#uncivil engineering

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Success has never been easy. Hard work, precision, consistency, and many other things contribute to achieving success. Avnish aka Uncivilized Engineer understands this truth all too well, as he has shared some of his tips and experiences with his audience. Through his dedication and commitment to excellence in engineering, Avnish has demonstrated the importance of perseverance and determination in overcoming challenges. #Video #Uncivilizedengineer #Avnish #Success #Hardwork #Precision

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In the thought-provoking and empowering video titled Don't Ignore These Signs by Uncivilized Engineer, readers are passionately urged to embrace their authentic selves and cease concealing their true identities. With an exciting and professional tone of voice, the author skillfully unveils the importance of self-acceptance amidst a society that often encourages conformity. Watch video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxAyDy4OyVI

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Hi friend! 👋 For the fic writers asks, please ❤️:

17. What’s something you’ve learned about while doing research for a fic?

18. What’s one of your favorite lines you’ve written in a fic?

Hi back!! Thank you friend! (For everyone else, I am still accepting asks here, just getting to them slowly!)

17. What's something you've learned about while doing research for a fic?

Boats! Not in any way that would be actually applicable if I ever went on a boat, unfortunately. But I had Anakin working as a boat mechanic in Down by the Seaside and needed to use some keywords, at least.

(Please, no one who actually knows about yacht engines judge me too hard. I did my best.)

18. What's one of your favorite lines you've written in a fic?

@ellelans just reminded me of this one! It's more of a paragraph, sorry.

Anakin is watching Obi-Wan puttering around and getting ready in the morning in An Uncivil War:

Anakin let his hand fall to the side of the bed and thought, I am going to steal you away. If, after all this is over, whether we’ve caught Grievous or not, we go back to Coruscant and they try to pull you in again, I won’t let them. They can’t have you. I want you to have a life where you can be this relaxed and happy and feel like this in the Force all the time, and you can’t do it, at the Temple. The Temple makes your shoulders tense and gives you headaches and I have to spend hours every time I see you teasing you and joking with you and making you truly irresponsible amounts of tea before you finally drop your Shields and get even half so relaxed as you have been out here. You are never going to another Council meeting ever again. I don’t care how hard they’ll fight to keep you; I’ll fight harder. You deserve this. You deserve every good, kind, beautiful thing in the world. You deserve an easy life. And I will move galaxies to get it for you.

There's a lot in that fic I'm proud of, but that one is definitely up there :D

Thank you for the ask!!

[willtheweaver]

Writecamp day 42

Week 6! As always, thanks for the event @agirlandherquill and thanks for the tag @kitty-is-writing

Today's prompts: "There's an end to this, there must be.", "We fought too long for this to be the end"

Dawn saw the commanders met in Agamemnon's tent for a counsel of war.

"Ten long years now we have waged war against Troy." The King of Mycenae opened up with. "And yet for all our might, Priam has refused to yield to us. Even as we slay his men, allies, and sons, his resolve has refused to crumble.

"Not only that, but the spears and arrows of the defenders has cost us greatly. Without Achillies, I do not see how this war could be won."

He had barely finished speaking when those gathered erupted in a flurry of voices.

"Have you gone soft brother?" Menelaus scorned. "Have you forgotten the shame and dishonor Paris brought upon our house by infiltrating our lands and making off with my wife? It was you who swore to summon the kings and generals, along with every soldier and ship they could bear. And you did so with such fervor and zeal that Ares himself would have cowered in fear."

"He has the right of it." Ajax added. "We fought too long for this to be the end. Men out there have lost sons, brothers, fathers. They would rather fall on their own swords than return to Attica humiliated and defeated. They will stay here until they see Troy torn down, brick by brick."

"But how, pray I ask, do you intend to achieve such?" Epeius asked. "Our siege engines have thus far proven useless against the walls and gates. We have tried a hundred ways, and every time we have been repulsed. Even a blind man tell us that our path leads only to Hades."

Those in favor of fighting on only became more vocal. Things got heated to the point that the Greeks were on the verge of turning on each other. Order was only restored when Agamenon banged the table with a stone mace.

"Gentlemen, peace! It is not befitting our stations to fight among ourselves! Only uncivilized savages, forsaken by the gods and shunned by the civilized world would do so!" He paused, then cast his eyes on the far corner of the tent.

"Odysseus. You have so far been silent on the matter. Have you anything to say?"

The King of Ithica closed his eyes, as if deep in thought. It was a moment before he spoke.

"There is an end to this...there must be. If victory cannot be achieved by brute force and might of arms, then by subtilty must it be won."

Odysseus made his way to the middle of the tent, the other commanders making way for him. He grabbed a lump of charcoal from the cold brazier and began scribbling on the back of a scroll.

"We shall leave a force behind while the remainder take to the ships and feint retreat. Those that stay shall be concealed in a likeness of the animal the Trojans revere as sacred to Athena. One of us has to pretend to turn traitor and convince the Trojans to bring the effigy into the city.

"They will celebrate and become complacent. When night descends, our soldiers shall open the gates, the ships having returned undetected."

"How long will it take for our craftsmen to create this... wooden horse?" Menelaus asked.

"If they make it out of our damaged and destroyed ships and siege engines, they can have it completed by nightfall." Odysseus answered.

"Have them begin work immediately." There was a grim look in Agamenon's eyes. "By the time the sun sets on the morrow, either Troy shall be nothing more than a heap of burning rubble, or we all will be sharing the boat with Charon."

Tagging @talesfromaurea @morganthepen @mysticstarlightduck @thearchavistsletterbox @write-with-will

@sergeantnarwhalwrites @writingrosesonneptune @theeccentricraven @ryns-ramblings @bioniclechronicles and all who want to join in!

[etherealyoonghwa]

A Fine Mess

Opie Winston x female oc.

Warnings: soa.

Word count: 421.

Prompt 310. "Look here, tough guy-"

Maeve Blackwood masterlist

"Look here, tough guy—" Maeve Blackwood's voice cut through the rumble of the garage, a sharp counterpoint to the clang of metal. Opie Winston, mid-wrench on a Harley engine, didn't even flinch. He just kept his head down, the faint scent of oil and gasoline clinging to him like a second skin.

"Got a name for that tough guy, Blackwood?" Opie grunted, not looking up. His tone was laced with a familiar weariness, a decade of dealing with Maeve's particular brand of directness.

Maeve leaned against the grimy workbench, arms crossed, one perfectly manicured eyebrow raised. "Only if you plan on actually looking at me when I'm talking to you, Winston."

Slowly, deliberately, Opie straightened up. He wiped his hands on a rag, his blue eyes, usually shadowed, meeting hers with an intensity that always managed to surprise her. "Alright, I'm looking. What's so urgent it can't wait until I've got this beast purring?" He gestured to the half-disassembled bike.

"This 'beast' can wait," Maeve countered, pushing off the bench and walking closer. The worn leather of her jacket creaked softly. "I just got a call from someone who claims your club, specifically you, borrowed a certain… highly specialized piece of equipment from them last night."

Opie’s jaw tightened almost imperceptibly. "Highly specialized, huh? What are we talking about, Blackwood? A magic wand? A shrink ray?"

Maeve's lips twitched, but she held firm. "More like a very expensive, very illegal, and very hard-to-trace drone that apparently went for an unscheduled joyride over the docks and may or may not have, shall we say, accidentally filmed something rather incriminating."

A low whistle escaped Opie. He ran a hand through his red hair, finally meeting her gaze with a flicker of something unreadable – amusement? Annoyance? "And you're here because...?"

"Because," Maeve said, stepping closer until only a few inches separated them, "my client is very unhappy. And when my clients are unhappy, I tend to get… creatively motivated. So, 'tough guy,' are we going to have a civilized chat about this drone, or am I going to have to get uncivilized?"

Opie stared at her, a slow smile finally spreading across his face, a genuine warmth that always caught her off guard. "Uncivilized, huh? Now that sounds like fun, Blackwood. But first, let me just finish with this purring beast. Wouldn't want her to miss out on the show." He winked. Maeve rolled her eyes, but a small smile played on her own lips. This was going to be a long day.

[20kmemesunderthesea]

Mobilis in Mobili

Things of Interest:

Captain Nemo, Freedom Fighter

Libertatem

Films:

Captain Nemo in Film

The Russian 1975 "Captain Nemo" Miniseries

SNL: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

AMC's "Nautilus"

Games:

Leagues of Love: a Steampunk Dating Sim

Nemo's Fury

Verne: the Shape of Fantasy

A Whale of a Tale:

Hello my fellow bookworms, geeks and uncivilized vagrants! My name is Anna, and I hail from the United States.

I married a man from India. He’s the full package. Tall, dark and handsome…sort of broody until he warms up to you, then he’s a total cinnamon roll. He’s also adventurous, has compelling leadership qualities and a penchant for humanitarianism, which is one of the main reasons I husband’ed him. We’ve been bound in holy matrimony for many a year, and he’s aged like fine wine.

Here's us as young 'uns living in India:

Behind us in this photo you'll see an Indian naval submarine. He took me on a tour of it as a date, because he knows how to show a girl a good time.

Early on in our relationship I read "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea." I couldn’t put it down! At night I would dream about being on board the Nautilus. Furthermore…I was immediately smitten with Captain Nemo. 

I actually got a little flustered reading TKLUTS. Captain Nemo is first introduced with three paragraphs describing how handsome he is, with a commanding presence, swarthy features and “finely-tapered hands.” In Professor Aronnax’s words, “Certainly the most wonderful physical specimen I'd ever met up with.”

As the story progresses, he’s shown to be level-headed under pressure, a great leader, and, of course a brilliant mind. My little ol’ heart could hardly handle it when he saved that pearl-diver’s life…or when he smuggled gold to the revolutionaries in Crete. And it did certainly did not help when he would have an impassioned outburst, or break down in tears at the sight of a human life being taken. 

(Jules Verne made Captain Nemo SO HOT…and for what?!)

Now obsessed with this literary figure, I had to find out his elusive backstory. A brief Google search revealed another Jules Verne book, “The Mysterious Island,” which promised to answer my questions.

Upon reading “The Mysterious Island,” I was hard-hit by the tragic tale of the deposed Indian Prince Dakkar, alias Captain Nemo who lost his family during the rebellion of 1857, then built a futuristic submarine in secret with his faithful followers, and dedicated his life to science…and revenge.

Then it hit me like a thunderbolt.

Captain Nemo is Indian...

The way people look up to him…

The intelligent, constantly active mind…

The thirst for adventure…

The tender heart hidden under an exterior of emotional constipation..

It was then I realized that I was besotted with a fictional character…who is a dead ringer for my own dear husband!

Upon re-reading TKLUTS I could attest that the way Captain Nemo reacts in any given situation is just how my husband would react if he had a penchant for engineering and undiagnosed chronic depression. I was flabbergasted that I hadn’t seen it before!

Practically slamming a copy of “20k League Under the Sea” in front of my spouse, I said, “This could be us: we just need a submarine!”

They always said, "boys are better in books..."

This is why I advise people to not hold out.

Wait until you find the literary character of your dreams in the flesh.

It’s truly a joy to hold his finely-tapered hands.

[cosmicfleurs]

"Lost in the Astral Seas" MASTER POST

Alright, finally buckling down and making a master post for this scatter-brained Mer AU that I oh so love to draw, but have yet to connect the story dots with! Summary: The lone survivor of a disastrous crash on an uncivilized ocean planet, simply known as D-125C, Y/N struggles to make a safe haven for themselves with the help of lone drone. They find unexpected allies hidden beneath the waves, but within this planets ocean lies a secret best left in its depths.

References (thus far!) :

Y/N - Robotics Engineer, was part of crew of crashed ship, and is not adept to surviving in wild environments. They are stubborn in their pursuit to survive though, despite the occasional existential crisis of realizing they might be the only human left on an alien planet. Sun - Surface leviathan predator, hunts using shifting hypnotic patterns across his skin, similar to a cuddle fish. Least aggressive of the pack, and first to encounter Y/N, coming to see them as a fellow leviathan that is just missing their tail (he is lonely).

Moon- Nocturnal leviathan predator, lures prey in with complex bio luminescent patterns and then chases it down to kill. Is a very proud hunter, and saw Y/N as prey at first from how poorly their attempts at catching fish were. Is close with Sun though and allows Y/N to be part of the pack for Sun's sake.

Eclipse - Leviathan of the depths, eldest of the three and protector of their territory. His deep red colors make him almost invisible to creatures in the ocean depths, and he fights other leviathan to fend them off from his pack members hunting grounds. Is terrifying to encounter, but is surprisingly gentle with Sun, Moon, and even Y/N when they meet. Extra picture of Sun showing off how their flippers can work!

AU Tag for when I post things about this AU!

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Arms hug the small canvas backpack on her lap, her chest leaning into it; the deflated posture is uncharacteristic of her usual poise. The dizzying smell of fossil fuel and the incessant ear-numbing hum and rattle of the helicopter’s engine collide with the nervous shake she’s battling in the pit of her empty stomach. 

     Clear blue eyes suspiciously flit between the two passengers facing her: privateers in militia fatigues and yellow armbands, their hardened faces as nondescript as the ones who flew with her in the opposite direction less than a week prior. This nosiness too is an aberration, preferring instead to keep her eyes pinned in her day planner as if playing invisible cargo for how out of place she feels. 

     That aloofness is dangerous now. Her contract offers no protection. No 'we’re on the same side' mentality. Uncivilized brutes, the lot of them. The red scuff marks lining her upper cheek, the grip marks left down the length of her arm, the large bruise on her hip where she hit the docks when men like these decided her belongings mattered enough to harm her. Men like these threw her around, threatened, and knocked her to the ground, dumped empty her bags, and took what they wanted. She thought she was going to die.

     The taller trooper with a square jaw and a buzz cut catches her stare and in return, lobs a pleased smirk that shrinks her back before she inches closer to the big burly pirate at her side. Thank goodness Mister Montenegro agreed to send his enforcer, Mister Moncada, to assure her safety on her transport back. Only his reassuring presence (and the anxiety meds she took earlier) are keeping her mind focused. 

     Sight blinks its way to the open siding of the chopper. The blue waters and the island’s green canopy give way to the main compound’s parameters. That private jet out of here is thankfully not far in her future. // @badtrigger (p.s. for Santiago and Keamy)

[defconprime]

Montgomery Scott, Uncivilized Engineer

[skyhdvideos]

Intrigued by the sheer grit and determination displayed by these athletes as they pushed their physical limits beyond imagination, Avnish found inspiration like never before. He knew deep within his heart that this was more than just a race; it was a tangible manifestation of human potential waiting to be unleashed. Fuelled by this revelation, he embarked on an arduous journey towards transforming himself into what seemed impossible – an Ironman. #Videos #YouTubers #Avnish #Uncivilizedenginner #Fitness #Healthy

[a-student-out-of-time]

Nanokumas! I should have seen that coming

I think that's all of them.

Hamoponi, report!

_________________________________________________

Targets neutralized.

And by your request, I have a couple of the blighters stored in my onboard vacuum. Deactivated, of course. I do believe were secure, dear chaps.

Terribly sorry for that display. How uncivilized.

__________________________________________________

Alright, we're good! Now you guys can get back to talking about...whatever you were talking about.

What an unbothered little girl...

Well, we're safe now! That's the important part.

I'm not an engineer, but I can take a look at this nanokumas and see if there's something we can learn from them.

Good. Now that that's out of the way, there's a lot we still need to discuss.

[amaiguri]

"Belle, you have too many GODDANG Senators! Who the heck are they all?"

You're right. I have a problem where I have side characters who start out as props, essentially -- the Captain of the Guard acknowledges something bad happened and "takes over from here." ...Except now she's a cafe owner with a veteran girlfriend and her hobby is making fireworks and she's extremely bubbly as a defense mechanism for her trauma -- because she doesn't want anyone to feel unwanted, like she does... *cough cough* ANYWAY, so let's help you get to know my Senators, at least, by putting them all in one place!

Diacaius Praefori

"You wish to know me? I see no need for self introduction. You will see what I can accomplish soon enough..."

Diacaius was born and raised in Telethens, fought in the war to conquer the farthest West of the South, before going into Engineering and AI.

On the basis of his engineering as well as his charismatic smile, he was elected into the Senate before proposing and making the Philosopher King. It has been a decade-long process but she is finally in a place where she exhibits true sapience, computer-fast reflexes, and the ability to point and destroy any city. With his robot daughter's success, Diacaius was put in charge of conquering the uncivilized North.

But what no one knows is that he's had the help of an eldritch abomination -- the Goddess of the Abyss, Eris. How much longer will she keep favoring him? How much longer can he stay in control?

Sipestro

"The Blood Tsars saw my brother and I as leashed cats who did magical tricks, moreso than human children to raise and educate. Just as some people are born Witches and others must butcher their eyes, some people are simply born capable of seeing other people as people — and others only respect you when you could butcher them."

Kalliopeia describes Sipestro as, "...a measured, Svanihk man with coiled dark hair, flecked gray from his age — though his brown face was relatively unwrinkled save for the furrowed crease in his brow. He, much like Diacaius, featured in many of my earliest memories where he watched and tested the wear on the materials of my body." He's a materials engineer and a natural-born Witch.

But while Diacaius was hailed as "The Father of Modern AI" and widely celebrated as the head of the team that made Kalliopeia. Sipestro is a much lesser-known name from a more tumultuous and "barbaric" region. Sipestro tries not to let the snap judgments of the commonfolk to get to him and carry on doing his own work. He tries to focus on only his team's needs -- as even Diacaius immensely respect him. He tries to be proud of himself with only his own validation.

Tries.

Imedea

I believe in [God] and I believe They work through us. WE have to make the world better — we can’t just wait for miracles.

Imedea is known for her fairness, principles, and adherence to the spirit of the law. She's a Zavlakihk Senator who revolutionized the way bodies of stars are tracked, which has wildly improved maritime navigation of the Aftokratoria.

Imedea's only ""imperfection"" is that she is "just roommates" with the sweet Senator Pythas -- and she shouldn't be in a relationship with a coworker. It isn't even that it's illegal, but she worries it clouds her judgment about voting for things.

She hasn't kicked her out of the apartment yet.

(P.s. I've definitely redone her visual design several times lol)

(Below: Imedea is on the right, Pythas is on the left)

Pythas

Pythas is a shy, brilliant girl who agnostically codified Geometry -- which had formerly been a complicated mess of pseudo-religious jargon and folk-knowledge that made it extremely difficult to pass down. They call her anthology of work "The Pythian Theorem".

She was tutored by a disgruntled Tsar in Zavlakya, and the Tsar's child stole her work until Senator Imedea stepped in to put her rightful name on it. This, of course, made her lose her sponsorship from the Tsar and she ended up having to fall back on government food and housing -- which simply didn't have the same educational resources.

Pythas became a Philosopher at this point -- working streetcorners to teach people about her work and using all her donations to put towards codex printing. Eventually, her work reached shipbuilders, Portmasters, and the famous local Stonemason's Guild -- and wildly adopted the city-over. Through navigating her rising fame and sudden income, Pythas found the confidence to advocate for ideas and, with Imedea's encouragement, ran as the Second Senator of Zavlakya -- which is easily run against the Tsar's candidate.

Pythas is still at her happiest analyzing and optimizing tax codes, building regulations, and railroad lines, but with all that's been happening around Telethens these days, she's having to run a whole new equation now: What's the best way to keep the Aftokratoria safe from Demons?

Eumenides

Eumenides is a lawyer-turned-Senator who still mostly focuses on judicial issues in Telethens. She is a great admirer of her Telethenian co-Senator, Diacaius, and wants to live up the lasting legacy he has built in the city -- but having lived a more sheltered life, she fears the beliefs she holds so strongly and all the ideals she holds for a better future are fake. She works tirelessly for them anyway.

Ex-Senator Tarchus

And last and least, Senator Tarchus was one of the few Senators opposed to the reign of Kalliopeia, the Philosopher King, on the grounds that she is a robot and not a human. Senator Diacaius promptly got him un-elected and he definitely didn't threaten anyone's children to do it. Tarchus is just a priest now and he isn't deeply resentful at all.

And that's all the named Senators! Please stay tuned for when I inevitably make 20 bajillion more!

[cellobotomy]

[image ID: a tweet from Uncivil Engineer. "fun fact: the reason your internal body temperature rises when you are infected is because viruses are using your body to mine for bitcoin". end ID.]

[hasbr0mniverse]

Toy Pick Of The Day!

GoBots Mighty Robots Mighty Vehicles 1983 - Name: Buggyman - Faction: Renegade - Alternate Mode: Manx Meyer Dune Buggy - Motto: “I just love being an uncivil engineer!”

[skytechme]

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[electrivolt]

@dragonplated asked : “Why is this a debate?! You can solve this with two sticks!”

click / open .

"Well excuse ME mister 'dragon dance solves everything' SOME of us enjoy overengineering things for no reason!!! Have you ever thought it's enrichment to figure out how many things you can use to do things like burning toast or committing a murder?! I'm an engineer not uncivilized!!"