• @abcd@feddit.de
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    1351 month ago

    Hello! Here is your random engineer: You have to connect both trap doors to the same side of the turbine. Otherwise your generator has a great chance to get blocked by users.

    Otherwise the concept looks good. If we find a way to get the Linux guys out and make them able to walk a slight incline without collapsing this should work.

    • @chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 month ago

      Tbh any turbine likely has the potential to be blocked, if two come along at once, making one become trapped between the turbine blade and the wall.

      For maximal efficiency, I would suggest a spring-loaded ring of rollers inside a solid metal ring, conforming to the shape of passing Linux users. The dynamos would need to be calibrated such that the stiction of passing users is enough to slow their fall to match the current flow rate of entering users (n.b. is this doable? If not may need to use the spring pressure for this) to ensure maximal energy extraction for available user flow.

      • AWildMimicAppears
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        61 month ago

        To address the blocking issue, i propose a vibrating (and cushioned) funnel to make sure that the linux users get to the turbine in single file. this keeps the system simpler and helps the linux users pass more easily, because it adheres to the UNIX philosophy of doing just one thing, which works as a lubricant.

    • @Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de
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      121 month ago

      I think the biggest flaw is the name.

      energy would be used by the Linux guys. That energy is probably equal or less than what the turbine produces. That makes it not a perpetual motion machine. It is free energy for the owner though as long as the speakers don’t consume too much energy as the Linux guys will come and for free to no cost of the owner

  • @lurch@sh.itjust.works
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    731 month ago

    this is so silly. you need to connect the speaker to the turbine for it to be perpetual. otherwise it’s sokar powered duh

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    Linux has you covered. Just call

    insmod -v pwr_perpertuum_mobile.o

    The -v is short for --violate and allows you to violate the laws of thermodynamics.

  • @Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world
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    291 month ago

    A single Arch user can generate enough energy to power a family home for a day. Just tell them the latest update to grdfrgl-upflmupfl-lib.tar.gz just dropped and they have to register on the hill to download it.

  • @wabafee@lemmy.world
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    151 month ago

    Here’s my idea a keyboard that generate electricity every press. Distribute it to everyone we have ourselves free electricity.

  • @Bigoldmustard@lemmy.zip
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    141 month ago

    This is great, but I’ve increased output by replacing the windows user with a tech-illiterate person showing a screenshot of Ubuntu saying “I’m so glad my grandson switched me to Linux”.

  • @Kaput@lemmy.world
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    81 month ago

    I love it. I’d get lots of exercise, enjoy a cool underground slide and fix the world. To make it really high output, you should ad a very large trap intake for the window users that will inevitably climb up to complain they can’t game on Linux. Now you are going to need lot of bait sentences that will trigger a Linux enthousiast. Here are some. ; > I wish I could apply all updates at a convenient time> or > I have these MRI image I want to look at> who has more?

    • Count Regal InkwellOP
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      “Ugh my old laptop runs so slow now. I’m gonna have to buy one, won’t I?”

      “Seriously? I can’t uninstall candy fucking crush now?”

      “Man, why do they always make it so hard to change the most basic of settings?”

  • @trslim
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    81 month ago

    I half expected to see Sadam Hussain hiding somewhere in there.

  • lemmyreader
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    71 month ago

    Right. The energy of the growing numbers of Linux Evangelists could save the planet!