without Booze - Alcohol Abstinence or Node.js Framework? Steam powered Blender - 3d Modeling Software or Steampunk kitchen tool? A new perspective on Coffee and Tea: “Building” Coffee Match - Again, Beverages or Web Frameworks? Someone should write a site akin to http://www.crackshackormansion.com/ http://www.crackshackormansion.com/ or http://steakhouseorgaybar.com/ http://steakhouseorgaybar.com/ regarding HN post titles.

unwind 13y ago

My submission (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6204638 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6204638) had the title "Valve interested in getting Blender on Steam" which used a powerful technique of "more words, less terseness" to attempt to maximize clarity. :) I should perhaps have added "3D" somewhere to make it more clear, but at least there are words to make it sound software-related. Too bad the submission sank.

conductor 13y ago

My original title was "Valve is planning to use Blender as a game modding tool in Steam", it was changed by a mod/admin.