#engineering culture

[ourstoatmeansdeath]

I've seen a few posts from people who think Henry was being shitty to Gorgug or setting Gorgug up to fail by allowing him to do 3 years of the artificer track at once. But I have a lot of experience in STEM, and I think Henry was being incredibly kind in a very engineering-coded way.

I did an undergrad degree in engineering and have been in STEM spaces for more than 10 years. And the STEM way of being an asshole is much more like what Porter did. So many people who don't look like they fit the stereotype of who belongs in STEM have been explicitly told to leave. Like, I was at a conference last year where a presenter asked all the people in the room who had been told to change their major to raise their hands. And there were lots of us with raised hands. (This was in a diversity equity and inclusion session, so a lot of non-traditional looking people for engineering.) If Henry wanted to be an asshole he would tell Gorgug to leave, or that the curriculum was "rigorous" and half-orcs can't usually hack it, etc. But he didn't!

Henry did the classic STEM thing of laying out all of the options, even the ones that aren't desirable. Since Porter won't sign the MCAT, the reasonable options are all gone. Henry mentioned that Gorgug doesn't need to be in school for artificing to be an artificer ("If artificing is something that brings you joy and brings happiness to your life, you don't need school. You can do that on your own.") Which is NOT something that STEM people do. I've never heard an engineering professor say that someone who does STEM stuff as a hobby can call themselves engineers. Henry is being absurdly kind by saying this.

When Gorgug says that he wants to do artificing in school, Henry gives the option to do all three years of school at once. [Note that Henry did not suggest this at first. Henry didn't offer it until Gorgug basically asked for a loophole.] This reminds me so much of all the STEM people who know a system really well and give you advice on how to navigate it. They note that their path isn't what the system was designed to do, but if you really want to do it you could do it this way. Which is exactly what Henry does. This also gives Gorgug the agency to decide for himself.

Henry also goes out of his way to say that the people who work hard are the ones he would bet on. This is also so nice as a STEM person! I can't tell you the number of professors I had who said that a specific problem shouldn't take long, or "if you're efficient you should be fine." I also had a professor who said some people can code and some people can't, and he didn't know how to help the people who don't have a natural aptitude for coding. Henry saying he thinks Gorgug can achieve this through hard work is super enlightened for a STEM instructor.

tl;dr Henry is incredibly enlightened for a STEM instructor. He tells Gorgug that Gorgug can still be an artificer without formal schooling, and then when Gorgug expresses a desire for the formal education he tells Gorgug the path. If Henry does a heel turn I will be emotionally devastated lol

[engineersplanet]

The Engineering Behind The First Flight

Introduction: The First Flight The Wright brothers’ historic flight on December 17th, 1903, stands as a defining moment in the annals of aviation history. This monumental event, witnessed at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, marked the dawn of controlled powered flight, forever altering the course of human transportation. The significance of their achievement reverberates through time, shaping the…

[chamerionwrites]

”Your comfort is not more valuable than another person’s life, let alone hundreds or thousands of other people’s lives” is a very simple and obvious ethical concept and yet USAmericans will regularly stand up and argue the opposite with their whole chests. Peak imperialism brainworms

[cosmicportal]

Hemudu culture - China

[heilos]

I have come to the annoying conclusion that many search engines are becoming super useless in trying to track down historical research without bending over backwards for answers. The amount of garbage that shows up in the results is so incredibly aggravating and has nothing to do with my search terms or questions. I cannot in fact "just use X search engines" apparently.

[kenyatta]

‘We Can Bury Anyone’: Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine (NYT)

There have long been figures behind the scenes shaping public opinion about celebrities — through gossip columns, tabloids and strategic interviews. The documents show an additional playbook for waging a largely undetectable smear campaign in the digital era. While the film, about domestic violence, was a box office hit — making nearly $350 million worldwide — online criticism of the actress skyrocketed. “He wants to feel like she can be buried,” a publicist working with the studio and Mr. Baldoni wrote in an Aug. 2 message to the crisis management expert, Melissa Nathan. “You know we can bury anyone,” Ms. Nathan wrote. In the following weeks, Ms. Nathan, whose clients have included Johnny Depp and the rappers Drake and Travis Scott, went hard at the press, pushing to prevent stories about Mr. Baldoni’s behavior and reinforce negative ones about Ms. Lively, the text messages show. Jed Wallace, a self-described “hired gun,” led a digital strategy that included boosting social media posts that could help their cause. [...] Three days later, Mr. Baldoni texted Ms. Abel, flagging a social media thread that accused another celebrity of bullying behavior and had generated 19 million views. “This is what we would need,” he wrote. Ms. Nathan soon floated proposals to hire contractors to dominate social media through “full social account take downs,” by starting “threads of theories” and generally working to “change narrative.” “All of this will be most importantly untraceable,” she wrote. [...] It is unclear exactly how Mr. Wallace operated. There are references in emails to “social manipulation” and “proactive fan posting,” and text messages cite efforts to “boost” and “amplify” online content that was favorable to Mr. Baldoni or critical of Ms. Lively. “We are crushing it on Reddit,” Mr. Wallace told Ms. Nathan, according to a text she sent Ms. Abel on Aug. 9. The next day, one of Ms. Nathan’s employees texted, “We’ve started to see shift on social, due largely to Jed and his team’s efforts to shift the narrative.” Ms. Nathan wrote to Ms. Abel: “And socials are really really ramping up. In his favour, she must be furious. It’s actually sad because it just shows you have people really want to hate on women.” When a TikTok sleuth started asking questions about Mr. Baldoni, Ms. Abel texted that “this girl is on a very dangerous crusade.”

[ohsalome]

[surrah698]

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Hadrian's Wall

Hadrian's Wall is an impressive masterpiece of military engineering built along steep ups and downs that cross space and history between England and Scotland.

The old wall, sculpted for almost 2000 years by wind and rain, climbs over hills, immerses itself in a moor to suddenly resurface among the blades of light of a wood, a karst presence that seems to absorb the energy of landscape to challenge its gravity and logic in a rollercoaster of harsh ups and downs that cross space and history.

Hadrian's Wall is no longer England but it is not yet Scotland, even if the land to the north seems wilder.

But perhaps it is just a state of mind of those who look at it, subtly altered by the emotion of treading the same stones on which the Roman legionaries walked.

In reality, unlike what many believe, the Wall is within English territory, even if it has helped define the borders of the two countries since the emperor from whom it takes its name ordered its construction in 122 AD to "separate the Romans from the barbarians," the hostile tribes of the Picts who populated today's Scotland, a tough nut to crack even for the Roman legions.

To build it in just six years, about fifteen thousand men were employed, three legions that faced the challenges of a terrain carefully chosen to exploit its advantages.

The result is an impressive masterpiece of military engineering, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987, stretching from one coast of England to the other for eighty Roman miles, about one hundred and seventeen kilometers from Solway Firth to the west and Wallsend to the east.

It is one of the many place names linked to its existence and then extending southwards with ports and coastal fortifications.

For nearly three centuries, Hadrian's Wall was northernmost and most fortified boundary of the Roman limes, a gigantic defensive system that stretched for over five thousand kilometres — from the Atlantic coast of Great Britain to the Black Sea across Europe — then continuing through present-day Middle East to Red Sea and from there cutting across North Africa to the Atlantic.

The 117km long (80 Roman miles) Hadrian's Wall was punctuated by 14 main forts, 80 minor ones and 2 watchtowers every third of a mile.

In addition to the actual wall, mainly made of stone, about 5m high and up to 3m thick, becoming six metres thick in the earthen sections, the Wall was reinforced by a ditch bristling with pointed stakes, a military road that connected the forts and allowed any point to be reached quickly and by a deep embankment, the Vallum.

The forts, rectangular in plan, varied in size according to the importance of the garrison, a pattern repeated with slight differences along the entire limes that protected the borders of the empire.

A moat and a wall punctuated by towers protected the perimeter and each side had a gate protected by two massive towers.

Inside were the headquarters — the praetorium where the praefectus castrorum reside; barracks; a hospital; warehouses and latrines, generally under the walls, while the bathrooms were outside the fortifications.

In granary, food supplies were stored to face the harsh winters or possible sieges.

In the Vicus, the civilian settlement, lived the families of the soldiers, often auxiliaries who officially could not marry.

In these villages that grew spontaneously around the forts, merchants, artisans and prostitutes also lived, attracted by the soldiers' wages.

There were also temples dedicated to Roman, local and even oriental deities that reflected the different religions of soldiers from all over the empire because Romans were very tolerant as long as the social order and the emperor were not questioned.

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[nauticaltrain]

You ever seen them fight? It's brutal. They can't feel pain, but they can still make each other hurt. It's some weird dominance thing they do.

Sounds like humans.

[kyesreadingnook]

Hiiiii!! Could you write some thoughts on the mercs with a punk or more alternatively dressing reader? Tattoos, nonstandard piercings, bold clothes, etc. If you don’t wanna do all, any of your choice!! If not no worries!

HIIIIII yes id love that— I am personally a goth, so this is something i’d be more than happy to write 🖤🖤

Mercs with a punk/alternative reader!

Scout:

Actually obsessed with your style, you may think he’d be one of those people that’d find it weird or extreme— but he loves it about you.

And it’s not just your style he adores, he loves the beliefs that it’s rooted in, and will constantly make it known that he never wants you to back down from what you feel is right.

Hell— if you’re someone that enjoys going to protests, he’ll happily come along. Baseball bat and all, because he is far from one to take shit from bigots.

Sniper:

He has always wanted piercings, actually! Or at least a tattoo or two, but god forbid he ever showed up with either if he goes to visit his parents, they'd both have a heart attack.

He is 'I listen to everything' personified, burn a CD for him and it'll be his go-to road trip playlist. Especially for any particularly long trips into town or night drives.

and on said trips into town, he'll happily bring you along if you need any DIY supplies, box dye, makeup, face paint, or whatever you gotta grab. Whatever helps you in expressing yourself to the fullest.

Medic:

No matter how many piercings you have, he finds them oh so fun! And if you're ever wanting a new one but don't wanna pay for it? You can count on him to do it for you! (don't.)

And not to mention your music taste! Please show him all your favorite bands, though he may not listen to much alternative music himself, he is always open to recommendations.

If you also happen to be the type to have a more macabre decoration style, he is more than happy to hand off a specimen jar or two!

Demo:

If you enjoy going to shows-- please take Tavish with you, he will be the life of the party when it comes to all the music, and just generally supporting your way of life, he is your guy when it comes to loud sounds and wild atmosphere.

Be sure to make him a patch or two, he will have those sewed onto his shirt in no time. He's far more sentimental than he likes to let on, but surely you can tell.

And in all honesty— I firmly believe he’s had a bit of a punk past, back when he was a teen/young adult. He naturally had to slow down a bit when it came to mercenary work, but hanging with you has honestly brought back all those fond memories.

Pyro:

It would make their day if you were to share your style with them, like straight up give them a make-over, let them see your tats, help pick out your jewelry-- they just wanna be involved!

I wholeheartedly envision Pyro as someone with an incredible taste in fashion, however, mercenary work (and fire) gets in the way of them accessorizing more than the occasional hat or clipped on plushie. So, they just help you dress up instead!

I can imagine they have quite the crow brain, always picking up any shiny object of interest— if you’re a trinket fan like them, you can expect to be given lots of bottle caps, pins, and so on— and if you happen to utilize those things in your style? you’d not only make their day, but their year.

Heavy:

He has such a full, utmost respect for you. It takes guts to be so open and forward about not only your style but your personal beliefs as well.

Standing up for those who can't is something that he has done his entire life for his sisters and his mother, people he is endlessly protective of. So to hear you hold that same thought process not only for loved ones but also for complete strangers? that is almost enough to bring this bear of a man to tears.. almost.

But more into your sense of style— He thinks it’s incredibly interesting, he isn’t a fashionable man in all honesty, he’s never had time nor interest for it. So, your sense of style is a way for him to learn about that along with the alternative subculture you’re in.

Engineer:

Like Scout, Dell endlessly supports your style. Though he doesn't have much experience with alternative culture of any kind- that doesn't mean he won't respect it.

Think of him as one of those moms who are extremely supportive but also have no clue what they are doing, that's him right there. Though Dell is far from uneducated on such things thanks to you, he still has his silly moments.

But nonetheless he feels so honored you are this willing to share your way of life with him like this, he thoroughly enjoys feeling like a safe space for those he is close to. So without a doubt, he'll come along to any live show, thrift store, club, or record store- even if some of those aren't particularly his thing, he's just happy to be there.

[kusogitsune]

Would you accept an already drunk elf's invitation to go bar hopping in the notoriously rowdy Adventurer's district?

Sherry Lilet was born to a wealthy family that fell on hard times after the sudden death of her father when she was just a girl. Her mother raised her and two other sisters on vineyard. There she learnt all the skills needed for being useful on a farm while also being educated for her eventual return to high society. She grew up unafraid to break a sweat and with a taste for drink and tolerance that would put the most boastful Adventurer to shame. Known as infectiously enthusiastic about her passions, she's notorious for roping people into hijinks and misadventures.

[gophergal]

I'm like a bull in a china shop Knocking off a knockoff Cause I got no culture I got no culture of mine...

[ivan-fyodorovich-k]

societies that demonize children and child bearing when their population starts its dramatic decline and women still refuse to have children: 😮

[jastervhett]

Boba Fett VS Jodo Kast: Twin Engines of Destruction

Boba Fett (To Jodo Kast): "You're NO one! Not Dala, not Shysa! NOBODY!" - Star Wars Twin Engines of Destruction

Always ❤️ this line. It showed that Boba knew of Tobbi Dala & Fenn Shysa AND he also knew what they looked like. Proving that Boba was well aware of not only his Mandalorian heritage but also well-known/ important Mandalorian figures….

And I ❤️ how Boba upheld the Mandalorian Tradition of reclaiming/ removing Mandalorian Armor from all encountered individuals that are Non-Mandalorian (Similar to how Din Djarin repossessed Boba Fett's Armor from Cobb Vanth).

And last but not least, I can't leave out the classic Boba Fett line: "This IS my face."