The wheel has had a number of innovations over the years. The earliest wheels were flat disks of wood that were heavy and slow turning. The Romans invented spokes and metal rims which made them faster, more durable, and gave them more traction. Questions we need answered: What is this wheel in particular designed to do? Is there any way we could make it work more efficiently at its task? Do we value performance over reliability, or vice versa? Etc. Etc.

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think we need to take a bit of a step back and consider what kind of shed we might use to store this wheel...

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

To answer that, we'll need to do a deep dive into foundation technology (to determine if it is lacking and needs some improvements) (because we don't want our wheelshed to sink).

[–] incogtino@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

I don't know, that's not really in my wheel house

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