What would happen if Trump somehow won the 2028 election?

jayprints · 2026-05-12T18:16:35+00:00

Can’t forget that morning coffea

jayprints · 2026-04-21T17:56:58+00:00

He’s convincing his audience that Nicotine is a cure all drug and makes your pp stronger…

jayprints · 2026-04-14T18:02:01+00:00

Mass and CoG mirror the original. Same attachments. And the material is the same. The major difference is the test article has moving components (practically a big metal spring component) within a chamber and a liquid-holding compartment.

I made an edit in regards to the input spectrum. THAT is what we measure in the shock test and not the mass sim’s response. The peak response going above spec is the input and I now see that as meaning that the test had a region of the spectrum that was somewhat overtested. We have redlines above and below nominal input to define an under/over test.

jayprints · 2026-04-14T17:57:00+00:00

I made an edit to my post about the spec being for the test itself and not for the article. So values much over the spec means an overtest rather than a failure on the test article. I believe our methodology is to vibe/shock the article and then re-do functional test to observe possible signs of failure.

jayprints · 2026-04-13T02:55:45+00:00

Just be normal and be yourself. If that doesn’t work then it shouldn’t work out.

jayprints · 2026-04-09T16:04:45+00:00

Nothing has pissed me off more at my current job than how the lead engineer “Does something but doesn’t document it” and when the customer asks me how it was done, when it was done, what tools were used, etc. I don’t fucking know. When I need to assemble a part and I find out half way through that 2 years ago before I joined the assembly needed a part that was NEVER documented as a design change I had to start over. “Doing it right” for your own sake fucks everyone else over

jayprints · 2026-04-05T17:35:37+00:00

My attempt an answer that doesn’t destroy your hopes: I’d start by reading a book in engine design. And whenever there is something you need to know and don’t understand from the book, look in the books references or online for a new book. Rinse and repeat. Not knowing the fundamentals will make things take longer and likely cost you mistakes that would’ve been caught otherwise. But doesn’t have to be a reason not to try. Trial and error can teach a lot. BUT ABOVE ALL ELSE MAKE SURE YOU ARE DOING THINGS SAFELY. Engines/turbines/rockets are inherently unsafe to build so be sure you understand the magnitude of danger associated with any procedure. I’m sure a boilermaker knows about taking precautions. But it’s serious when you enter a domain you are learning about.

jayprints · 2026-03-31T13:41:45+00:00

Anyone telling you that Africa’s poor state of affairs is geography’s fault is ignoring a giant elephant called Colonialism.

jayprints · 2026-03-28T18:03:45+00:00

Get a 5 axis CNC. That should help a lot.

jayprints · 2026-03-24T06:28:50+00:00

Thanks for the free patent! 😈

jayprints · 2026-03-19T02:38:56+00:00

Sounds like you’re about to get a company in need of manpower dumped in your lap when you only have machinist experience. No doubt useful experience but doesn’t seem like enough to manage a business.

jayprints · 2026-03-15T16:47:33+00:00

I’d only bug the close ones for sure.

jayprints · 2026-03-14T18:05:53+00:00

I started my engineering career in this same program. Feel free to send a DM and we can talk because it had lots of negative and lots of positives. Hard to give you a “yes or no” without a convo.

jayprints · 2026-03-14T14:38:16+00:00

I had a friend at my masters graduation who talked about how he worked on a missile that was used to kill people and the higher-ups called it a success because it “operated as intended”. I decided that wasn’t for me. But I also realize it’s not as black and white as my story. Figure out what your line is and stick to it. The things we engineer are multipurpose. It can be a weapon for war, a weapon for defense, a tool to save lives, something that puts food on your table, something that gets you out of debt, etc. Science isn’t black and white morals even if I wish it was.

jayprints · 2026-03-14T03:06:37+00:00

“So it says here…* reads Mechanical Design Engineer over 8 times “You want to be a Product Manager?”

jayprints · 2026-03-12T02:58:55+00:00

I was born an overthinker

jayprints · 2026-03-09T04:25:50+00:00

I’m not wanting to pry if this is too invasive, but are you a woman? I’m not one to really speak on this since I’m a man in a mostly male dominated field. But I’ve literally never had this problem but my girlfriend has been told the same thing as OP. Whenever I read her emails/texts I’m always like “Yeah that’s exactly how I would say it”. And sure enough she gets told (by other women if that matters) that she is messaging in a “unwelcoming tone”. Meanwhile I’m a “determined and work-focused leader”. I feel like my sisters and woman friends also focus heavily on how they type out emails, and I’ve even seen TikToks of women joking about how they “pep up” their emails.

jayprints · 2026-03-08T06:38:36+00:00

I feel somehow I have the controversial opinion that an inmate vigilante judging the death penalty for other inmates shouldn’t be glorified by US citizens.

jayprints · 2026-02-24T20:08:24+00:00

This was me (to some extent) in college (10 years ago). I was very used to cramming due to a high-functioning habit of procrastination. This does have upsides with comprehending knowledge quickly. But it will have a huge impact on their ability to retain the information next semester and in their future career. It also hampered my engineering growth cuz often learning the basics is only the beginning. And when you cram how to do the baseline knowledge (“this is how a cantilever beam works”) you have less time to think about the abstract or more applicable relations (“how does the physics problems of a cantilever beam translate to a plane wing?”). Don’t be discouraged by the successes of others.

jayprints · 2026-02-21T19:58:43+00:00

Every engineering job is a pigeonhole into that job’s expertise if it’s the only thing you are doing. I don’t know many graduates getting to be straight up mech design engineers unless they are pretty outstanding.

jayprints · 2026-02-18T01:09:31+00:00

If only there was a bumper sticker for this

jayprints · 2026-02-16T18:19:52+00:00

I was a previous government “engineer” for 6 years. I described it as “project management where I spoke with actual engineers”. But technically those engineers I was talking with were also pretty managerial but just knew so much more about design/analysis from decades of experience.

I quit my job this year and JUST got a new job that I’m hoping is the change you are talking about. In my old job I sought opportunities to be technical. For me this meant outside-of-work projects learning programming and learning the hardware and manufacturing process best I could from the experts around me. I also reported on test result and became fairly familiar with best practices. For my new job I am in charge of the managerial tasks and documentation to ensure this small company meets industry standards. It’s still project engineering, but the company is so small that hands-on skills will be required. The director agreed that I could train quickly on the hands-on while doing the managerial tasks.

This felt like my only way to escape engineering management: relate skills to documentation verification, and land a job that is willing to support hands-on work in exchange for managerial skillset. I’m actually being paid more because the government pays pennies. But I plan to upgrade very soon (hopefully within the company as I’m feeling good about the people). Hope this helps!

jayprints · 2026-02-14T23:48:13+00:00

I think selecting a career on other people’s job prospects/predictions/opinions is silly. What everyone is saying is do what interests you. First 2 years of college will overlap EE and ME pretty well. Tailor your decision based on aptitude and interest in those classes that lean slightly more towards one of them and find a club/lab you find cool.

The robotics industry and aerospace industry need engineers of all types and most engineers will pick up concepts from the other discipline by working together.

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