• SippyCup@lemmy.world
        26·
        3 months ago

        This is something tradesmen have said for a very long time. I think the original meaning has been lost online.

        “It’s not stupid if it works” is basically a tacit admission that something stupid is happening, we all agree that it’s stupid, and we also kind of all know that there is a better way, but for some reason we’re not doing that.

        Usually it feels like the stupid thing we’re about to do is the best option available to us.

    • Kaput@lemmy.world
      1·
      3 months ago

      Maxim 43 If it’s stupid and it works, It’s still stupide ans you’re lucky.

  • trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world
    21·
    3 months ago

    It’s nooit that the first one is completely impossible, but we’re not quite there yet technologically. And even if we could build the first one, the second one would probably be less than a 1000th of the price to make.

    • OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish
      10·
      3 months ago

      Would you rather have 1 of option A or 1000 of option B?

      Kind of depends on what your specific goals are, but 1000 to 1 odds tend to tilt things in option B’s favor.

    • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today
      5·
      3 months ago

      Even if it’s not completely impossible, it would be completely useless. What would be the point of rotary chain guns on a drone? Assuming the thing had enough lifting capacity to carry the barrels, there isn’t enough space in that thing to carry enough ammo to fire for more than a second.

        • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today
          1·
          3 months ago

          You’d kinda run into the same issue either way, you’d either have not enough ammo or not enough battery storage. Plus, there isn’t really a reason to have rotary barrels on something like a laser. They would theoretically be more of a sustained fire kind of weapon.