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alwatoday at 5:35 PM1 replyview on HN

And stored in the specific forms the machine can exploit.

Over a long enough timescale, though… really, really slow solar trickle charge to a space-capacitor bank? A thousand years’ suns, culminating in a glorious orgy of smelting?


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M95Dtoday at 6:40 PM

Unless the capacitor breaks down before it's charged, one of the main problems discussed in the article.