ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 day agoOutside of politics, have you ever had a position on something that you have doubled down on and refused to move an inch on to the point of upsetting someone? Were you right?message-squaremessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down12
arrow-up161arrow-down1message-squareOutside of politics, have you ever had a position on something that you have doubled down on and refused to move an inch on to the point of upsetting someone? Were you right?ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 day agomessage-square120fedilink
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·13 hours agoI’m a structural engineer. It is part of the job. I’ve been mostly right.
minus-squareWeydemeyer@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·13 hours agoA profession where I’m sure it’s beneficial to be very rigid…
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 hours agoExcept during seismic events.
minus-squareordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·13 hours agoTell me, as a structural engineer, should I build my home on sand?
minus-squareUltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoWhat about the graboids?
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 hours agoDepends on the sand. That’s also generally more the geotechnical engineer’s call.
I’m a structural engineer. It is part of the job.
I’ve been mostly right.
A profession where I’m sure it’s beneficial to be very rigid…
Except during seismic events.
Tell me, as a structural engineer, should I build my home on sand?
What about the graboids?
Depends on the sand.
That’s also generally more the geotechnical engineer’s call.