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I really love engineering, and small simple machines, and it is such a shame that so many small simple machines are guns. I still enjoy learning about them and
by ehnto 4y ago
I really love engineering, and small simple machines, and it is such a shame that so many small simple machines are guns. I still enjoy learning about them and their history, I just wish there were an equivalent for something positive. There is a lot of depth and ingenuity in weapons engineering that is fascinating to read about.
- hoseja 4y agoClockwork wristwatches? The movements are pretty ingenious, though sadly there's only a couple standard ones that get riffed on. I recently found the "Wristwatch revival" channel on YT where a hobbyist restores vintage watches while being very informative.
- spookthesunset 4y agoGuns, bombs and nukes are what keep the world as peaceful as possible. It is kind of a mutually assured destruction thing that keeps everybody safe. Better your “team” have them than some other “team”…
- quickthrower2 4y agoIt is MAD for powerful countries with those resources when they are up against similar powerful countries.
- sph 4y agoThere is no "mutually assured destruction" in sub-nuclear weapons. If you're in the Northern Emisphere you might be lucky and never be shot (this does not apply to North America), but if you're in a poorer country, you're not safe from being bombed or in the mid of a war. How did this MAD you're talking about help any Afghan children? It's called mutually assured destruction, not one-sided nor with exceptions.
- dreen 4y agoPlus, if it wasn't for the nuke, the Soviets would've conquered Europe and possibly US too.