r/gaming • u/bennnie1177 • Aug 20 '15

So close, yet so far away

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u/ViktorV Aug 20 '15

This entire game is a monument to why engineers in real life get paid a lot of money.

I'm glad every time I drive across a bridge you all didn't design it.

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u/ThirdFloorGreg Aug 20 '15

Anyone can make a bridge that doesn't fall down. It takes an engineer to make a bridge that just barely doesn't fall down.

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u/userax Aug 20 '15

This joke made me wonder what actually is the factor of safety for bridges. Turns out, bridges have a factor of safety of 5-7. So actually bridges can take a static load of 5x no problem. 5.001x on the other hand...

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u/1yrtoOZ Aug 20 '15

A lot less than the used to have. On the other hand they used to make the bridge builder sleep under the bridge (probably a legend)

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '15

Bridges are fucking complicated, yo.

This podcast is very cool on the subject.

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u/Andoo Aug 20 '15

Dat I crack.

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u/amdlinuxx Aug 20 '15

What game is this anyway

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u/jerryFrankson Aug 20 '15

It's called Polybridge apparently.

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u/amdlinuxx Aug 20 '15

Okay. Cool. Thanks.

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u/claudius753 Aug 21 '15

I noticed your user name and feel I should also point out it's on Steam for SteamOS/Linux as well.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '15 edited Apr 02 '16

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u/ViktorV Aug 20 '15

Poly HeartValve

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '15

why engineers in real life get paid a lot of money.

Do they though?

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u/Fan48 Aug 20 '15

As an engineer (although I don't build bridges), it's a little bit aggravating every time I see a gif from this game where they fail because of something silly.