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minus-squareZoboomafoo@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up118arrow-down2·1 month agoTo be pedantic, that’s still covered under E
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·1 month 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-up22·1 month 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-up6·1 month agoyeah. Gotta be careful with them. even the desktop variety has a lot of energy in the system.
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoProbably better than the scar my cousin has on his thigh from an ad hoc fulcrum catapult.
minus-squaredave@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·1 month 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-up2·1 month agoThe plastic candy-filled kind…. I hope. Or. I hope they weren’t very good neighbors….
minus-squaredave@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoNo, tiny bits of hidden software. It’s not a very efficient way of distributing code, but it was fun.
minus-squarehelpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month 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-up3·1 month 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-squareKryptonidas@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoI’m a software engineer, but now I feel like I need to build a trebuchet.
minus-squarejawa21@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoI’m a machinist, which is kind of engineer adjacent. We make cannons.
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoCannons are just trebuchets with extra oomph
minus-squareBuglefingers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoIn CNC as well, can confirm, cannons are made
minus-squareDeebster@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agobtw, it’s a rite of passage.
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minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoMother, 33, stops being a scientist to do science.
minus-squareevranch@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoscience engineering Siege engineering to be precise
minus-squareAnnoyed_🦀 @monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month 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-up1·1 month 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-up1·1 month 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.
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 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
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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