A physicist rigged his pet hamster’s wheel to upload to Strava

Post by walrus01 » Sat, Aug 08, 2026, 7:35 PM UTC

embedding-shape wrote: post #36

mjanx123 wrote: post #13

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An infinite number of hamsters running in an infinite number of hamster wheels could power a datacenter for one day.

Make the data center run ML/AI experiments for how to effectively run a "energy generation hamster farm" and you have a completely grid-and-internet independent energy solution that optimizes itself via hamsters over time.

Post by tomaskafka » Sat, Aug 08, 2026, 7:47 PM UTC

etrautmann wrote: post #4

If you look at any neuroscience paper, mice will run 10k a day or more on a wheel overnight. I thought the axis labels were wrong when I first saw that type of study. It’s quite common.

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Aug 08, 2026, 8:17 PM UTC

artisinal wrote: post #34

otherme123 wrote: post #17

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> Most often at 5 am, for whatever reason. Cats are crepuscular animals. They are "programed" do start at 5 AM, hunt, and go back to sleep until afternoon. Living in homes tweaked them a little, but the 5 AM thing is still strong in a lot of them (mine included). https://www.animalhumanesociety.org/resource/cat-keeping-you...

> Sorry, you have been blocked > You are unable to access animalhumanesociety.org Is this because I laughed when our family dog fell down the stairs when I was six years old?

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Aug 08, 2026, 10:23 PM UTC

Post by funkychicken » Sun, Aug 09, 2026, 1:43 PM UTC

morkalork wrote: post #91

forinti wrote: post #51

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When I had cats, I couldn't leave the bedroom door wide open, because that would give them space to come running into the room and jump onto the bed (sometimes on my face) at early hours.

And here I can't keep them closed because they'll stick their paws under to get a grip with their claws and bang them for funsies