steam engine
Any heat engine that uses steam as its primary working fluid to do mechanical work.
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Just wondering whether you could couple an 800 up to a steam engine...
Sure, AI has some use cases but putting it on the same transformative level as the PC, Internet, or steam engine is insanity!!!
Nobody connects with the young people like Ol' Steam Engine Trump!
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Any heat engine that uses steam as its primary working fluid to do mechanical work.
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(especially, British) A steam locomotive.
“Just wondering whether you could couple an 800 up to a steam engine...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Sure, AI has some use cases but putting it on the same transformative level as the PC, Internet, or steam engine is insanity!!!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Nobody connects with the young people like Ol' Steam Engine Trump!”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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