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The 15 craziest Nicolas Cage movies, ranked (including 'Longlegs') in c/movies@lemm.ee

[–] skeld@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

No 8mm? Guess I'm not sure what crazy means.

Are there FLOSS-friendly versions of YubiKey? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml

[–] skeld@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Might want to check out Mooltipass. I got mine from tindie and they're worth a look IMO.

Isn't it weird that we'll never (ever?) talk about lightnings as a potential renewable energy source ? in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

[–] skeld@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'm a hobbyist in electronics repair. Conventional light bulbs make great AC current limiters and have a built-in indicator. 😂

Isn't it weird that we'll never (ever?) talk about lightnings as a potential renewable energy source ? in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

[–] skeld@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Lightning has a peak power of 1TW for 30 microseconds according to Wikipedia, corresponding to an energy content of about 8000 Watt-hours. That is enough to run a 100 watt conventional light bulb for 80 hours, so not actually much energy. You would need to capture about half a million lightning strikes a second if you wanted to power the world that way, for example.