#overengineering

[techniktagebuch]

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)

[alianoralacanta]

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.

[cute-chamomile]

me spending 2 WEEKS in full stress because I thought my project was falling apart because i failed to research something fully, only for me researching and testing something fully and realizing i was right all along....... i mean i definitely learned my lesson but WHEW

[pattern-recognition]

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

[soysaucevictim]

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.)

[of-lillies-and-remains]

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.

[redstone-sun]

hi gamers. pro tip

your fanfic probably does not need a calendar

[stoportotouch]

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.

[legionofpotatoes]

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

[canary-song]

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..

[cathkaesque]

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

[wizard-mp4]

1 tornado please

[fugu-in-f]

me: yeah I got a wifi range extender as my central network hub because I don't admin the Wi-Fi and it was already an exploit and a half to get port forwarding on my devices behind it because Comcast sucks cubic nuts and I had to spoof hardwire MAC addresses with wifi dongles to even get them to register

my friend: yes but it's not ubiquiti why are you not using ubiquiti cmon man

me:

yeah but

I have this wifi range extender

and it's not my wifi network

[barrymccaulkinem]

doesn't withdrawing all your money from the bank right now sound so delicious?

[magicaldaydreams]

Something I just found out about myself:

I am only able to make good buns directly before and directly after taking a shower

[skelswritingcorner]

I feel that the absolute insanity of possibly overengineering a wheelchair is something that could be explored in stories. This is something I'm willing to do.

I literally have a Transformers AU/fan continuity where the MC is an ambulatory wheelchair user (because her legs are wobbly AF), and her brother's friend canonically makes the most batshit insane wheelchair he can reasonably make for a senior project. Because he's an engineer and wanted to explore making a non-cursed wheelchair and why not do something for his friend's little sister?