• MrMamiya@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Ancient engineers: let’s make it work.

    Modern engineers: we need to make sure it breaks at approximately 36 months to ensure low ability to claim warranty while also ensuring the customer believes it could have been a fluke.

    Or, roughly translated into engineer speak…”anyone can build an aqueduct, it takes skill to build an aqueduct using the minimum amount of material required”.

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    1 year ago

    Anyone can design a 70 mile long aqueduct. It takes a skilled engineer to design a 70 mile long aqueduct using the minimal amount of materials necessary.

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      1 year ago

      Something something anyone can build a strong bridge, only an engineer can build a bridge that just barely doesn’t collapse