cooltrainer_frank

joined 8 months ago
[–] cooltrainer_frank@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I love Ape, and think he's one of the best devs out there.

I don't mind paid DLC like Elden Ring or Factorio 2.0, when it's basically a whole complete game on top of it. But anything micro transaction can go right to hell

[–] cooltrainer_frank@lemmy.world 170 points 2 months ago (103 children)

Jesus, I hope they can piece a campaign together in the few remaining months

[–] cooltrainer_frank@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Update: sorry to be an OP who didn't deliver. My buddy never made the measurement. I'm hoping he will. Sorry everyone!

[–] cooltrainer_frank@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

This is all I found on their site about it, which aligns but isn't as much detail as I hoped

With standard and heavy duty foil, it’s perfectly fine to place your food on either side so you can decide if you prefer to have the shiny or dull side facing out.

[–] cooltrainer_frank@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Okay, my buddy is gonna take foil tomorrow and run it over the profilometer (?) tomorrow and see. I'll report back with more numbers and less hand waving when I have it

[–] cooltrainer_frank@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

It was a fair few years ago, but yeah, the oxidation on it will be so much smoother than the delta in surface roughness that I doubt it'd make much difference. Lemme reach out to a metallurgist from there and see what he thinks!

[–] cooltrainer_frank@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Correct. Just a manufacturing decision. It looks a lot more different than it actually is.

[–] cooltrainer_frank@lemmy.world 103 points 3 months ago (10 children)

Yup, the lab could tell a difference! Shiney side (so mill roller facing, as opposed to the dull side which faces the other layer of aluminum) was marginally more reflective, but I believe (and a former coworker also remembered it as) it was less than a tenth of a percent (<0.1% for the visual folks)

Anyone who says it affects cooking time or something is mistaken, I'd wager.

[–] cooltrainer_frank@lemmy.world 207 points 3 months ago (21 children)

Former process engineer in an aluminum factory. Aluminum foil is only shiny on one side and duller on the other for process reasons, not for any "turn this part towards baking, etc" reasons.

It's just easier to double it on itself and machine it to double thickness than it is to hit single thickness precision, especially given how much more tensile strength it gives it.

Also, our QA lab did all kinds of tests on it to settle arguments. The amount of heat reflected/absorbed between the two sides is trivially small. But if you like one side better you should wrap it that way, for sure!

[–] cooltrainer_frank@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Just played it. It's indeed short but fun. I enjoyed it enough to wishlist it

[–] cooltrainer_frank@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

Show me the grim dark future of the 41st millennium on the timeline!

[–] cooltrainer_frank@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

I just wanna say that as someone who designs user interfaces for a living, I always do whatever I can to play with UI/UX in my normal life.

At a gas station, playing ads, I always start tapping and holding the little buttons near the screen. Almost always holding 2 across from each other goes into a mode where it shuts up, and continues pumping. Plus it's like a fun little arms race of a game for me.

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