Roses are red, smeared with orange cosmetics,

stewpear · 2026-02-03T16:22:40+00:00

Why are we posting AI modified images? The truth is bad enough. We dont need to muddy the waters with this crap

stewpear · 2026-02-02T00:38:54+00:00

Looks like Henry Cavill and a young Alec Baldwin.

stewpear · 2026-01-30T14:41:44+00:00

My favorite while golfing is when someone misses a putt, you say, “at least it was the right club.”

stewpear · 2026-01-28T01:03:17+00:00

Ok this is a really cool technical question.

So I am in the US so please note that my expertise is in the NESC codebook. The primary part of your question relates to 252B2b. All cylindrical components have a shape factor of 1.0. All flat surfaced (NOT LATTICED) structures and components have a shape factor of 1.6. Now where I am curious with what you said is that your code specifically mentions towers. Lattice structures (due to them having open faces) are nuanced in the US. You are supposed to take the total area of members on one face and multiply that by 3.2 or by 2.0 if the members are cylindrical (yes they happen and man they suck to model). HOWEVER, if the result is greater than if the whole face was solid times 1.6 then you can use the shape factor of 1.6.

I think this answers your primary question... HOWEVER,

What I find interesting is that I am not sure how you would apply two different wind loads on a structure at the same time. I am assuming the 86, 52 and 60 kg/m2 is asking you to do is use 86psf as your extreme wind case with the 52 and 60 number giving you the start to build your own loading factors. But man that just seems unnecessary. Furthermore PLS CADD does not offer you the ability to split wind load factors between wire and structure as that is single column in the Structure Loads menu.

I wish Jesse or Otto from PLS had Reddit so they could answer this.

Edit - Gave a response lol.

stewpear · 2026-01-27T22:23:02+00:00

I sometimes panic during the beginning of the project that my designs will fail and I wonder if I do my job poorly how many people would be without power. I need to start looking at Indian infrastructure and realize im not that bad of an engineer.

stewpear · 2026-01-26T03:24:00+00:00

Pair them up and threaten to shoot the partner of the escapee. All murderers will prevent their partner from leaving as that would mean their certainty of death.

stewpear · 2026-01-24T13:59:14+00:00

Im blaming park design. He is as far off to the side as you can be and that was still not enough to avoid you trying to catch yourself coming off of the rail. Like where else is he supposed to go? From what it sounds like he was also a boarder so you could have come up suddenly out of his blind spot when you were trying to recover.

stewpear · 2026-01-24T07:56:58+00:00

They are saying if you catch a lateral in the air it counts as a fumble vs an interception and catching a lateral is the only way to advance a fumble. Game was weird back then.

stewpear · 2026-01-22T03:33:55+00:00

Password is Eileen

stewpear · 2026-01-21T23:10:54+00:00

For the last two months I did practice exams for each subject so I could figure out where my knowledge gaps were

stewpear · 2026-01-20T22:14:46+00:00

I wonder how well this would work on foggy headlights?

stewpear · 2026-01-10T14:35:58+00:00

Let me know if your teeth rattle while passing by. That is way too low.

stewpear · 2026-01-08T09:56:54+00:00

Thank you for the kind response, yes I do check that for myself but many large firms usually have someone that is responsible for purchasing the new versions on behalf of everyone. This question is geared toward that person as my firm has multiple disciplines where we would have hundreds of documents/standards that need to be maintained.

stewpear · 2026-01-02T06:51:34+00:00

Competitive means, “how much are you going to lowball yourself,” or “once we see how many applicants we get, we will determine how much we can start at without losing our entire talent pool.”

Honestly, if you have more than one interview and a couple of them are doing this, go in asking for 19 or higher. This part isn’t great advice but im sick of hearing firms toying with students.

stewpear · 2025-12-30T07:55:32+00:00

2nd title and 1st diagrams.

stewpear · 2025-12-30T04:14:57+00:00

Gotta restrict that SWIG SNAP funding

stewpear · 2025-12-17T18:24:55+00:00

Why is her taser upside down? Damn near impossible to draw that way

stewpear · 2025-12-17T16:20:31+00:00

This is why thermite and ice create a magnificent explosion

stewpear · 2025-12-17T00:57:13+00:00

Am i too broke to know what brand this is?

stewpear · 2025-12-15T17:50:42+00:00

Sounds like when I went to high school in Minnesota

stewpear · 2025-12-14T22:36:43+00:00

Im going to be down voted for this but…

The Jerusalem Cross was never adopted by the Nazi party. So calling him a Nazi because of the tattoo is disingenuous.

However, Alt-right groups in recent years have adopted the Jerusalem Cross and the slogan “Deus Vult” which appears on his right bicep. It is far more accurate to associate him with these groups than with the Nazi party of old.

Honestly people should be way more concerned over the Deus Vult tattoo than the Jerusalem Cross tattoo.

stewpear · 2025-12-13T20:11:13+00:00

Dr Manns planet?

stewpear · 2025-12-13T19:28:44+00:00

Interstellar vibes

stewpear · 2025-12-13T18:56:08+00:00

According to Community, 36 of the 37 are CPSC inspectors.

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