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minus-squareZoboomafoo@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up117arrow-down2·8 months agoTo be pedantic, that’s still covered under E
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·8 months agoI don’t know of a single engineer who has never built a trebuchet. I’m not even a “proper” engineer and I have like, five desktop trebs, 2 ballistae and some other odds and ends (3d printed, of course,) It’s like, a right of passage or something.
minus-squareZoboomafoo@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·8 months agoI have a scar over my eye from a trebuchet I built in high school, then I went to college for engineering, so that checks out
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoyeah. Gotta be careful with them. even the desktop variety has a lot of energy in the system.
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoProbably better than the scar my cousin has on his thigh from an ad hoc fulcrum catapult.
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minus-squareKryptonidas@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 months agoI’m a software engineer, but now I feel like I need to build a trebuchet.
minus-squaredave@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·8 months agoI’m a software engineer and I built a trebuchet during lockdown to launch Easter eggs at the neighbours’ gardens since we weren’t allowed to go see them.
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoThe plastic candy-filled kind…. I hope. Or. I hope they weren’t very good neighbors….
minus-squaredave@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoNo, tiny bits of hidden software. It’s not a very efficient way of distributing code, but it was fun.
minus-squarehelpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoRember kids, if you find a USB stick in your easter egg, run home and plug it in to get free candy in Roblox.
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoYeah. You’re not allowed to stuff Easter eggs for Easter. Also, we’ll add “get the Halloween candy”, too. Probably give people apple 2’s or something,
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minus-squarejawa21@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 months agoI’m a machinist, which is kind of engineer adjacent. We make cannons.
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoCannons are just trebuchets with extra oomph
minus-squareBuglefingers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoIn CNC as well, can confirm, cannons are made
minus-squareDeebster@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·8 months agobtw, it’s a rite of passage.
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minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·8 months agoMother, 33, stops being a scientist to do science.
minus-squareevranch@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 months agoscience engineering Siege engineering to be precise
minus-squareAnnoyed_🦀 @monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoAnd M. A lot of M actually. And S. Also T. Put some A in it to make it not threatening.
minus-squareWilly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agono M here. you can just launch shot and need no M to explain it. have you ever had fun?
minus-squareLucidlethargy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoI mean, if this were 1400 AD, sure…
To be pedantic, that’s still covered under E
I don’t know of a single engineer who has never built a trebuchet.
I’m not even a “proper” engineer and I have like, five desktop trebs, 2 ballistae and some other odds and ends (3d printed, of course,)
It’s like, a right of passage or something.
I have a scar over my eye from a trebuchet I built in high school, then I went to college for engineering, so that checks out
yeah. Gotta be careful with them.
even the desktop variety has a lot of energy in the system.
Probably better than the scar my cousin has on his thigh from an ad hoc fulcrum catapult.
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I’m a software engineer, but now I feel like I need to build a trebuchet.
I’m a software engineer and I built a trebuchet during lockdown to launch Easter eggs at the neighbours’ gardens since we weren’t allowed to go see them.
The plastic candy-filled kind…. I hope.
Or. I hope they weren’t very good neighbors….
No, tiny bits of hidden software. It’s not a very efficient way of distributing code, but it was fun.
Rember kids, if you find a USB stick in your easter egg, run home and plug it in to get free candy in Roblox.
Yeah. You’re not allowed to stuff Easter eggs for Easter.
Also, we’ll add “get the Halloween candy”, too. Probably give people apple 2’s or something,
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I’m a machinist, which is kind of engineer adjacent. We make cannons.
Cannons are just trebuchets with extra oomph
Cannons are fun too.
In CNC as well, can confirm, cannons are made
btw, it’s a rite of passage.
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Mother, 33, stops being a scientist to do science.
scienceengineeringSiege engineering to be precise
And M. A lot of M actually. And S. Also T. Put some A in it to make it not threatening.
no M here. you can just launch shot and need no M to explain it. have you ever had fun?
I mean, if this were 1400 AD, sure…
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