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mkl
on June 26, 2023
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John Goodenough has died
What battery gets that many? Your comment is the only DDG hit for ["36,500 charge cycles"], and is the only relevant Google hit for ["36,500" "goodenough"].
tiagod
on June 26, 2023
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He lived for 100 years. 365 * 100 = 36500
aembleton
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25 of those years were leap years, so its 36525
mkl
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I got that it was 365 * 100, but there aren't any batteries that last that long and I'm apparently too literal.
stavros
on June 26, 2023
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Also presumably he had more charge cycles than that, as I doubt he only had one meal a day.
I won't stop until this joke is dead as a doornail.
bmicraft
on June 26, 2023
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I took it to mean sleeping, that wou make it close to the number
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on June 26, 2023
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Given that he was just a month shy of 101, it still ought to be (with leap years) 365 * 101 + 25 - 30.
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