BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL that quadruple A batteries existlemmy.worldimagemessage-square123fedilinkarrow-up1477arrow-down118file-text
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minus-squareRobotToasterlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·3 months agoMost “batteries” are in fact cells.
minus-squarePlopp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoThis is why humans make good batteries.
minus-squareZron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoHumans make terrible batteries, you leave one in a box for 6 months, you come back to a soggy, very stinky box. Humans are much better as low power space heaters. As long as they have fuel, they’ll maintain a known temperature.
minus-squareTehdastehdas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoIs a battery with one cell still a battery? Is an empty library still a library? Is an empty breadbox still a breadbox?
Most “batteries” are in fact cells.
This is why humans make good batteries.
Humans make terrible batteries, you leave one in a box for 6 months, you come back to a soggy, very stinky box.
Humans are much better as low power space heaters. As long as they have fuel, they’ll maintain a known temperature.
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Is a battery with one cell still a battery? Is an empty library still a library? Is an empty breadbox still a breadbox?