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[–] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 76 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Everything is a wire if the voltage is high enough.

Every machine is a smoke machine if you use it wrong enough.

[–] veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I was interviewed for a position where lady handed me a pen and asked if it was a conductor.

I replied: "if the voltage is high enough, yea. She scoffed. Needless to say, I didn't get the job.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 27 points 3 days ago

Honestly I think you gave the experienced adult answer to what was a high school or even middle school science question.

[–] KreekyBonez@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

that just sounds like a weird interview.

"you're qualified for this position if, and only if, you can answer a useless question with only a rudimentary understanding of the subject and no critical thought"

if true, you dodged a bullet

[–] big_fat_fluffy@leminal.space 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Assuming that you can draw a triangle from any 3 lines, draw a triangle from lines of length 1, 2 and 3

[–] veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Isn't that impossible, because let's say you use 3 as the base, the only way 1 and 2 could connect is if they were at 0 angle.

[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I went to a zoo the other day. Only had one animal, which was a dog. It was a shit zoo.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 4 points 2 days ago

Not dog!

Is pAnDa!

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 7 points 3 days ago

In the least, it had 3 types of shit:

  • dog shit
  • human shit
  • bullshit

Does better as a shit zoo for sure

[–] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Oi! As an engineer I worked damn hard to trap that magic smoke in the machine only for you to let it out and try perfectly good components. Treat your machines with respect, they're getting smarter by the day and they're forgetting less and less!

[–] oo1@lemmings.world 4 points 3 days ago

Every problem is a nail if you hammer it hard enough.