#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.

[fine-fletchings]

I miss normal appliances. Like. but a knob on it and call it done. That is literally what I want.

[korrykatti]

how not to debug a mouse

06032025

read full version here : https://korrykatti.is-a.dev/blog/posts/06032025.html

mouse died. tragic. wiggled the wire—rgb flickered like a dying firefly, windows kept playing the "device removed" jingle like a funeral bell. tested on another pc. still dead. opened it up, hoping for a loose wire. nope. cable issue.

a normal person would sigh, accept fate, and order a new one. some would toss it in a drawer, whispering “i’ll fix it later” (they will not).

me? i downloaded a compass app to scan for electromagnetic fields. why? because science. turns out, the app was a scam (gps-based, not actual magnetometer). so i did what any sane person wouldn’t—I booted up MIT App Inventor and made my own magnetic field scanner. hovered it over the wire. found a weak spot. started surgical wire dissection.

halfway through, the wires inside were braided together like a blood pact. realized i was wasting my life. threw the mouse in a drawer. ordered a new one.

efficiency is a social construct.

[planeposting]

Today's plane is the DC-3, still kickin' after 90 years

[numberonesnarkfan]

"Only this and nothing more."

[starlightcleric]

Jessamine's playlist for Watcher Wednesday! (Remember when we used to do Watcher Wednesday?)

[bookhobbit]

Did a lot of sewing stuff over the week and have been totally wiped and flu-y this weekend, again, thus reinforcing to me that it's very important to rest after work, the problem is I hate doing this which is why I keep not doing it.

I AM getting better about it because last winter I kept doing craft things in between work tasks, which made me feel flu-y every night instead of just on the weekend, although it probably also helps that I work less hours now. Also I've much reduced how often I'm doing sewing machine stuff on weekdays, it's just that handwork is so tempting because it doesn't FEEL like exertion. I'm just sitting on the floor moving my hands! That's basically phone!!!! It should be the same type of activity as phone instead of the same type of activity as sitting at the sewing machine!

The thing is I am deep in the weeds with my current quilt and it's always really difficult for me to stop myself this far into a project, so....it may be that what I need to do is accept that if I'm this far into something, I'm going to be floppy and sleepy on the weekends until it's done, and plan accordingly.

I'm also trying to reduce how fast I get into the "I need to do nothing but this. I'm tired of this not being done" stage with projects because that's a very difficult state of mind to resist. My strategy has been trying to do multiple projects instead of working straight through on one, which is sort of working mostly but I got into that state for two at the same time last couple of weeks, which is counterproductive. :/

[reitziluz]

there's only one shop in town that sells the yarn i'm using for my current big project and they're out of black until next month or so. but i was losing my mind without a crochet project, so i started to make a lace decoration for my patchwork yarn bag!

bottom third of the bag will be a horizontal stripe of the black polka dot. i've got a little under half of the circle boys done. i think the combination will look neat!

[tricitymonsters]

consider: akello geeking out with an aquarium enthusiast mc over planted fish tanks and ponds

This is a dangerous slope for him to teeter on the edge of because aquarium maintenance has just as many if not more variables for him to monitor, adjust, and analyze. Please expect not only daily updates via text but quarterly debriefs with intense data analysis and further reporting on species behavior, integration with other specimens in the tank, prime environmental conditions, feasible enrichment opportunities. Also he's named everything in there and is currently writing a script that can ID and track each animal via gopro and hopefully set up a live feed he can watch from his phone remotely.

[papayafox]

my friend: we should do championship predictions this year, like matt and tommy!

me: say less

[vanishingmoments]

it would be really exciting that we're finally seeing AI used in sound synthesis if anyone was using it for anything at all cool or useful as an artistic tool

[rednorka]

unrelated to puyo puyo,

i know my russian friends will be moreso over stuff like elder ring and silk song on switch 2 and im like

woah gamecube!!

DONKEY KONG GAME LOOKS COOL AS FUCK

new kirby air ride?!

DELTARUNE?! TOMORROW?!

[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.)