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Re:Bill Joy Finds the Jesus Battery by yborg on Sunday August 20, 2017 @10:54PM (#15061598)
"Because of Joy’s earlier history as a legendary computer scientist—a co-founder of Sun, a co-inventor of Java, and a visionary who was working on the Internet of Things two decades ago—his views have weight, separate and apart from his financial interest in the company."

No. His background in computer science basically gives him just as much credibility in material science as I have. So the story here is famous guy leverages his fame to plug one of his investments, which is fine, but rich famous guys invest in dead ends all the time, because they can afford to. This might turn out to be the real thing, but the odds aren't in his favor.

Re:Bill Joy Finds the Jesus Battery by omilu on Sunday August 20, 2017 @11:11PM (#15061657)
A rechargeable alkaline will be cheap and have a high energy to weight ratio, but someone still needs to improve alkaline high power capability before it can be used in cell phones, power tools and electric cars. The article doesn't address this, so calling it a Jesus battery is hyperbolic.
Re:Bill Joy Finds the Jesus Battery by Aron on Monday August 21, 2017 @01:08AM (#15062085)
yeah aren't the standard AAA's like 1.5V vs. Lithium at 3.6V. Big difference in power. Although admittedly 0-60 in 2.3s isn't really necessary.
Re:Bill Joy Finds the Jesus Battery by Yetanfou on Monday August 21, 2017 @05:41PM (#15068077)
Cell voltage does not equate cell power. NiMH cells have a higher drain performance than alkaline cells even though they have a cell voltage of 1.2V.
Re:Bill Joy Finds the Jesus Battery by RichardHeart on Sunday August 20, 2017 @11:39PM (#15061752)
It comes back to life after it's been dead for 3 days?
Re:Bill Joy Finds the Jesus Battery by carapace on Sunday August 20, 2017 @11:13PM (#15061666)
> things go into [the] solution

Fire that editor.

("into solution" is correct, whoever added the "[the]" was wrong. WRONG!!!)

Re:Bill Joy Finds the Jesus Battery by saintfiends on Sunday August 20, 2017 @11:36PM (#15061739)
I genuinely checked if today is April 1st.