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and the strongest substance in all the realms.

Until it isn't.

[-] dalekcaan@feddit.nl 81 points 1 week ago

Damn even the metallurgists have to watch out for power creep

[-] Tiresia@slrpnk.net 31 points 1 week ago

I mean, they've been having to do that since the chalcolithic.

[-] joelfromaus@aussie.zone 20 points 1 week ago

Damn Catholics get into everything, don’t they?

That is how our cars manage to convert gasoline into energy.

[-] k0e3@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 week ago

Ah, thank you. I was looking for the expression "power creep" to describe this phenomenon. In Japan, we usually call it "power inflation," and I couldn't remember how to say it in English!

[-] socsa@piefed.social 8 points 1 week ago

You fool! I have only been fighting at half hardness!

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