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[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

Former chemistry student here. In chemistry, every single thing you ever do gets multiplied by a ridiculously big number. A few drops of water has 6.02*10^23 molecules in it. So even the tiniest chemical reactions are massive exercises in parallel processing, and measuring in human-scale units means you might miss by a few hexillion in either direction.

Isn't it amazing internal combustion engines...ever work?

[-] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

This is why engineers are insufferably smug.

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

For being trained to think within tolerances?

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