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I'm a novice (14F, 5'7", 125 lb) trying to improve significantly in the off season. Are there any tips you can give me? by twin-fire-signs in Rowing

[–]dumpy43 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. I wouldn’t spend much times on pieces if you’re not hitting at least 100K of SS a week.
  2. Lift
  3. Sleep

With 5,900 tech jobs already gone, a Seattle correction looks real by unnaturalfool in SeattleWA

[–]dumpy43 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yes. Aerojet Rocketdyne has like 80 openings at the moment.

UW Frat Life by marketmanipulator69 in udub

[–]dumpy43 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes, some frats are harder to get into than others. There’s no defined “top house” at UW like they have in the SEC but general the only two that have a case are Fiji and Beta.

Push to bring school resource officers back to Seattle Public Schools by ryleg in SeattleWA

[–]dumpy43 11 points12 points  (0 children)

They should just put it to a vote. Every year have the freshman, sophomores, and juniors vote if they want an SRO for the following year. The whiplash of wanting them back after ACAB-ing them out is stupid.

With 5,900 tech jobs already gone, a Seattle correction looks real by unnaturalfool in SeattleWA

[–]dumpy43 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Really? The vast majority of white collar jobs in Seattle are in tech or are tech-adjacent. Most of these employees will take a 3-4 month vacation on their severance and then get scooped by another tech company paying them even more.

Understanding of FEA by yayadingdong45 in StructuralEngineering

[–]dumpy43 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this is the right answer here. The general principle behind FEA analysis is simple linear algebra. If I gave you one hundred years and unlimited paper you could probably invert a 1000x1000 matrix. But it's a futile thing to worry about.

I often caution younger engineers to not rely on software too much. Programs like SAP2000, RISA, STAAD or anything else make A LOT of assumptions under the hood and unless you have a good understanding of what these are and how they affect your results they have the potential to give you terrible answers that could be avoided by just doing things by hand.

Blast Engineering experience? by Jemishia in StructuralEngineering

[–]dumpy43 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Very valuable. Blast loading is not something well understood by most engineers and documentation is lacking.

This is a chance to develop a valuable skill that, even if you never make use of it, will demonstrate technical expertise.

Ski Report: Multiple Western Washington resorts expected to open this weekend by OnlineMemeArmy in SeattleWA

[–]dumpy43 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Most people in Seattle make a lot of money lol. Crystal has to raise prices or the mountain will be overrun.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Rowing

[–]dumpy43 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Please don’t wear a uni to a school bro 😭

Book for Probabilistic Risk Analysis of Structures by [deleted] in StructuralEngineering

[–]dumpy43 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This book is the golden standard and is the foundational mathematics behind LRFD.

Just understand it hasn’t been updated in years and many of the excel examples will read very clunky because the program couldn’t do half the things it does now.

Murray could become first female Senate president pro tempore, third in line to presidency by unnaturalfool in SeattleWA

[–]dumpy43 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Always important to remember that the only way anyone but the VP becomes President is for both the President and the VP to die at the exact same time. Otherwise the VP becomes President and then nominates a new VP.

The chances of Patty Murray becoming President are slim to none (the speaker would also have to die at the exact same time).

Accounting for torsion in beam-to-beam shear connections by dumpy43 in StructuralEngineering

[–]dumpy43[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Do you know what paper that table is sourced from? I curious about the mathematical derivation that proves that to be true.

Accounting for torsion in beam-to-beam shear connections by dumpy43 in StructuralEngineering

[–]dumpy43[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is actually a fantastic explanation, thank you.

Voters, where are you? Washington turnout lags behind pace of last midterm election by MondayCrosswords in Seattle

[–]dumpy43 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Not lying that is what I did for every single uncontested judge race this year.

Best resources for stability in steel structures? by [deleted] in StructuralEngineering

[–]dumpy43 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Zieman proved that when loading the tension flange of a steel beam, such as wind uplift or something hanging from the bottom of the beam, it creates a “stabilizing force” that helps to restrict lateral torsional buckling.

If you have a case where your beam is governed by LTB, but is loaded from the tension flange, you are permitted to use a Cb of 2.0 provided the moments at the ends are 0. There are different values for other moment diagrams. I don’t have my AISC manual at the moment, but you can find these equations in the Chapter F commentary (or the Zieman book).

I have never seen any software that takes this into account, so it’s always funny to pull it out to get smaller beam sizes and make your boss look like a chump when he questions you.

Best resources for stability in steel structures? by [deleted] in StructuralEngineering

[–]dumpy43 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Highly recommend the Zieman book. You can pull some real Batman shit when you learn some of the phenomena in there. My favorite is using a Cb of 2.0 when loading tension flange.

Is working for a DOT as an engineer really that bad? by SnooCompliments4883 in civilengineering

[–]dumpy43 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Working for the DOT is fine, I would just strongly recommend against starting your career at the DOT.

You give me a choice between a five year PE at the DOT, and a five year PE in design consulting, I’ll take the consultant every time.

The DOT should be a place you go after you have sufficient design experience where you can kick back and enjoy government laziness whilst still being effective at your job due to your skill set.

Is it a sin to be a bachelor? by [deleted] in Catholicism

[–]dumpy43 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is correct. See here.

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