Pugjesus made a post a couple months ago saying that he was done with posts after the instance that he was using at the time, Piefed, instituted a per-user daily vote limit. iirc he said it was a hindrance because he voted on and responded to so many replies that he was hitting the limit, and he'd already moved instances at least once, so he was retiring from posting. There might've been other contributing factors, it's been a minute.
And yeah, his absence is felt. He was my favorite poster.
I know. I get it. I was marginally young for it, but most of my generation loved it.
I feel that way about a lot of sitcoms. Everybody loved how I met your mother. And I felt that it was just friends 2.0. I thought it would have been a lot better if they killed off the Ted character and focused on the others.
An aeolipile, aeolipyle, or eolipile, also known as a Hero's (or Heron's) engine, is a simple, bladeless radial steam turbine which spins when the central water container is heated. Torque is produced by steam jets exiting the turbine. [...] The aeolipile is considered to be the first recorded steam engine or reaction steam turbine, but it is neither a practical source of power nor a direct predecessor of the type of steam engine invented during the Industrial Revolution. [...] It is not known whether the aeolipile was put to any practical use in ancient times, and if it was seen as a pragmatic device, a whimsical novelty, an object of reverence, or some other thing. A source described it as a mere curiosity for the ancient Greeks, or a "party trick". Hero's drawing shows a standalone device, and was presumably intended as a "temple wonder", like many of the other devices described in Pneumatica.[...] Vitruvius, on the other hand, mentions use of the aeolipile for demonstrating the physical properties of the weather.
Its easy to say that is had the potential to reduce labor in hindsight, long after versions of the idea that actually put out enough power to be useful were developed, less so if the idea of a steam-powered, well, anything is unfamiliar and the example you have in front of you is too weak to do much of note.
They probably had the capability to do a lot more than they did with it, but it might start seeming unlikely they'd have any modern high pressure system worth making just due to the precision instruments needed.
And those systems require water for the steam. If you don't know the end result and how much it helped us, it might be way less obvious how cool this is. Thinking as an engineer that would try to find problems with the system, well you need tons of water to keep producing steam, so you need a constant water source, so you already have running water and can make a water mill which is a tried and true technology for the time.
It would probably take a lot of convincing to say this is better, even though you ALSO need to burn valuable fuel, and wood/charcoal was extremely valuable at the time for everything else about life, like lighting and cooking and heating homes.
People probably would think it's a flawed idea without seeing the future of steam engines.
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TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip · 20 pts · 8d
Ok but where’s the guy who explains his damn memes when we need him.
arctanthrope@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 8d
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolipile
igmelonh@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 8d
Pugjesus made a post a couple months ago saying that he was done with posts after the instance that he was using at the time, Piefed, instituted a per-user daily vote limit. iirc he said it was a hindrance because he voted on and responded to so many replies that he was hitting the limit, and he'd already moved instances at least once, so he was retiring from posting. There might've been other contributing factors, it's been a minute.
And yeah, his absence is felt. He was my favorite poster.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 8d
(pug)jesus went back to heaven, that mythical place of grass and real birds.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 8d
There was a show called friends...
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 8d
...and it really sucked.
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 8d
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 8d
I know. I get it. I was marginally young for it, but most of my generation loved it.
I feel that way about a lot of sitcoms. Everybody loved how I met your mother. And I felt that it was just friends 2.0. I thought it would have been a lot better if they killed off the Ted character and focused on the others.
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 8d
This hole is getting deep.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 8d
I will admit that there is likely something wrong with me. I can't justify it and why would I?
I don't want to deprive anyone of what they enjoy. I just often don't like the characters or writing.
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 8d
I'm just fucking with ya.
fireweed@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 8d
From the Wikipedia page:
CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social · 1 pts · 8d
Its easy to say that is had the potential to reduce labor in hindsight, long after versions of the idea that actually put out enough power to be useful were developed, less so if the idea of a steam-powered, well, anything is unfamiliar and the example you have in front of you is too weak to do much of note.
terranoid@lemmy.cafe · 1 pts · 8d
They probably had the capability to do a lot more than they did with it, but it might start seeming unlikely they'd have any modern high pressure system worth making just due to the precision instruments needed.
And those systems require water for the steam. If you don't know the end result and how much it helped us, it might be way less obvious how cool this is. Thinking as an engineer that would try to find problems with the system, well you need tons of water to keep producing steam, so you need a constant water source, so you already have running water and can make a water mill which is a tried and true technology for the time.
It would probably take a lot of convincing to say this is better, even though you ALSO need to burn valuable fuel, and wood/charcoal was extremely valuable at the time for everything else about life, like lighting and cooking and heating homes.
People probably would think it's a flawed idea without seeing the future of steam engines.