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juancnyesterday at 5:54 PM1 replyview on HN

I love the symmetry of capacitors and inductors. It's just so elegant.

    Inductors: store energy in a magnetic field, pass DC, block AC

    Capacitors: store energy in an electric field, pass AC, block DC
I'm omitting a bunch of edge cases, but it feels so nice.

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alhirzelyesterday at 6:28 PM

Don't forget about ELI the ICE man!