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minus-squareZoboomafoo@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up119arrow-down2·8 个月前To be pedantic, that’s still covered under E
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up52·7 个月前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.
minus-squareZoboomafoo@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·7 个月前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
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 个月前yeah. Gotta be careful with them. even the desktop variety has a lot of energy in the system.
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 个月前Probably better than the scar my cousin has on his thigh from an ad hoc fulcrum catapult.
minus-squareTest_Tickles@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 个月前Uhoh, this about to turn into that scene from Lethal Weapon where they are comparing scars…
minus-squareKryptonidas@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 个月前I’m a software engineer, but now I feel like I need to build a trebuchet.
minus-squarejawa21@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 个月前I’m a machinist, which is kind of engineer adjacent. We make cannons.
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 个月前Cannons are just trebuchets with extra oomph
minus-squareBuglefingers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 个月前In CNC as well, can confirm, cannons are made
minus-squaredave@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·7 个月前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.
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 个月前The plastic candy-filled kind…. I hope. Or. I hope they weren’t very good neighbors….
minus-squaredave@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 个月前No, tiny bits of hidden software. It’s not a very efficient way of distributing code, but it was fun.
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 个月前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,
minus-squarehelpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 个月前Rember kids, if you find a USB stick in your easter egg, run home and plug it in to get free candy in Roblox.
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·7 个月前Mother, 33, stops being a scientist to do science.
minus-squareevranch@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·7 个月前science engineering Siege engineering to be precise
minus-squareAnnoyed_🦀 @monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 个月前And 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-up1·7 个月前no M here. you can just launch shot and need no M to explain it. have you ever had fun?
minus-squareLucidlethargy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 个月前I 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.
Uhoh, this about to turn into that scene from Lethal Weapon where they are comparing scars…
I’m a software engineer, but now I feel like I need to build a trebuchet.
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
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.
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,
Rember kids, if you find a USB stick in your easter egg, run home and plug it in to get free candy in Roblox.
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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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