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[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I will always remember all of my engineering, chemistry and physics friends in uni complaining about how expensive all the shit they had to buy was and me being like

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[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I like stationary stuff and this set is intriguing

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I’m not a nuclear guy or anything, but suit and containment unit? Seems unnecessary and would make the hands very unwieldy through 2 pairs of gloves.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

math requires it, the risk is just too high

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Can't take any chances. One missed parentheses and the universe implodes

[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Suits are to keep you safe, glove boxes are to keep the things inside them safe. Also never seen them used together though, you're right about that.

[–] DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

But what if it reaches critical math? Can't be too careful.

[–] a_robot@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

summons bear Fuck.

[–] GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

This is basically the Laundry Files books by Charles Stross.

[–] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago

The actual containment methods are programming a script to do the calculations. Some calculations take thousands of smaller steps that you would lose your mind doing. Finite Element Analysis comes to mind. The number of nodes one might use for FEA today would make doing the calculations by hand mind numbing.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is that Ponder Stibbons in an alternate reality?

[–] SuperApples@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

💯. I also got Discworld vibes!

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

bro dividing by 0 in the "comes to life" notebook and breaking spacetime