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[–] Stitch0815@feddit.org 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes

And while not exactly applicable for the computer example but generally everytime this example is brought up

ROMANS DID NOT HAVE 40 FUCKING TON TRUCKS

Much less so 100s per hour

Roman infrastructure was/is impressive no doubt

But not that impressive

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, the damage curve is exponential by axle weight.

[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

Not quite, but fourth power may as well be.