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To be pedantic, that's still covered under E
116 2 ReplyI 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.
51 0 ReplyI 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
22 0 Replyyeah. Gotta be careful with them.
even the desktop variety has a lot of energy in the system.
6 0 ReplyProbably better than the scar my cousin has on his thigh from an ad hoc fulcrum catapult.
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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.
10 1 ReplyThe plastic candy-filled kind…. I hope.
Or. I hope they weren’t very good neighbors….
2 0 ReplyNo, tiny bits of hidden software. It’s not a very efficient way of distributing code, but it was fun.
7 0 ReplyRember kids, if you find a USB stick in your easter egg, run home and plug it in to get free candy in Roblox.
3 0 ReplyYeah. 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.
9 0 ReplyI'm a machinist, which is kind of engineer adjacent. We make cannons.
8 0 ReplyCannons are just trebuchets with extra oomph
6 0 ReplyCannons are fun too.
5 0 ReplyIn CNC as well, can confirm, cannons are made
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btw, it's a rite of passage.
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Mother, 33, stops being a scientist to do science.
12 0 ReplyscienceengineeringSiege engineering to be precise
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And M. A lot of M actually. And S. Also T. Put some A in it to make it not threatening.
3 0 Replyno 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...
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