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Ask HN: Understanding KWh Intuitively

Posted by gnomodromo on Thursday March 20, 2025 @04:41AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hi, I'm trying to understand the unit kWh intuitively. I came up with the following comparisons. But they feel surprisingly unintuitive. Did I make an error somewhere?1 Joule: Energy to lift 1 apple of 100g up 1m (roughly).1 Watt: Lift 1 apple 1m within 1s.1 kW: Lift 1000 apples 1m within 1s.1 kWh: Every second for 1h, lift 1000 apples for 1m in 1s.Or: Lift 1 apple 3600km within 1h? This feels...

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Re:Show HN: Tailwind Nested VSCode Extension on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @05:40AM (#40130180)
This looks really useful. The single line of class properties is a struggle. Additionally I'm using a plugin that hides the class property all together, until I'm clicking on it or toggle it.
Re:Show HN: Turn technical PDFs into audiobooks with simplified text on Thursday February 29, 2024 @03:31AM (#39547487)
The CUDA documentation
Re:Show HN: I made an app to use local AI as daily driver on Wednesday February 28, 2024 @09:53AM (#39538688)
I wonder how much space it takes.
Re:Show HN: Magic Grid – A simple JavaScript library for dynamic grid ... on Monday December 24, 2018 @07:31AM (#18751837)
I've experimented with fully responsive layouts too for my website (http://www.uptopnews.com) but at the end I just used css flex gird. I almost build a comment section where the comments are cards in a grid but that rabbit hole was too deep.
Re:The Annoying Site: Source on Sunday December 23, 2018 @04:34PM (#18748487)
Rightly so, it seems very malicious
Re:Show HN: Second Screen News on Sunday December 16, 2018 @07:13PM (#18696075)
Does anyone has experience with pre-rendering angularjs? When I post my site on twitter I get tags like {{title}} in the tweet. I've seen some services that pre-render (SaaS) but I'd prefer an independent solution.
Re:Show HN: Second Screen News on Saturday December 15, 2018 @08:39PM (#18691306)
My favorite topic is the breaking news section with auto-scroll on the second screen.
Re:Show HN: Second Screen News on Saturday December 15, 2018 @08:35PM (#18691294)
That's a great hint thanks. I just created a test bucket with a JSON file, this seems much cleaner. At the moment I still use a node server and the database on the same instance.
Re:Show HN: Second Screen News on Saturday December 15, 2018 @06:24PM (#18690922)
Hey and you can even make the browser window go over two screens, the window will be full of news cards.
Re:Show HN: Second Screen News on Saturday December 15, 2018 @06:19PM (#18690899)
Another reason I post this here is to ask for advice how much CPUs and memory you would suggest for a site like that. It's hosted on EC2.

Show HN: Second Screen News

Posted by gnomodromo on Saturday December 15, 2018 @06:00PM
from the show-hn dept.

This is my site:http://www.uptopnews.com/With the auto-scroll feature the news just run over your screen.I would love to hear your feedback! Could you imagine to use this site everyday? What do and don't you like about it?

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