• 667@lemmy.radioEnglish
    150·
    5 months ago

    Lean into this and always have a lengthy, detailed presentation ready to go at the drop of a hat. Just an absolute knowledge vomit.

    They’ll do this once and never again.

    • VelvetStorm@lemmy.worldEnglish
      511·
      5 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.

      • massive_bereavement@fedia.io
        531·
        5 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.xyzEnglish
          33·
          5 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 of the topic vs arguing to be right.

        • explodicle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          202·
          5 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.worldEnglish
            15·
            5 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.worldEnglish
            8·
            5 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.worksEnglish
            7·
            5 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.

  • Thorny_Insight@lemm.eeEnglish
    81·
    5 months ago

    For some reason I thought someone had edited this picture and changed the people in it. I was wrong but since I spent so long going thru my archives to find it I thought I’d share

    I will not answer further questions about this picture

    • edric@lemm.eeEnglish
      17·
      5 months ago

      Leftmost kid has the same expression as the kid from an older meme. Is it the same person?

      • gigachad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        23·
        5 months ago

        Pretty sure! He has also been photoshopped into the “boy bites apple meme” which I really love

    • cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      My brother and I are in the US but different states, and our parents and sister are in the Philippines. During a rare reunion, we recreated several of our old family photos from the '70s and '80s. It was so funny, especially when my 45-year-old brother tried to sit on my mom’s lap.

      If that’s your family in the photo, you guys have got to try recreating it as grown-ups. 😁

  • jlow (he/him)@beehaw.orgEnglish
    284·
    5 months ago

    Yeah, sure! But first: how are your meaningless, unfullfilling bullshit-jobs going, that you’re wasting huge portions of your life on? O no, wait, I couldn’t care less, sorry.