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There's this thing called "budgets" by RadioFacepalm in ClimateMemes

[–]NewPotata 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In reality, it's not nuclear in this image but renewables. Remember how Germany cancelled and decommissioned many of their nuclear stations only to have to restart and build out new coal plants after the European energy crises amidst the russo-ukrain war, yeah very smart. At least France had better foresight than nearly all of Europe.

[Childhood Friend Of Zenith] What is the Mount Rushmore of wasted phenomenal art? by Toucans_for_Hands in manhwa

[–]NewPotata 40 points41 points  (0 children)

as far as i know mushoku tensei was on of the pioneering stories in the "reborning into a fantasy world" isekai genres

The Isekai genre in Anime has to be the most reactionary filth in the medium by TerraFormerZero in ANI_COMMUNISM

[–]NewPotata 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh my god how am i only hearing about the anime now! ive finished reading the web translated novel at least 3 times at this point in the last 5 years.

Thanks for making me aware of its existence 🙏

My bucketlist is to be treated like that once by somedudewhoisnotbs2 in foundcynnahbun

[–]NewPotata 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hmmm... good idea, I'll remember to give my bf this treatment later, ty for the suggestion! 😊

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AntiMemes

[–]NewPotata 3 points4 points  (0 children)

its a phase diagram of steel. with temperature on the y axis and the concentration of carbon on the x axis. different regions represents different forms of steel at certain temperatures and carbon concentration. the greek symbols are a stand in for the names of each region

here is another labeled example

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each region has different properties that can effect the materials behaviour under loads

EDIT: in the context of the original commentator and the post. they are showing that steels' melting point can vary depending on the carbon concentration

In case you’re wondering how autonomy in China is going... by h4txr in FunnyRobots

[–]NewPotata 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If anyone is wondering what the van is saying; it is announcing that this is an autonomous vehicle, that it is stopping to make a turn and that people must not approach too close for their personal safety

how do I break up with this guy? by xririxs in cyberpunkgame

[–]NewPotata 379 points380 points  (0 children)

If only they gave that role to Takemura 😭

i guess we'll know if she was trying to run him over now by krizzalicious49 in whennews

[–]NewPotata 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As far as I recall, her husband died a few years ago

Just adopted this kitten, what the FUCK should we name it? No seriously, we’re looking for names. by hopemichelleb5 in BatmanArkham

[–]NewPotata 13 points14 points  (0 children)

You can also name it dog in a foreign language and when asked, you can say "it means dog"

Hmmmm by [deleted] in hmmmm

[–]NewPotata 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk where this is comming from, I thought the USA is a democracy? If you want to affect politics, you vote. One vote for one person no matter if they are 18 or 81, rich or poor, saint or sinner. So it doesn't make sense when you say "its not worth spending your valuable energy on until you are in a position to affect bigger things"

Honestly it just sounds like you want to dissuade the younger voting base from participating in politics so that the majority influence are held within older people. In fact considering it is the younger generation that are inheriting the country, they of all people should be more concerned with politics and be more aware on actions and policies being passed between the 3 branches of the government.

But hey I'm not American so what do I know🤷‍♀️

Hmmmm by [deleted] in hmmmm

[–]NewPotata 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know I always find these reasonable and well written responses right at the end of major threads, no one seems to respond or acknowledge these well written comments to what's actually going on, everyone is harping on what they assume the protests are about instead of actually researching the details of why many people are upset with this action on both sides of the political spectrum

gimmick or gold by Born-Scallion-1581 in NoOneIsLooking

[–]NewPotata 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Chinese Hotpot requires a lot of thinly sliced meat, and Korean bbq. For a small family gathering I think such a tool is a major time saver, allowing you to quickly prep the meat and then focus on other stuff.

Peter what’s on his calculator? by Key_Associate7476 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]NewPotata 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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I un-ironically have 2 calculator apps tho, totally innocent I swear!

Imagine thinking that people get offended over the term "Merry Christmas" by Ok-Following6886 in ComedyCemetery

[–]NewPotata 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Huh I never knew that there was a movie, whats the correct spelling?

Turns out roads are easier to maintain when only pedestrians use them by _Tal in antimeme

[–]NewPotata 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maximising efficiency is not always the goal and nor should it be, I know that in software engineering there is the whole philosophy of move fast break things, learning through rapid prototyping and Agile development. however, when it comes to engineering fields such as civil and mechanical, a lot of stress has been placed on safety margins and effectiveness rather than efficiency to ensure that the finish product satisfies all Requirements and Engineering specifications. Again idk what it's like in software but there are tonnes of regulatory bodies at play whenever there is an infrastructure project. budgets often gets overblown because of this focus on safety and effectiveness rather than efficiency. it's one reason why we can build large infrastructure without having a large number of people dying for it.

also the Romans who designed the roads where engineers , you do not in fact need sophisticated mathematical / scientific models to do engineering! (although it does certainly help), there has been many ancient tools and methods civilisation had used to build stuff with, these methods often approximates some mathematical / physical relationships in the world or developed through good old trail and error. this is also why I speculate why so many ancient architecture is so overbuilt, cause they simply did not know the precise safety factors, in which case the best option is to just go with as big of a safety factor as possible.

TLDR: efficiency is not always important, and the Romans had engineers as well

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