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5. Oktober 2023
Mein neuer Milchaufschäumer ist ein Wunderwerk, er macht Schaum und mich glücklich
Nun ist also der bestellte Milchaufschäumer (mit etwas Verzögerung) angekommen und ich halte das Teil, meinen Milk Twister, in den Händen.
Wie gesagt wusste ich ja bis vor Kurzem gar nicht, dass es so was gibt. Das erste Auspacken zeigt mir schon: das ist wirklich ein sehr durchdesigntes Ding; vielleicht würden manche auch sagen: overengineered.
Zuerst fallen mir umfangreiche eng bedruckte Anleitungsheftchen in die Hand. Oh, oh, das wird doch nicht wirklich so kompliziert zu bedienen sein?
Foto: Wenn ich diese Anleitungen wirklich durcharbeiten müsste, um das Ding zu bedienen, würde ich es wohl nie in Betrieb nehmen
Dann sehe ich einen kleinen zusätzlichen Zettel, der als einziger bunt bedruckt ist; ah, das sieht so aus, als wäre das wirklich Wichtige dort noch einmal zusammengefasst:
Foto: Alle wichtige Information der Anleitung passt in eine kleine Grafik
Ja, danke, mit der Information komme ich klar: Den einzigen Knopf eine Sekunde lang drücken für heißen Milchschaum und drei Sekunden für kalten Milchschaum.
Das tue ich, Milch rein, Rührteilchen rein, Deckel drauf, Knopf drücken - das Teil fängt an zu surren, der Rührer dreht sich, und kurz danach habe ich den wirklich allerschönsten Milchschaum für meinen Kaffee!
Foto: Milktwister, Bodenstation und Kaffee mit Milchschaum
Das Milchgefäß lässt sich von der Bodenstation, die für die Stromversorgung sorgt, einfach hochheben und der Milchschaum in den Kaffee füllen. Es ist alles ganz großartig.
Und nun kommt noch eine wirklich bemerkenswerte Eigenschaft: Auch das Saubermachen geht ganz einfach! Denn jetzt zeigt sich, wie toll das Teil entwickelt ist: Bei dem Rührer handelt es sich um ein kleines magnetisches Teil, das offenbar durch einen Magneten unterhalb des Milchbehälters in rasche Rotation versetzt wird. Ich kenne dieses Rührprinzip von Magnetrührern aus dem Labor.
Foto: Milchaufschäumer, dahinter die Bodenstation. Links mit eingesetztem Rührteil, rechts das Rührteil entnommen
Zum Saubermachen brauche ich also nur den Milchbehälter auszuspülen und den Rührer herausnehmen und abspülen. Es gibt keine Dichtungen (oder gar Dichtmittel) für rotierende Teile oder so was, die auseinandergebaut werden müssen, weil sich in ihnen sonst Schmadder ansammeln würde. Solche klugen Konstruktionen begeistern mich ja.
In der Anleitung ist noch einmal anschaulich bebildert, welche Teile man wie säubern kann und sollte.
Foto: Einige Teile können auch in die Geschirrspülmaschine, das Hauptteil aber bitte nur mit Wasser ausspülen. Und die Bodenstation bitte nur abwischen
Ich finde das wirklich toll (und bitte um Entschuldigung, wenn meine Begeisterung hier zu sehr mit mir durchgegangen ist und nicht nur die Milch hier auf- sondern auch ich vor Begeisterung überschäume, was für ein Wortspiel!).
Ich liebe Kaffee, das Gerät hat nur einen Knopf, mit dem es auf Knopfdruck wundervollen Milchschaum erzeugt, was könnte ich mehr erwarten?
Foto: Kaffee mit Milchschaum
Und wie konnte ich nur je ohne leben?
(Molinarius)
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This does not decrease certain types of bloatware. This is because the classic method of solving the compatibility issue is to allow both preferences to have what they want in the same package. For example, providing the option to either use or not use ray tracing in the options menu, or have the program scan the computer at runtime for appropriate ray tracing drivers and gracefully fall back onto not ray tracing if the absence of such drivers is detected. (In the latter case, there's usually a switch anyway, in case the user finds ray tracing too slow or just plain dislikes it). Since it costs more hard drive space to have ray tracing + no ray tracing than to opt for either, this leads to bigger programs. (Not including the ray tracing gets a lot of complaints from the people who spend the most money on the sort of program where ray tracing gets considered in the first place). That said, I do have my trusty airgapped (no network or internet) Windows 7 Starter PC to reality-check my visual novels. 2 GB RAM, exactly as requested by OP, integrated chip, just about manages to have 2 cores in its processor. The one luxury is it does have a fast hard drive in it. A visual novel should not absolutely require an i5 and 8 GB of memory to run at low detail levels. The only DRM it should require is whatever is forced by the delivery mechanism (good luck trying to get Steam to not include its own DRM in the game!)
My solution for bloatware is this: by law you should hire in every programming team someone who is Like, A Guy who has a crappy laptop with 4GB and an integrated graphics card, no scratch that, 2 GB of RAM, and a rural internet connection. And every time someone in your team proposes to add shit like NPCs with visible pores or ray tracing or all the bloatware that Windows, Adobe, etc. are doing now, they have to come back and try your project in the Guy's laptop and answer to him. He is allowed to insult you and humilliate you if it doesn't work in his laptop, and you should by law apologize and optimize it for him. If you try to put any kind of DRM or permanent internet connection, he is legally allowed to shoot you.
With about 5 or 10 years of that, we will fix the world.
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my oc Jaunt (she/her) and tfp Knock Out - theyre both crappy decepticons in their unique ways. i think they'd hangout
#transformers#maccadam#tfp knock out#tfp knockout#tf oc#i eanted to add a full backgroind but as it stands i suck at environment drawing and i didnt want to spend too long overengineering this#i can haz artburger?
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sometimes ill just watch videos like top 10 water bottles despite not needing to buy one or anything. just curious you know. i already have 2 vacuum insulated bottles
#i have an orange 40oz hydro flask and a starbucks reserve tumbler in case you were curious#the tumbler is cool because the lid is like. stupid overengineered#but it isn't spillproof when closed necessarily its just pretty spill resistant
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maining germany in war thunder isn’t indicative of anything because it’s the most normie starter nation but if someone grinds all the way to 6.0 just to main Israel then they definitely have problems
#and i hate to say it but germany and the us are the most fun#if fun can actually be applied to the overengineered skinnerbox that is war thunder
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I wanted to bring my bro's adjustable dumbbells with me when i moved out.
But it seems certain shady company at dad's place took them at some point. Gd do I hate the shit my dad's in the middle of rn... =_=
(But I'm eyeing a particular good looking set for what I want rn. And just need to assess my finances a bit before I buy it.)
#i'm highkey sus abt the dialable ones w/ the u-shaped plates#overengineered looking things w/ so many more pts of failure#just want the simple/classic 3-component type - bar + PLATTER-style plates + collars#it's not as fast to adjust but damn they look a lot more futureproof/reliable than these newfangled doohickeys#adventures with fitness
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can we talk about how standmixerbrained some baking recipes are??? you do not need a stand mixer to make cookies. I can appreciate that it's a really excellent tool for people with disabilities and chronic pain. but the way a lot of recipes are written make it seem like you can't make a goddamn snickerdoodle without a $300 kitchenaid.
#ive NEVER felt the need for a stand mixer#if you wanna make whipped cream you can use an immersion blender or a hand mixer#a stand mixer is really only necessary if youre making huge quantities of baked goods#or if you dont have the ability to hold a jand mixer steady#but i get the sense a lot of people feel like if theyre serious about baking they need a stand mixer#but most recipes made for stand mixers are completely replicable without one lol its just a lil extra exertion#and like its fine if the stand mixer is worth not having to make that extra effort to you or whatever#but i dont have the space or the money for a bigass appliance like that#you want a $300 overengineered appliance thats useful get an instant pot and pressure cook yrself some lentils bitch#whoa i just looked it uo and an instsnt pot is more like $150 hell yeah.#mine was a gift from my MIL#sorry about calling you a bitch earlier. can i give you a hug.#no? ok. sorry.
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hi gamers. pro tip
your fanfic probably does not need a calendar
#facedown on floor. mine has a map and charts and a calendar#no one stopped me and now i have the most overengineered fic in the world#anyway tune in next week for the release of chapter one of salt & honey
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fully obsessed with the way billy looks at hickey. Not Mad, Just Disappointed.
mostly disappointed in himself because he takes him back immediately after dumping hickey for SHITTING IN HIS BED because they broke up. after which they got back together. and then broke up again.
which they do at least once an episode. until hickey fucking stabs and cannibalises him.
the face of a man looking at the man he loves to see an ego the size of the planet jupiter and an intellect approximately the size of a flea.
#ollie considers#the terror#or. hickey is smart i think.#but in the same way as paolo albiani#in that if he just took the path of least resistance he would save himself... a good amount of energy#(physical or otherwise)#but instead he overengineers everything to a fascinating degree#and then monologues about it while a Tuunbaq barrells towards him and his mutineers#intent on playing Men Skittles
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there is a. fundamental flaw in horizon's combat design that I can't quite put a finger on, but I definitely feel it reaching a breaking point in burning shores. the jank was palpable
#I think it's. a combination of the somewhat sluggish locomotion and response time to aloy's spacial movement#coupled with the incredibly rubberbanded melee system#and capped off by the fact that. essentially all their creatures are designed AS mini boss fights#so when they have NARRATIVE boss fights they end up overengineering them to such a ridiculous degree that the core mechanics struggle to#even keep up#or something along these notes??? I really can't crack it to be honest#but something about it just doesn't click and burning shores felt like an inflection point#by and large I still love these games and their aesthetic and their presentation and (some of) their story optics#but the core loops gotta get looked at man. it's all jenga stack of previous learnings with no streamlining it feels like#and it is finally starting to buckle under the weight. i really have nothing else than abstract metaphors#it is so hard to pin down what exactly my gripe is. I just feel so keenly that it is there lmao#text
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As soon as my final Final is taken care of, I want to draw the few Noir Spiderman suit details I had ideas on.
Microspikes for boots, hearing protection possibly around his ears in case of gunfire, camera shutter eyelids for goggles..
#this is a rehash of two previous headcanons I've discussed but I am. thinking about them still#The characters I get attached to I inevitably overengineer the designs of. as a given.#blogcat: transmissions#In writing I've still leaned into the typical assumption he can wall climb naturally. but the idea he'd have to do some-#proper (urban) rock climbing and rely on finding safe perches is a very fun idea#love considering and messing with the way characters move
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My dad's first job after uni was with Marconi Avionics working on the Nimrod AEW plane. I didn't really know too much about it until I was watching a "Top 5 Worst British Planes" video and the Nimrod and specifically the parts of it Marconi Avionics worked on came up at number 3 lol
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1 tornado please
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gonna add a take, android is better then ios because ios was created by Apple to maintain a complete monopoly over every single part of the phone so that it is absolutely impossible to get it fixed anywhere but at one of their official stores or licensed repair stores where they can slap you with ridiculously high repair bills for simple fixes. Android isn't a type of phone, it's an operating system. it's the same shit with apple always using a weird ass charging cable when everyone else has been using USB for decades. uniqueness not for improving the quality of the product, but for increasing its price artificially through after purchase repairs upgrades and replacements.
#if you control the OS you control what devices the phone can pair with what speed at whiich the battery drains and the phone runs etc etc#IOS was designed specifically so that Apple could have a complete monopoly over everything related to their devices#accessories software updates and fixes hardware fixes all of it#Louis Rossmann is a great source and he talks at length about this sort of thing as it relates particularly to Mac Books being#overengineered unrepairable garbage#he owns a computer repair store and yeah the mac book air he opens up once and literally realizes it has a fan that is placebo only#it doesnt blow on anything to reduce its temperature#it just makes noise#fuck apple
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doesn't withdrawing all your money from the bank right now sound so delicious?
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Something I just found out about myself:
I am only able to make good buns directly before and directly after taking a shower
#it’s probably because I don’t stress about it and just need my hair UP#so I don’t try and make it perfect#and doubt my ability and overengineer it#and I have to do it a zillion times#but around shower I’m all#I have two hair ties and a mass of hair that must be contained so I shall wrestle it
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