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A Rube Goldberg machine is a contraption, invention, device or apparatus that is deliberately over-engineered to perform a simple task in a complicated fashion,
by yolesaber 10y ago
A Rube Goldberg machine is a contraption, invention, device or apparatus that is deliberately over-engineered to perform a simple task in a complicated fashion, generally including a chain reaction [from wikipedia]. In this example, the simple task is displaying the email button. And most computing operations are Rube Goldberg state machines if you think about it, no?
- joshschreuder 10y agoI think the point was that it's not really a chain reaction as each action has its own timer and will happen regardless of if any other action completes or doesn't complete. Which is not to say I didn't thoroughly enjoy it :)
- yolesaber 10y agoIt's an asynchronous embarrassingly parallel Rube Goldberg machine ;)