• flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz
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      Bad Engineer: The glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
      Good Engineer: The glass is 66% full with a 25% safety margin.

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        This glass has a safety factor of 2

        Re: good engineer: this is the thing that frustrates me amount marketing/labeling for travel mugs or cookware; the listed capacity is the absolute brim capacity not the practical capacity. Want to put 16 oz in a 16 oz mug you’re gonna have to sip 3 ounces out first in order to put the lid on. Want to serve 2 qt soup? Gotta use the 3 qt pot.

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          Yes!! So unbelievably annoying. Okay. Thank you. The total volume of this cylinder is 473ml. What the fuck can I use this for?! What I want you to tell me: total volume and total practical volume. Dumb af

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      Backyard tinkerer and wannabe Engineer: I’ll just use this glass jar I used to drain some gas as the thing to drink my water now … this is water right?