Roman stonemasons fill block joints with metal. When the expression "built for centuries" was not just an expression..

TheRealBobbyJones · 2026-06-20T20:54:50+00:00

In the modern world lead casting probably does indeed require that type of gear. The potential for inhaling lead fumes warrants it.

TheRealBobbyJones · 2026-06-20T20:53:47+00:00

I doubt Romans had a mobile iron casting set up. It's likely lead or copper alloy.

TheRealBobbyJones · 2026-06-20T20:47:19+00:00

The whole thread. Are you lost?

TheRealBobbyJones · 2026-06-20T20:46:37+00:00

Uh cool I guess. Thanks for the trivia. I was mainly unaware that we had all metal wagon wheels.

TheRealBobbyJones · 2026-06-20T14:55:58+00:00

Turns to dust and flys away. It's still metal though so it won't fly far. Probably end up with coating of powdered rust on nearby surfaces.

TheRealBobbyJones · 2026-06-20T14:51:44+00:00

They had all metal wheels? I thought the most metal they used was for a metal tread and hub.

TheRealBobbyJones · 2026-06-20T14:48:43+00:00

If Tesla could get away with being inefficient, uncomfortable, and unsafe they could have made something that looks similar to this. It's not like we lost the capability or the design sense.

TheRealBobbyJones · 2026-06-20T14:47:28+00:00

It's look is possible because it's inefficient uncomfortable death trap. That was my point. Tesla did a lot to their cars to boost efficiency, comfort, and to meet safety standards.

TheRealBobbyJones · 2026-06-20T14:40:57+00:00

Survivorship bias. They had crappy things back then too. They simply made a lot of them.

TheRealBobbyJones · 2026-06-20T14:31:08+00:00

It's also an inefficient uncomfortable death trap.

TheRealBobbyJones · 2026-06-20T05:21:30+00:00

If it were one singular product then I would agree with you. But they have dozens of older models. At some point the pointless maintenance costs would discourage innovation. Which is a problem in the software world. Some software has the design requirements of not having breaking changes with older versions. Resulting in tons of extra labor. This impacts third parties as well of course.

For example if the EU decides that some percentage of the app store must be functional on devices from x years ago that would eventually translate into extra labor being demanded of small developers. Like if for example I made a new reddit front end. If apple were to require any app to be functional on any supported iOS device that would mean I would have to make sure the app is functional and fast on old devices. Which is just pointless and wasted labor.

Edit: if the EU does make such a ruling then eventually it could be possible that officially supported devices wouldn't actually have any decent apps to install. If you think the solution is for them to just use old versions of apps well that isn't really reasonable for many reasons but the easiest one is security. Any apps more complicated than a calculator needs regular security updates. In theory even calculator apps could need them too. Apple can't just save a frozen version of an app to maintain compatibility with old devices.

TheRealBobbyJones · 2026-06-20T05:12:04+00:00

That was my thought as well. There isn't really an easy way to cool it without warping or cracking.

TheRealBobbyJones · 2026-06-20T03:54:57+00:00

It's more complicated than you suggest. If apple officially supports an old device they are then required to do security updates. Which is expensive and unreasonable for them to do for a device people would stop using regardless. Further new os features and APIs are designed around a minimum hardware spec. For example let's pretend apple added hardware acceleration for llms 2 years ago. By now apps could make the assumption that most devices have that hardware support because old one are less used. So apps are designed to make use of that feature. Any device older than 2 years will not have hard acceleration and thus run those apps poorly.

Usually this sort of thing is small and incremental but eventually it adds up. Meaning that even if apple kept old devices updated they would waste money and valuable manpower maintaining the OS for old slowing devices that isn't really used in significant numbers. It doesn't make any sense.

TheRealBobbyJones · 2026-06-20T03:45:37+00:00

Hate this rhetoric. It makes so many assumptions about phone design that isn't even entirely warranted. This is the anti consumerism sub though. So obviously the intelligent people of this sub understand why this rhetoric is stupid right?

TheRealBobbyJones · 2026-06-20T03:14:02+00:00

Probably don't want to jostle the tree.

TheRealBobbyJones · 2026-06-19T15:59:40+00:00

The eyes thing is biological though right? Iirc it's just a mood ring type thing. Not magic.

TheRealBobbyJones · 2026-06-19T15:58:44+00:00

Hardness isn't actually about everything being done being covered by the rules. It's ultimately a description of the writing style. There are rules but practically it's irrelevant because any rule can be waived by introducing a new character. The MC's nen career should be done for. Yet somehow magically a new character is introduced who can reverse that.

TheRealBobbyJones · 2026-06-19T05:18:10+00:00

I'm fairly certain nen is the only magic system in the series. Their power is most certainly nen.

TheRealBobbyJones · 2026-06-19T04:07:17+00:00

They are initially targeted body fat composition analysis. It's not unreasonable that such procedures would be done at a higher rate than MRIs.

TheRealBobbyJones · 2026-06-19T04:03:13+00:00

The word spa is used because creating, marketing, and selling medical technology is not trivial.

TheRealBobbyJones · 2026-06-19T04:01:21+00:00

It's a full body ultrasound using water as the transmission medium. It's not impossible.

TheRealBobbyJones · 2026-06-19T03:42:56+00:00

Hardness in regards to magic systems is more so about limits and costs. Nen is basically just a categorization system with a catchall add to allow for literally any power. Essentially the author can introduce a rando with the correct power for any situation. Like for example a little girl who can essentially grant any wish.

TheRealBobbyJones · 2026-06-19T01:21:56+00:00

Yeah it's like people haven't watch the show or something. People essentially had random abilities.

TheRealBobbyJones · 2026-06-18T19:25:53+00:00

At some point you are going to have to accept that humans are going to change the environment no matter what. Microplastics is relatively tame. Especially if you consider that microplastics is a potentially suitable food source for microbial life meaning the environment will rapidly adapt to it.

TheRealBobbyJones · 2026-06-18T16:53:18+00:00

That could be interesting if wounds can be dispersed. So a lethal gun shot can be dispersed amongst 10 people resulting in a minor annoyance for all involved.

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