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.
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
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?
Engineer: The glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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.
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.
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
Real engineer: it’s full. Approximately 50% water, and the rest air.
“The glass was built to the wrong specifications”
Glass functioning as intended. Any deficiencies that arise are due to the failure of the customer to provide appropriate design parameters.
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?
Not if you need to stir it.
a true engineer gets a mindworm and precisely calculates and trials the minimum size of glass needed to contain the liquid without spilling
Mechanic: The glass is not leaking. Returned to service.