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667@lemmy.radio ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Honytawk@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Comes through the door with a projector and sets up a slideshow

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  • lauha@lemmy.one ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Takes out a full sized flapboard from back pocket

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    • mosiacmango@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Lap coat on, smile wide, uncork the vials.

      Time to dazzle.

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• VelvetStorm@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve always heard the worst thing about a scientist is that they won’t shut up if you ask them about what’s going on in their field.

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  • massive_bereavement@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In the same vein: Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in the mud.

    After a while you realize the pig likes it.

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    • bleistift2@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      After a while you realize the pig likes it.

      That’s what makes them an engineer: Piling argument upon counterargument to understand the topic, the arguments, their shortcomings and another person’s understanding on the topic vs arguing to be right.

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      • massive_bereavement@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I'm not falling for this again!

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      • PlexSheep@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        No I disagree, I just want it just works

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    • explodicle@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I love engineering because there’s objective right and wrong. Either the machine will work or it won’t; you can’t bullshit physical reality.

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      • jaybone@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah but one guy wants to build it one way and another guy wants to build it a different way.

        I constantly find myself looking at other people’s code and saying “Well, that’s not how I would have done it, but …” sigh.

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      • spittingimage@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Whenever I’m in a plane about to take off or land I think about how the thing is lifted by differential air pressure and I’m pretty sure we are bullshitting physical reality - and it’ll figure that out any second now.

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      • rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Ah, but a machine can work better or worse, and what is better or worse is often subjective, as there are various aspects of the workings of the machine regarding which you have to make trade-offs during the process of design. A notable example is the design of tanks: the bigger the cannon, the greater the weight, and the slower it gets as a result. You can try to get a better engine to compensate for the increased weight but a stronger engine and bigger guns lead to higher costs and complicate mass production.

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• Holzkohlen@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So petty. I love it.

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