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[–] zxqwas@lemmy.world 147 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

It's the large haddock collider.

[–] stretch2m@infosec.pub 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It makes me sad to know I will never come up with a quip this clever.

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[–] TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id 4 points 3 weeks ago

Holy fuck that's good.

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[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 86 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I'm more confused about the fact that the salmon go in backwards

[–] Janx@piefed.social 49 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Once inside, they instinctively swim against the strong current of water rushing downward. That means they end up moving backward down the spiral, eventually getting pushed out the bottom of the helix into the river.

This method has lead to better survival rates than when the fish were spilled over the top of the dam.

[–] 0x0@infosec.pub 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Janx@piefed.social 6 points 3 weeks ago

Fishy want get stronk.

[–] fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip 7 points 3 weeks ago

wow this is awesome!

[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Salmon like to go downstream backwards

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[–] hissingmeerkat@sh.itjust.works 41 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] 0x0@infosec.pub 6 points 3 weeks ago

Blåhaj ~~Blaster~~ Bläster

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[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 34 points 3 weeks ago

Six fish enter! One fish leaves!

[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 30 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Proposed design for the Salmon Combiner Turbine.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 13 points 3 weeks ago

The salmonplexer

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's actually a salmon decimator. 1 in, many out

[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Check the arrow direction, it's a salmon smasher!

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 3 weeks ago

Their tails deceived me!! This large salmon collider will hopefully find the Biggs Bass-n particles that fishermen always say got away.

[–] igmelonh@feddit.online 9 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, though I can see how it looks like it's going the other way at first glance, what with the fish facing the wrong direction.

[–] kriz@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

But why do they have to back in?

[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Little known fact, the reverse beeping noise that large trucks use was taken from salmon. When they swim in reverse they all make that beep sound and researchers really love repetitive beeping noises when they're studying so they built it this way.

Source: the depths of my insanity.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

As a repetitive beeping noise, I can confirm this is true

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[–] Bakkoda@lemmy.world 26 points 3 weeks ago

Salmon Multiplexer

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The Fish Cannon 2000 is a hydraulically, electrically, or pneumatically driven, six-barrel, water-cooled, electrically fired Gatling-style rotary cannon which fires fish caliber fish at an extremely high rate (typically 6,000 rounds per minute). The FC2k and its derivatives have been the principal cannon armament of United Fish States military fixed-wing aircraft for over forty years, as of the turn of century.

Each of the cannon's six barrels fires once in turn during each revolution of the barrel cluster. The multiple barrels provide both a very high rate of fire—around 100 fish per second—and contribute to prolonged weapon life by minimizing barrel erosion and heat generation. The average time between jams or failures is in excess of 10,000 fish, making it an extremely reliable weapon.

[–] TomMasz@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] tuxiqae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is just a screenshot of Factorio

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[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Already has a caption:

A graphic of the Cle Elum fish passage helix - Washington State Department Of Ecology

https://www.knkx.org/environment/2026-05-13/fish-take-a-spin-at-cle-elum-dams-spiral-helix-yakama-nation

Edit: 💙🐟🐟🐟

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Must you live so relentlessly in facts and reality?

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago

I guess one of us has to, if we are to survive

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 11 points 3 weeks ago

Salmon Accelerator

[–] guy@piefed.social 11 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
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[–] RiceMunk@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 weeks ago

You use this to combine several C-tier fish into one B-tier fish, or split a B-tier fish into multiple C-tier ones. Or same with other adjacent tiers, though there's some additional inefficiency penalties with higher tiers.

It's pretty useful for compact setups where you need a specific tier of fish, but it's much more efficient to collect all types fish and implement some filtering logic to route them by tier to where they're needed.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Fish comes in, fish goes out, you can't explain that!

[–] IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 7 points 3 weeks ago

The all new Fish++ turns six backwards fish into just ONE, which is just so, so fishy.

[–] sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago

Will this turbo fit in my Miata?

[–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

With the machine completed, the messiah had automated his primary task and was thus terminated for redundancy.

[–] postnataldrip@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Multi storey reverse shark park garage

[–] PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago

Six in the front, one in the back

[–] gerryflap@feddit.nl 6 points 3 weeks ago

The sharknado guard dissolves the sharknado by guiding the flying sharks into the inner screw structure, forcing them down and safely into the sea. A few perfectly placed sharknado guards can reduce a small to medium sharknado to a normal shark-less sub EF3 tornado, saving many lives in the process.

[–] zane@infosec.pub 5 points 3 weeks ago

Salmon concentrator

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

The Jesus device increases fish output 600%. Patent pending.

[–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Nvidia's new GPU cooler has an eco mode that doubles as a Salmon spa and amusement park. Warning, it doesn't fit in a standard ATX case anymore and will require an upgraded power supply.

[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

Anti-Jesus fish uncertainty centrifuge.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 weeks ago

Your boss's takehome; your takehome

[–] Tiger_Man_@szmer.info 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

the fish multiplier

EDIT: id like to correct my catastrophic misunderstanding of the above structure, as this is, in fact, a fish divider

[–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago

Your original name was fine. The multiplier is one-sixth.

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[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Six-to-one fish condenser

[–] polydactyl@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Fishy distillery

[–] ThunderComplex@lemmy.today 4 points 3 weeks ago

My First Trackmania track

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