• sunsofold@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    Isn’t part of the definition of ‘rube Goldberg machine’ the machine does something simple and easy?

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      1 day ago

      To rephrase the question: what’s something simple and easy that you’d prefer the task or cost of maintaining and running an overly complex machine than actually doing it?