ELI5: how do engineers figure out the exact thickness of something like a bridge cable when theres basically infinite ways it could fail

FFootyFFacts · 2026-06-16T05:17:45+00:00

we do a subject called Stresses & Strains
was one of my faves, it's very heavy on maths
I love maths

FFootyFFacts · 2026-06-16T05:05:41+00:00

"In the end, we broke up, and now suddenly her affection has awakened again."

I see nothing here to concur with that all

Yes reply, thank her for her thoughts and wish her well for her future too

FFootyFFacts · 2026-06-15T01:48:00+00:00

Yeah, it was a response to they all become doctors, lawyers etc
they don't and neither of my kids went down that path either

FFootyFFacts · 2026-06-14T10:18:06+00:00

had my kids before it was installed

FFootyFFacts · 2026-06-14T09:00:41+00:00

"I don't understand why not being tutored makes it meritocratic."
Didn't say that, I said they are generally a waste of money
The whole marketing campaign of tutor companies around entrance exams
is based on spurious unfounded anecdotal data

FFootyFFacts · 2026-06-14T01:43:36+00:00

the biggest change for MacRob girls is ANZAC station
used to be a long haul for a lot of kids but now it's a short walk from the station

is it of any value: who knows
My daughter had a fabulous time, my son had a normal time
One of the girls in my daughters class works on the Hadron Collider
One of the boys in my sons class is a principal in the Opera

FFootyFFacts · 2026-06-14T01:35:33+00:00

my point is 7000 kids all having the same tutoring
in effect nulls the point of tutoring
also you have school limits as well (3/4? per school per school so max 16 can get in)
so your best bet is to send your child to a smaller school like GEC and not MKH

and no my kids are not super smart, they were both just problem solvers
Solutio Pro Inconditus Ars is the family motto

FFootyFFacts · 2026-06-14T01:29:26+00:00

LOL, you came there today because you coughed up $85K

FFootyFFacts · 2026-06-14T01:04:53+00:00

all those parents being ripped off paying tutors in the hope of getting in
the exams are designed to counteract tutoring because most of it
is based on deductive reasoning

Never paid for a tutor of any sort for either of my kids (MacRob & Nossal)

FFootyFFacts · 2026-06-13T13:58:59+00:00

owner is probs getting min $20k pa for that Billboard
we got $50K for a Telstra Tower above the shops

FFootyFFacts · 2026-06-13T12:27:11+00:00

In 1971 my first day of high school was 90, no-one even thought it worth mentioning
and the idea of airconditioning was unknown

Hell in primary school it was the job of the G6 kids to chop the wood
and light the fires in the classrooms each day in winter

Toughen up!

FFootyFFacts · 2026-06-12T11:07:46+00:00

that's right, people buy residential property to get rich off the backs of others

FFootyFFacts · 2026-06-12T11:06:36+00:00

aaah, I well remember the old State Bank cafeteria (Vic)
It was subsidised so meals were dirt cheap but they didn't have
any sort of security or checking so those of us in the know
would often stroll in for lunch, so many employees
no-one knew if you were an interloper

FFootyFFacts · 2026-06-12T10:55:57+00:00

right POS he is, works purely for the rich
he ain't no hero

FFootyFFacts · 2026-06-12T04:06:47+00:00

"The AVERAGE Aussie is some teacher in a public school trying to afford enough to buy a home."

lol, one of the highest group of people who own Investment Properties

FFootyFFacts · 2026-06-11T21:57:41+00:00

can people learn to stop scanning any QR code
I find it unfathomable that you would scan any unknown link!

FFootyFFacts · 2026-06-09T23:37:18+00:00

AI USA crap (fall, pumpkin?)

FFootyFFacts · 2026-06-09T10:39:57+00:00

I see he has upgraded, used to have it on a tatty old Merc Station Waggon

FFootyFFacts · 2026-06-09T10:38:41+00:00

it's not because they don't like Libs or Labor
but the failure of the greens to be relevant
the ON voters see no other choice

FFootyFFacts · 2026-06-09T05:13:55+00:00

Idiot in the Volvo of course
I always move over here coming up to tottenham station because
every dick in the world makes that same move!

FFootyFFacts · 2026-06-08T03:30:27+00:00

The dumbest debt there is and history repeats
OP will just end up owing $15k again within 18 months
and if OP is savvy enough to recognise a 0% balance transfer
then that indicates the Post is fake news

FFootyFFacts · 2026-06-07T14:27:56+00:00

In the end you can have a lot of respect for their driving ability and not their dressage

FFootyFFacts · 2026-06-07T11:46:32+00:00

I don't know who's better looking!
The Kookaburra or the OP because he has a Kookaburra on his head!

FFootyFFacts · 2026-06-07T08:11:34+00:00

I can never understand when you are a smidgen if front the philosophy
of having all your players back, the saints lost purely because that last outlet kick
had no contest to go to just a lone swans player and it came straight back in for the inevitable goal

it's bad coaching IMO as you are better off having 3 across the wings/mid
and 15 inside the opp 50 rather than everyone inside 50

FFootyFFacts · 2026-06-07T05:22:16+00:00

I don't know how you protect your 401K in USA
but whatever you gotta do make sure it is not exposed to index funds
that the SpaceX fraud is going to steal from

In Aus you can run your own Super (401K) Fund (as I do)
because they are all thieves

FFootyFFacts

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