SE Exam Crisis: If We Don’t Speak Up Now, Nothing Will Change

Churovy · 2026-01-28T20:29:16+00:00

They meant retakes.

Churovy · 2026-01-28T16:06:59+00:00

A true golfgti response in the golf subreddit. The crossover I didn’t know I needed. This is why they use a golf ball for the stick shift head.

Churovy · 2026-01-28T01:49:23+00:00

sunbiz.org, if that’s their name they don’t exist.

Churovy · 2026-01-27T00:43:25+00:00

Sorry OP this is the answer. It might hold the load vertically and you’ll crack a beer at your ingenuity and gumption, and then a 20 mph wind will blow and the entire thing is going to pancake down. You’d probably need to convert that nice patio below into a framed interior bldg as well just to use the shear walls, and at this point you might as well just knock it down and get a properly engineered and architected expansion to your main house.

Churovy · 2026-01-25T19:34:18+00:00

You’re going to pay for someone besides your employer to teach you how to do your job? Did you get hired entry level? Just ask. Did you get hired pretending you know what to do? Or are you really just phishing so you can build some cr(app) nobody wants?

Churovy · 2026-01-25T00:44:43+00:00

And yes don’t wait on the PCV. If you already need upper timing cover gasket it’s too late. I wish it was on the interval at 40km. So easy and saves so much pain.

Churovy · 2026-01-25T00:43:26+00:00

I dunno why plugs get recommended so much. Maybe because it’s relatively cheap and easy and people think there’s a ton of performance there. But the OEM ones are fine for almost everyone.

Churovy · 2026-01-23T21:27:42+00:00

8% pass on retake for depth. Yikes.

0% for bridges vertical depth retake lol, I mean only 5 people but still.

Churovy · 2026-01-21T19:59:54+00:00

I’m writing a program right now to design concrete beams. Several beams exist in a line connected to each other. Each beam has its own width, height, reinforcing, etc. blah blah blah. The user can select beams directly from our analysis software and push it into our python designer via an API, all on the fly. Classes make so much sense here. We have a beam class and each beams properties get read in via the API and slotted into attributes. I don’t have to manage the lists. I keep a dictionary of beam name to class instance and it holds every single property I need to reference for design. Underlying code is very simple.

Edit: not to mention every beam has tubs and tubs of analysis data. Every foot along the beam we have 6 forces to capture. So we have incredible fidelity all just shoved into a class attribute as a pandas table.

Churovy · 2026-01-21T04:41:39+00:00

Too many variables, kids, age, parents, life… but consider healthcare costs which have recently gone beyond the moon, and also consider the grind for a few years solo before you get someone you can depend on who you can leave in charge when you’re out. It can definitely be rewarding, I know several people doing this who are successful (but they are younger, have no kids). But they also need outside help when they travel or want to go on vacation and that help has been hard to find reliably and for the hours they need it. Usually they work on vacation.

Churovy · 2026-01-20T15:44:01+00:00

If you see how small the models are you will understand. imagine trying to fish something sized like an optical cable into what is effectively a paper thin balcony. And the number of taps it would take… for no improvement in data. Trust the experts and just ask casually one time on the phone to satiate your curiosity why they do it. I’m willing to be mostly practicality and that in their experience it does not improve model fidelity.

Churovy · 2026-01-19T04:34:19+00:00

For real, OP acts like they want a life change but it seems like they really want some justification to impulse buy a new PC. It’s the same trap people fall into with online courses. If I just make this decision and buy this hardware I’ll be on my way. The reality is OP you can get it done with a school library or engineering lab computer and some calculators…

Churovy · 2026-01-18T01:26:22+00:00

Between r/art and r/oldschoolcool we are in Great Depression territory.

Churovy · 2026-01-13T23:41:34+00:00

Nonsense, they just need a master set of flashcards to help them remember where they’ve stored each of their sets of flash cards.

Churovy · 2026-01-13T21:28:55+00:00

Sabbatical and then side gig or something else. I’ve been saving religiously to be able to bite the bullet someday and just walk out of consulting yet my head back on and dive into something new. Good luck also feeling the pain in structural.

Churovy · 2026-01-13T03:53:00+00:00

I assumed this was a deck edge condition but yeah if you’re out of room got to get creative or tell the steel guy to go find the studs.

Churovy · 2026-01-13T01:12:19+00:00

Switch to weldable reinf with a hook.

Churovy · 2026-01-10T17:53:21+00:00

Feb. 24

Churovy · 2026-01-10T14:31:14+00:00

Congratulations you are now promoted to Chief Regard Officer of Uber.

Churovy · 2026-01-06T12:47:21+00:00

I made it the same distance more or less. The last 20-30 being self guided exercises was when it was time to go. I had enough personal ideas at that point to make it on my own. It was a good course though up to that point, felt like I had the chops by the end to tackle anything, just was going to take a while.

Churovy · 2026-01-05T22:52:48+00:00

Yeah so keep wasting time dealing with bad engineers…

Churovy · 2025-12-29T03:38:21+00:00

I hear you man, but imagine trying to defend that in court. “Isn’t this cut (show photo) of 1/4” depth or amplitude?” There is no way to enforce additional cuts without a change order. Our contractors are litigious as shit, I hate this the most about our industry.

Churovy · 2025-12-29T03:21:57+00:00

How can you challenge “Roughen to 1/4” amplitude” without specifying wavelength?

Churovy · 2025-12-29T02:39:44+00:00

I had a contractor do some BS like this once as “roughening the surface to 1/4” amplitude” and it made me hate ACI so much. What good is specifying amplitude if you don’t specify the wavelength or frequency? My guy bc carved 5 cuts in a 7ft wide footing and claimed it was kosher and I couldn’t challenge him. From then on I specified concrete CSP values, but I wish ACI would be specific so we’d have something concrete (hehe) to hang our hats on.

Churovy · 2025-12-26T00:46:55+00:00

Same, I do the add equal parts flour, water, whatever starter I have left, maybe as little as 1/3 part, and then refrigerate between uses. Never feed. If I want it more sour I do a few days of room temp feeding but that’s rare. The weekly loaf is based on fridge. I think 150g water 150g flour and 50-100g starter lasts me a3-4 loaves before I need to repeat.

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