#Reliability engineering

[fragariavescana]

They make doorstops that are integrated with the alarm system so they auto-disengage in the event of a fire.

At £100 each these are probably non-viable for houses but lots of workplaces have them. Most importantly their convenience removes the temptation for end-users to engineer defeat devices (doorstops).

remembering again the time I had one friend whose OCD included "interior doors can't be closed because what if there's a fire??" living with another friend whose triggers included "my door MUST be closed and locked or I'm Not Safe" and how many problems that caused

sometimes people just have competing needs. there's no one size fits all solution for anything.

[regina-del-cielo]

My most unpopular F1 take is that even though there are barely any overtakes I actually love watching the Monaco race. Yeah I don't care that they go slower than they could and that there's a car procession most of the time, looking at all those twists and corners and the city around it is soooo pleasing to me

(It's even better if My Boy™️ is in front ofc)

[flightrising]

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[doomdoomofdoom]

due to topical demand

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[airandangels]

A) thank goodness

B) what the hell, Wikipedia?

C) don’t just pause, stop, eject, throw the tape away.

[toomuchdragons]

I think it's kind of funny that since they take applications through their ticketing system, Flight Rising asks for your account username when you apply for a job there. I like to think they put just as much judgment on that as they do my resume. "Well, sure she's qualified, but her dragons are ugly so we'll have to pass."

[catenary-chad]

research tips for electric train whump:

-INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE SOURCES ARE YOUR FRIEND! There’s not much stuff specifically about trains but basic concepts (maintenance and repair of AC or DC motors, transformers, rectifiers, other heavy electrical equipment) largely carry over from sources about elevators or substations. There’s a lot of good videos on youtube about these topics, look into stuff aimed at apprentice electricians or industrial maintenance, it will generally be more visual/metaphor and less math-heavy if you struggle with that.

-many “breakdowns” are actually due to power infrastructure issues- third rail and catenary wires have different problems and these further vary based on how old they are. Fixed-tension catenaries on the former Pennsylvania Railroad are a notorious issue. The more modern the line, the less weird stuff you’ll have, but much of the US, parts of the UK, and a number of spots in mainland Europe have more unusual and antiquated electrification systems. And this is also an issue with model trains between brands and eras!

-On a related note, pantograph designs have varied by time and place and have different advantages/disadvantages/issues. You even have times when they have a uniquely bad time with old catenaries, like old Comet EMUs specifically getting snarled in those constant-tension PRR catenaries

-Never underestimate how “dumb” and un-computery a lot of electric trains actually are, especially circa the 80s. “Toaster” isn’t even an inaccurate insult for older DC-motor trains, they literally brake using huge resistors that put out a ton of heat… like a giant toaster. And the really old, simple stuff tended to last a stupidly long time in service so you can 1000% wave off a 20s-era engine or EMU in the 80s.

-If you want some really easy ones that have actually happened before: connecting to too strong of a power source and getting FRIED, and having wires ripped out willy-nilly by techs not familiar with electric trains that don’t know what they’re doing. Weaponized incompetence with anything electrical checks out with how even a lot of train people know very little about it and don’t care.

-model trains also have a lot of beginner-friendly electrical info you can work from

[starpens]

it’s so sad what happened to google

[beecave-blues]

My mama says I look lonely. “You got lonely eyes, Dallas Bravo,” she says. I guess I am, y’know? Sure, I got all my team, my brother just a drive away, but I still feel alone.

Like inside, I feel alone, like I haven’t got myself to be with. War, fightin’, shootin’ fixes that. It’s like there’s so many different me’s in me, me’s focused on every little thing, me’s takin’ it all in. It’s that rush, that energy from the fight.

Then we lose, and it goes away again. Then I’m alone again.

Well you know what? We ain’t gonna do that no more. We ain’t gonna loose no more. We’re gonna pick ourselves up, hold that win close to our inner us’s, and we’re gonna win every single damn draw this winter.

Merry Christmas, Excavation. Your streak is coal by the time we’re through.

[stitches-and-icecream]

this has been coming up more and more frequently in my regular conversations

so for anyone that needs to hear it

dogpile still responds correctly to quoted searches

[drygrasses]

Car repairs……….ASS

[rickybaby]

The universe heard Daniel talking about full circle moments and decided to truly complete it. We are going back to our roots of exploding renault engines!

[curvymommy70]

Welcome to Reliability Engineering as a part of Systems Engineering.

[hibiscusgardenfield]

Anyways have this traditional art I made of TTTE Eddie back in Last month!

(Pretty low quality lol)

[unproduciblesmackdown]

what in the. see this is why it's a good thing that multiplayer videogames especially are about having fun & being yourself like what do you mean disguised spies automatically had the speed of the disguise's class & everyone's like yea if i wasn't always going for the scout disguise i'd kill myself right now. i'd be like haha can't catch Me out supposedly the extra slow or extra fast class >:) i am a harmless engineer