Why “freezers” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
Fridge at home totally, no idea about blood banks, but freezers in supermarkets probably not so much? I would imagine being able to start a warming cycle, then going around with…
by customguy · Nov 4, 2026
Yes, especially after this has now been happening again and again. First case can be excused as usual bad practices and lazyness. But it should have been a wake up call causing…
by account42 · Nov 4, 2026
Basically understand that fridges and freezers work by making a surface, heat exchanger or some type of pipe cold. Being cold leads to moisture in ambient air condensing on that…
by Ekaros · Nov 4, 2026
It's the defrost cycle. Modern "frost-free" freezers have resistive heaters inside them.
by rescbr · Nov 4, 2026
When will regulators begin punitively fining the grocery companies that left their freezers so unsecured that this could happen? Like, make their underinvestment in decent IT so…
by rekabis · Nov 4, 2026
We actually had freezers in stores back before the internet was widely used. People find it more convenient to network everything, but it isn't Necessary we're seeing the very p…
by dabbledash · Nov 4, 2026
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A refrigerator, commonly shortened to fridge, is a commercial and home appliance consisting of a thermally insulated compartment and a heat pump that transfers heat from its inside to its external environment so that its inside is cooled to a temperature below the ambient temperature of the room. Refrigeration is an essential food storage technique around the world. The low temperature reduces the reproduction rate of bacteria, so the refrigerator lowers the rate of spoilage. A refrigerator maintains a temperature a few degrees above the freezing point of water. The optimal temperature range for perishable food storage is 3 to 5 °C. A freezer is a specialized refrigerator, or portion of a refrigerator, that maintains its contents' temperature below the freezing point of water. The refrigerator replaced the icebox, which had been a common household appliance for almost a century and a half. The United States Food and Drug Administration recommends that the refrigerator be kept at or below 4 °C (40 °F) and that the freezer be regulated at −18 °C (0 °F). Read more on Wikipedia