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1. Ramsey Nasser (nasser@merveilles.town)'s status on Monday, 30-May-2022 12:09:26 UTC Ramsey Nasser

   woke up this morning thinking about candle powered computers. light a candle to turn it on, put out the candle to turn it off. it probably smells really nice.

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   • Radical Edward (radicaledward@hackers.town)'s status on Monday, 30-May-2022 16:15:32 UTC Radical Edward

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     @nasser

     It's now safe to blow out
     your computer.

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   • voxel (voxel@merveilles.town)'s status on Monday, 30-May-2022 16:15:51 UTC voxel

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     @nasser I looked at this recently! A candle flame releases heat at around 80W, With a Stirling engine at 20% efficiency you can generate 16W which is enough for a lower-spec laptop. It'd take a while to 'boot up' after you light the flame, and wouldn't turn off immediately when you blew out the candle, but it might be fun regardless

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