• @BlackWalnut
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    611 day ago

    Engineer: The glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

    • @[email protected]
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      641 day ago

      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.

      • MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown
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        371 day ago

        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.

        • @pufferfisherpowder
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          20 hours ago

          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

      • linuxgator
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        111 day ago

        Real engineer: it’s full. Approximately 50% water, and the rest air.

      • MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown
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        219 hours ago

        Glass functioning as intended. Any deficiencies that arise are due to the failure of the customer to provide appropriate design parameters.

    • IninewCrow
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      1 day ago

      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?