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minus-squareZoboomafoo@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up119arrow-down2·2 years agoTo be pedantic, that’s still covered under E
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53·2 years 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-up22·2 years 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-up6·2 years agoyeah. Gotta be careful with them. even the desktop variety has a lot of energy in the system.
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoProbably better than the scar my cousin has on his thigh from an ad hoc fulcrum catapult.
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minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoCannons are just trebuchets with extra oomph
minus-squareBuglefingers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoIn CNC as well, can confirm, cannons are made
minus-squaredave@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·2 years 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-up2·2 years agoThe plastic candy-filled kind…. I hope. Or. I hope they weren’t very good neighbors….
minus-squaredave@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoNo, tiny bits of hidden software. It’s not a very efficient way of distributing code, but it was fun.
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years 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,
minus-squarehelpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoRember 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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minus-squareKryptonidas@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoI’m a software engineer, but now I feel like I need to build a trebuchet.
minus-squareDeebster@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 years agobtw, it’s a rite of passage.
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minus-squareAeronMelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 years agoMother, 33, stops being a scientist to do science.
minus-squareevranch@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 years agoscience engineering Siege engineering to be precise
minus-squareAnnoyed_🦀 @monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years 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-up1·2 years 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-up1·2 years 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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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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I’m a software engineer, but now I feel like I need to build a trebuchet.
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?
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I mean, if this were 1400 AD, sure…