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Posts in category “engineering”

 
 
 

Valorizing Rule-breaking

I’ve been reading about Oceangate with increasing horror and anger, and the confusion over the relationship between engineering and — frankly — bullshit. I don’t think anyone has ever told me ‘you are going to kill someone.’ Certainly not ‘way too often.’ If you’re hearing that, the right response is to slow down, not take it as an insult.

 

Roman Concrete

Roman concrete was cool, but the new MIT result may be off-base

 

The Last 747

Thoughts on the last 747, and engineering culture.