wonder what kinda of supercomputer they used in 1968
“That looks about right.”
With the stuff about ‘super computers’, this seems more like a shitpost than a science meme.
Completely leaves out that you can use two of them to make yourself look like a duck
And it’s cheaper than lip fillers.
What “supercomputer” did they use in 1968 to make the chip shape when Pringles were invented?
Edit:
My digging around has resulted in this find:
10 vacuum tubes
ENIAC was built in 1945. And Cray was building supercomputers in the 60s
I understand that there were “supercomputers” for the day, but I don’t think they called them that. They were just computers. I want to know exactly which one was used to design a reconstituted potato chip.
My digging around has resulted in this find:
I guess they needed it to mathematically design and calculate with it but idk
My digging around has resulted in this find:
Somehow they also designed them so the tube goes stale roughly 2 minutes after opening it. Also the lovely texture reminiscent of sawdust. Truly a marvel of engineering.
I don’t think you’re supposed to eat the tube, shouldn’t matter that it goes stale.
“Once you pop you can’t stop” is actually a warning about this
This meme is wrong and likely based on a Reddit post that is itself wrong.
“TIL that in the '50s P&G used a supercomputer for designing Pringles…”
The only source I found referencing pringles association with a supercomputer was a 2007 article with this sentence:
Pringles potato chips are designed using [supercomputing] capabilities – to assess their aerodynamic features so that on the manufacturing line they don’t go flying off the line," said Dave Turek, vice president of deep computing at IBM.)
Pringle’s didn’t exist until 1968. Why would they waste a decade’s worth of supercomputing time (per the Reddit post that they were designed in the “‘50s using a supercomputer”) to design a potato chip?
It does not state that the chips were designed in ‘68 with a supercomputer. It directly states that “today’s supercomputers”…”are creating potato chips”, so their current design was done that way for the purposes of expedited manufacturing processes.
The Reddit posts even links to the article stating that the reference for supercomputer usage in Pringle’s design is modern.
Also abot 10-15% of thr chips crumble at the bottom to cushion the rest of the pringles
The Supermarine Spitfire.
The London Metro map design.
The Pringles potato chip.I remember reading somewhere that they also deliberately put different amounts of flavorant on each side of the chip so that you can choose to have more or less flavor intensity based on which side you place against your tongue.
If by deliberate you mean the sprayers that spray all the artificial flavors, liquefied added nutrients, and related shit are on top of the “chip” as it moves down a conveyor, then sure I guess it’s deliberate.
Which sucks because right way up it fits perfectly around your tongue so it’s very easy to eat. But if you want the flavor, you gotta flip it over and it’s harder to completely cover it with your mouth, resulting in crumbs flying everywhere.
lol, well it was Pringles propaganda, so I’m sure they were trying to make themselves look like they spared no expense “engineering” their snack food. 😆
I had read that they create downforce so they stay put on a conveyor
And I still don’t like the shape. I can’t bite in it properly.
But they couldn’t make them taste good. Just vut some potatoes you dorks.
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You’re goddamn right!
self-centering […] easy to stack up
What is this supposed to mean?
