> You're trying to predict the behavior of <complicated system>? Just model it as a <simple object>, and then add some secondary terms to account for <complications I just thought of>. Easy, right? So, why does <your field> need a whole journal, anyway?
Just pressurize the tanks, and meter the flow with some valves. Easy, right?
They move to the other side of the distribution after a little more thought, when they they realize it's simply infeasible to put thousands of horsepower in a pump that size, and declare the whole endeavor completely nonsensical and impossible.
Ran through this on a recent project involving an automated sewing machine. At first, it seems ludicrous that you could tie knots thousands of times per second. Oh wait, it's a single motor and old cam-driven tech from the 1800s, available off the shelf for a couple hundred dollars?
On the one hand, you have https://xkcd.com/793/ responses:
> You're trying to predict the behavior of <complicated system>? Just model it as a <simple object>, and then add some secondary terms to account for <complications I just thought of>. Easy, right? So, why does <your field> need a whole journal, anyway?
Just pressurize the tanks, and meter the flow with some valves. Easy, right?
They move to the other side of the distribution after a little more thought, when they they realize it's simply infeasible to put thousands of horsepower in a pump that size, and declare the whole endeavor completely nonsensical and impossible.
Ran through this on a recent project involving an automated sewing machine. At first, it seems ludicrous that you could tie knots thousands of times per second. Oh wait, it's a single motor and old cam-driven tech from the 1800s, available off the shelf for a couple hundred dollars?