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Sator_is_Tense [comrade/them]@hexbear.net to urbanism@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 years ago

"it just works"

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"it just works"

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Sator_is_Tense [comrade/them]@hexbear.net to urbanism@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 years ago
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  • invalidusernamelol [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Kinda wild how so much of engineering is still just using lookup tables that were hand calculated like 150 years ago

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      a sliding ruler can give you just about every answer a computer can, sometimes faster

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      yeah, it’s also kinda wild how WW2 artillery equipment has been made relevant again because they started using drones as spotters

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    rereading Calvin & Hobbes as an adult is wild. His parents are such interesting characters, and you just don’t notice it if you’re reading it as a kid.

    Like, in the original strip, you can see Calvin seems to get his penchant for wild fantasies from his dad

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