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-square119fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down13
arrow-up153arrow-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-square119fedilink
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·16 hours agoI’m a structural engineer. It is part of the job. I’ve been mostly right.
minus-squareWeydemeyer@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·16 hours agoA profession where I’m sure it’s beneficial to be very rigid…
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·14 hours agoExcept during seismic events.
minus-squareordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 hours agoTell me, as a structural engineer, should I build my home on sand?
minus-squareUltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 hours agoWhat about the graboids?
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 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.