Professorozone
@Professorozone@lemmy.world
- Comment on Who plays like that x_x 2 days ago:
I play like that because I’ve used flight simulators. I have no idea why people play the other way.
- Comment on quiet place 5 days ago:
I asked a colleague (we’re engineers) once when she told me she was seeing a stupid movie, “Doesn’t it bother you when they totally ignore physics?”
She said "It used to but then my boyfriend told me to get over it, it’s just a movie. And I did. " LOL.
I didn’t like those movies but hey, sit back and enjoy if you like.
- Comment on quiet place 6 days ago:
One of the dumbest movies I’ve ever seen.
The entire US army can’t defeat these creatures but this woman solves the whole problem with a loud speaker and a shot gun.
Sorry for ranting, but damn, it’s one of my biggest movie disappointments, right up they with, The Phantom Menace and Valerion.
- Comment on Have there been any technological advances in boucey ball technology in the last decade or two? 1 week ago:
I’m sorry, but the OP asked about boucy balls, not bouncy balls. Nice try though.
- Comment on Name this minivan 1 week ago:
Catfish.
- Comment on How long do we have before PCs get locked bootloaders and corporations ban installation of "non-approved" software? (for context: Google is restricting sideloading worldwide on Android ETA 2027) 1 week ago:
Nothing says that Linux could eventually evolve into the same thing or fail to ever really function for the masses.
- Comment on Who is the enemy? 2 weeks ago:
I worked for four companies in my professional career, three defense contractors and one commercial company, all in the US. But I interacted with countless others both US and international and I would have to say, your experience is definitely the exception. You should definitely be happy you had such a great experience. I find it’s difficult NOT to have pressures to cut corners or just under-design. Cost, physics or customer expectations frequently turn that pressure up.
- Comment on Who is the enemy? 2 weeks ago:
Look, I don’t wish to be insulting but with a comment like that, I find it hard to believe you worked in any business. While engineers maintain some level of control over product design, like making the product actually function (although I’ve even seen that thwarted by management) they do not usually have the last say in things like ergonomics, interoperability, improvements that cost extra, appearance, business development and many other design parameters.
By management I should point out that I am including anyone who is above the design engineer in the process.
I’ve seen business development guys promise customers impossible functionality because “that’s what I thought they would want.”
I’ve seen schedules created by systems engineers that could not be met if we lived in a Star Trek universe.
I’ve been in meetings where production logic was similar to; if one woman can give birth to a child in 9 months, nine women can give birth to a child in one month.
I’ve seen budgets slashed to the bone or critical people removed from projects for a host of reasons, good or bad.
In an actual example I was in a meeting where the manager of business development didn’t know what the term PC Card slot meant. When he was presented with the product design in a meeting, he asked where the PC Card slot was. So the engineer pointed out that it was internal to the unit, on the motherboard where they were always placed. He did not like this because there was no actual slot on the outside. When it was pointed out that that wasn’t really possible without completely redesigning both the motherboard and the enclosure he insisted we put a slot on the outside. When told that the PC Card slot couldn’t be reached from ANY slot on the outside of the enclosure he made us redesign the end plate to incorporate a PC Card shaped slot that served no purpose except to stroke his ego, and add a costly change to a product with existing tooling and necessitate a PC Card slot sized plug to seal the unit against moisture be designed. We, from that day forward, referred to that end cap as the vanity plate.
Yeah a good manager would do all of those things you said assuming his manager doesn’t stop him, but that’s the point, managers suck. That’s why we hate then.
- Comment on Who is the enemy? 2 weeks ago:
My dad was a marine engineer (ports, harbors, that kind of stuff) and he used to say an architect is an engineer with his brains knocked out.
- Comment on Who is the enemy? 2 weeks ago:
As an engineer I can understand that.
It can be a little like a dentist and a dental assistant. The assistant does all the work but the dentist gets the Porsche.
- Comment on Who is the enemy? 2 weeks ago:
Engineers hate managers.
Remember next time you get a shitty product, don’t blame the engineer who designed it. Blame the manager who forced him to do it that way.
- Comment on When something still uses micro USB in 2025 2 weeks ago:
I would agree with that. I just don’t have the level of hate for the old standard that everyone else seems to have. But as it was pointed out, this IS mildly infuriating so I can see that. My biggest complaint with it is that it is very hard to see which way it goes since the taper is subtle, especially if it’s dark.
- Comment on When something still uses micro USB in 2025 2 weeks ago:
Ok, that’s a good point. Probably the best one so far.
I guess my point was just that I’ve seen this hate in more than one place.
- Comment on When something still uses micro USB in 2025 2 weeks ago:
No. As I stated,I prefer the new standard but the hate for the old standard seems a little over the top to me.
- Comment on When something still uses micro USB in 2025 2 weeks ago:
I prefer the new standard too, but are you actually getting rid of perfectly functioning old stuff because of the connector?
- Comment on When something still uses micro USB in 2025 2 weeks ago:
Sounds like a real first world problem.
- Comment on When something still uses micro USB in 2025 2 weeks ago:
Well I like the new standard as well but the old one doesn’t feel that old to me. It strikes me as another symptom of a throw away society that no one else has any older items anymore since I have so many. I have a few power banks of different sizes, Bluetooth speakers, a bore scope,a couple of action cameras and a couple of pieces of test equipment. They haven’t died. I just assumed most other people still had some things too. But the prevalence of people hating on the older standard leads me to believe people just throw away working items because only because they performed then as old.
Anyway, that’s the basis for my comment. You do you.
- Comment on When something still uses micro USB in 2025 2 weeks ago:
Why are people so against this old standard?I have lots of perfectly useful older equipment around that uses it. Why would I just throw away old power banks and buy new ones just because it uses a different cord? I don’t get it.
- Comment on Out of 10. Be specific! 2 weeks ago:
Limited usefulness because it’s too narrow. Don’t like the asymmetry. Appearance looks a little crude. I wouldn’t want one. Tines seem overly sharp.
Probably good for getting olives out of jars.
- Comment on Is This Social Media? 3 weeks ago:
Not the way I use it. I’m here to get news and entertainment. Without Lemmy, I would just do it piecemeal instead of coming to one place. There definitely is a social aspect but would you call YouTube social media? There is a comment section there too.
I do think an argument could be made, but it’s not in my opinion.
- Comment on Let's hear it, little lemmings. 3 weeks ago:
Hmmm tough choice. I doubt I would be able to understand DaVinci or Newton. I would prefer to berate Edison. I wouldn’t want Curie to irradiate me. Tesla was awesome but kind of nutty. I didn’t know Enough about Bohr. So probably Feyman or Einstein. I read Feyman’s book so I think I would have a lot to talk about. But I think the win would go to Einstein for me. I just have to know how he came up with it all by just sort of thinking about it. I would hope he would have the best chance of explaining it in a way I could understand. Plus I speak German, so if all else fails we can just talk about spetzle.
- Comment on What is the maximum number of potatoes you could grow in your house or on property you own before it becomes a crime? 5 weeks ago:
I heard they passed a law essentially making it illegal to grow food at home because you would be required to have all of the measures in place that only real farms could afford. It’s not really enforced but technically on the books. I don’t know. It could be conspiracy theory.
- Comment on Inflation Outpaces Wage Growth For Over 40% Of Americans 5 weeks ago:
Yup.
- Comment on What game sequel ruined a beloved franchise or character for you? 5 weeks ago:
I think you are alone. Most people were disappointed. There were too many thing that were set to automatic. It was kind of hard to even play the game. More like just watching.
- Comment on What game sequel ruined a beloved franchise or character for you? 1 month ago:
This is going to show my age but Master of Orion 3.
- Comment on Inflation Outpaces Wage Growth For Over 40% Of Americans 1 month ago:
I’m aware of this but usually companies will do anything to increase profits and pass that extra cost immediately on to the consumer to plus a little extra for them.
- Comment on Does trump know he cheats at golf? 1 month ago:
Ummm, when you win a golf tournament you’ve never played in… You know you’re cheating.
- Comment on Inflation Outpaces Wage Growth For Over 40% Of Americans 1 month ago:
But that’s not how capitalism works. If 70% of the items in Walmart have a 10% tariff, they raise 100% of the items 20%. Especially Walmart. But I guess I’m wrong.
- Comment on Inflation Outpaces Wage Growth For Over 40% Of Americans 1 month ago:
Maybe someone could explain to me how the short term inflation rate is 1.8%, but every tariff is at least 10%. I mean, in a country where nothing is made, which tariff free products are people buying? Is it just that many of the tariffs have not gone into effect yet? It’s so hard to keep track.
- Comment on I dont want to enter a contract when consuming your product.. 1 month ago:
Somehow… Not the good news I was looking for.