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no amount of documentation can save users from themselves (lemmy.ca)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago (8 children)

A proper engineer would make the tag absorbent and use the principle of capillarity to transfer the water to the bag (and the other way round once tea flavoured) to cover this case.

Users can't avoid being stupid, but a proper engineer should be able to cover all cases.

[–] Phegan 17 points 4 months ago (2 children)

This assumes an infinite timeline and budget.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

Well, no proper engineer will agree to less than that

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

And also the existence of a perfectly insulative, yet durable and long-lasting sheath for the bag and string. I realise it's just an analogy, and in cyberspace that sort of thing is trivial, but with real matter it's beyond a pipe dream.

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