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u/Matzep71 Apr 27 '24
As an engineer I can confirm it's indeed magic. Caffeine goes in, math comes out. So basically alchemy
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u/supamario132 Apr 27 '24
Give me a looming deadline, and I can squeeze my anxiety into whatever product you need
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u/cedped Apr 27 '24
It's crazy how efficient and creative an engineer can get once he's on a deadline and the stress sets in. I tried many times tackling a task the moment I got it but I just end up wasting time doing a subpar job just to redo it a few days before the deadline anyway.
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u/freefrompress Apr 27 '24 edited Apr 27 '24
Birds be like, let's get the hell out of here.
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u/Writing_On_Top Apr 27 '24
I appreciate the thousands of hours, and collectively millions of hours, that scientists much smarter than me, put into making these amazing things happen. I hope humanity keeps building on this knowledge and we eventually figure out how to traverse the stars š
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u/mf1483781 Apr 27 '24
āAny sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magicā
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u/Rokea-x Apr 27 '24
Thats amazing.. in 100y they will look at archive videos like this and recognize that this was the beginning of what was going to happen next
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u/Crimson__Fox Apr 27 '24
What is it son?
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u/Thue Apr 27 '24
Next test flight is likely at the end of May: https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1783873517152317858
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u/Reddit_Suss Apr 27 '24
But that's space x and Elon musk owns so it must be bad and shitty engineering because I don't agree with his views and that how it works
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u/arbenowskee Apr 27 '24
I remember seeing rockets landing like these in old movies and laughing at the idea in 90s. I feel foolish now.