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Comment preview: Engineer here. So, basically what happened here was some higher ups said, "You guys know what's awesome?" They look around at each other for a couple seconds, before he answers himself, "Money. How do we get more?" Then they will brainstorm some stupid ....
Comment preview: It's a two edged sword. We germans get new qualified german-speaking students and try to make them stay in our country by offering them a debt free degree, even sponsorships and support from several institutions to make life as comfortable as possible. A m ....
Comment preview: Automotive (drive train) engineer here, and your response is mostly true. The octane rating is not a % of anything, but comes from R+M/2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octane_rating) and it is a measure of the fuel's volatility and vapor ignition flash poin ....
Comment preview: Aerospace Engineer Here. It's really all about efficiency. Once you start going faster than Mach .8-.85, small shock waves begin to form on your wings (this is why most passenger jets have wings that sweep back towards the tail; to reduce the airspeed perp ....
Comment preview: Grandson and Great-Grandson of Pennsylvania Railroad engineers, here! That metal tab is a "kick plate" or "standing brace", also sometimes referred to as the "conductor's stirrup". It serves as a brace for the conductor's leg when they are standing or lean ....
Comment preview: Jet turbine engineer here... I'll expand a little more on the phenomenon which the video talks about. Some are saying that it would be rare for a part to fall that far into an engine because they are mounted horizontally. This is only partially true. Durin ....
Comment preview: That's . . . Sad. Male Mechanical Engineer here. If I ever encountered a woman engineer - in school or the workplace - , and I said "You don't see a lot of women in engineering. . ." I usually meant it as a complaint, not as an insult. But I can't recall ....
Comment preview: **Edit 2: a few others below have posted results of the NTSB report that states the cause of the crash was locked controls. So that noise at the end may actually be the turbine still running/running down.** Aero engineer here: You're wrong about the engin ....
Comment preview: Hey, aerospace engineer here. You've got nothing to worry about! Couple of reasons why: * Cowlings are mainly for drag reduction and has little effect on the function of the engine * Their other function is to prevent severed blades for piercing through th ....
Comment preview: I dated an engineer. Here was my favorite joke I told that he hated. An engineer was crossing a road one day when a frog called out to him and said, "If you kiss me, I'll turn into a beautiful princess." He bent over, picked up the frog, and put it in his ....
Comment preview: This is how it always goes when people start talking about engineers here. "Fuck the engineers they don't know anything!" Engineers cover such a broad range of backgrounds, experience levels, types of jobs, and personalities. Some are dumb and couldn't s ....
Comment preview: Mechanical engineer here. That is a fantastic place to put the intake in terms of efficiency. Since the intake is normal to the direction of travel, you should see a ram-air effect giving you a higher inlet pressure and allowing for increased fuel flow int ....
Comment preview: Hi, female software engineer here. I'm going to disagree with you and say that calling yourself an "engineer" is actually pretty misleading (especially to people outside the tech/STEM field). I never call myself an "engineer" by itself without putting "sof ....
Comment preview: How do you know someone is an engineer? They will tell you. Engineer here, with concentration in quality control of internal combustion engines. Man oh man do I want to smack around people that claim this as a theory. Its not that systems are designed to b ....
Comment preview: Civil & Environmental Engineer with a focus in Transportation Engineering and Structural Engineering (B.S.), and Ph.D. in Software Engineering here. **First, this is completely feasible and completely within budget to do.** This will most inevitably be ....
Comment preview: Live Sound Engineer here: if you want to complain to someone, complain to the touring front of house engineer for your respective artist. Clearwing Productions does a good job giving touring artists the necessary tools to get the job done. All of the gear ....
Comment preview: Unreal Tournamet. I just bought Unreal Tournament GOTY from GOG the other day and was completely blown away when I clicked Multiplayer and thought "Naah, there won't be anyone here" and found thousands of servers with hundreds of them populated. I never to ....
Comment preview: Engineer here, engineer that develops engines.. Accelerate in smooth yet swift manner. Your engine is most efficient at low rpm and high torque so short shift each gear and use the accelerator liberally. What you do not want to do is bog the engine down by ....
Comment preview: Not to diss mercades engineering here at all vut what we should really be impressed by are two things here. 1. Modern fuel injection in AWESOME. Unlike carbs it is almost always nearly perfect so no more washing the oil off of the cylinder walls with an ov ....
Comment preview: Automation Engineer here. If I'm even half as good as the vast majority of all other automation engineers out there, then you should all be worried. I give it 5 years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU *Because of the job I do, I am a socialist a ....
Comment preview: Upvote. Civil engineer here as well. This guy literally dodges every engineering related question. This is nothing more than a sales pitch. Enough of the buzzwords and fluff. Yes we all hate bumpy roads. Yes we all want to reduce our carbon footprint. Rabb ....
Comment preview: The 7.3l turbo diesel is one of the finest engines in the world. But it has a huge flaw in the design of the wiring harness that communicates electrically with the injectors under the intake valve cover. This harness works itself loose over time and eventu ....
Comment preview: Reserve army engineer here. You're very fucking wrong about the M18 claymore dude. Attaching a tripwire to the M18's blasting cap is not hard at all. Illegal, yes, but does not take much effort. Tripwire claymores were used often in vietnam to protect outp ....
Comment preview: I am usually thrilled when I hear about a new game that comes out on the Source Engine. Here's why: I have a great deal of knowledge about this engine, I am able to use commands to enhance my gameplay and configuration. The mouse-lag is minimal and it beha ....
Comment preview: Hi, aerospace repair engineer here. Not sure your familiarity with pressurized aircraft, so forgive me if any of this information is overly basic and/or condescending. Pressurized aircraft actually aren't perfectly sealed. We do our best to seal them up, b ....
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