It was a machine, it was not an engine. At no scale could it be used to power anything. And it would actually be dangerous to scale things too much. We know because people tried.

The aeolipile was a toy. And yes, toys can showcase interesting physics. I owned several of them as a child, and own a few today as, arguably, an adult.

Still, the thing about invention is that it isn’t a flash of inspiration and a new thing appears, it’s more of a slog of learning new things and applying old things in new ways.

Most often in history the most striking inventions were new ways of getting the raw resources, or improving the quality of those resources.

You can’t have a steam engine without a way to consistently produce steel.

The aeolipile wasn’t really a stream engine. I’ve played with modern versions, and you can stop the spin with your hand. Not a bare hand mind, because it’s rather hot. But a cloth or a glove is fine.

These toys have zero power to do any useful work.

This is why an actual steam engine uses a reciprocating piston. Because doing it that way builds pressure and thus power.

The point is that design patents are fucking stupid and should not exist in the first place.

Apple has sued other phone manufacturers over them making a rectangle with rounded corners.

And it’s fucked.

I have a super power. If I was paying attention and not just in my own head ignoring you as you talk, I can repeat most conversations word for word for up to a day. And I can easily give a detailed summary for up to a month.

Acting on any of these memories is the challenge. The executive disfunction is the crippling part.

That and paying attention in the first place.

That said, I can also remember where I left off when I get distracted. This helps but not much.

We had one called manslaughter, it was basically just vodka, Red Bull, and Kool aid.

But the kicker was the pineapple. Sliced pineapple that had soaked in everclear for an hour before mixing everything else.

I loved TF2 back in the day. I should see what the game is like these days.

Either Clinton or Maxwell’s horse.

I can, just haven’t for almost 20 years…

And it is fun.

Fuck car prices these days. The cheapest new car on the market today (in the US) is the 2025 Nissan Versa at $18,330. This is a manual transmission version. So you need to be able to drive stick.

An automatic transmission will cost extra for a grand total of $20,150.

Life has convergent evolution. It’s like when devs on different branches solve the same problem over and over again without telling anyone else or merging back to main so no one else has to code the same shit over and over again.

Do.you know what the Night of Long Knives was?

Because you seem to know very little of actual history.

Is that why they literally fought him in the streets?

I will say, the game is remarkably stable compared to what it was a few years ago. Especially pistons and rotors.

But yes, it still crashes randomly. About once or twice an hour.

And I got SE2 running. No crashes there, but I don’t like creative mode, so play SE2 much less.

I am excited for the upcoming SE2 survival mode

I too have spares of all the things I hate to clean. It’s gotten to the point where I plan on building a spare house…

That and my current one has mold that if removed, might cause a structural failure.

I know. Tried a few things from that site, but no luck on SE, and SE2 is under active development so I’m waiting on it for a bit.

For SE2, it’s likely a version issue. But that game is under active development, so I’m waiting on it.

For SE1, well that one is a bit of a mystery… It probably isn’t. I have a few mods.

I play a lot of Space Engineers, and it randomly crashes… No idea what’s causing it.

And Space Engineers 2 just doesn’t launch for me.

There’s likely a config option that could fix things, but I don’t know it.

Every other game I play is fine.

Not if he doesn’t change that ladder. A, it can kill the tree to nail into it like that, and B, those nails can also work themselves out, especially wet, windy, or even dry. Basically anything that stresses the tree.

Anyway, the board usually doesn’t fall out on its own. The most common time for it to give out is suddenly and unpredictably while someone is climbing on it.

I was a bit of an amateur mixologist as a child, and the top machine was my pallet.

But what was more, the corner store gas station that was down the street from my childhood home had multiple machines, each with 4 or 5 different drink options.

Years later, a friend of mine worked there as a summer job and told the friend group to avoid the fountain drinks so we did, and probably all still do.

There are thousands of ant hill sculptures in the world.

The two main ways of making them are either aluminum or some sort of concrete or plaster.

Aluminum is used more often, due to the ease of extraction from the ground, and the fact that you can clean it with a garden hose or pressure washer.

Cement or plaster are used when accuracy is desired, but those sculptures need to be removed from the ground with hand trowels and brushes, and will likely need individual parts to be reinforced or braced to prevent breakage.

Both methods can be used to study the structure of and ant hill. But aluminum far more common for the more artistic versions of the sculpture.