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VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 2 months agoI’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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VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 2 months agoI’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.
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.
bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
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.
massive_bereavement@fedia.io 2 months ago
I'm not falling for this again!
PlexSheep@infosec.pub 2 months ago
No I disagree, I just want it just works
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.
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.
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.
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.