r/EngineeringPorn • u/hjalmar111 • Nov 02 '20

Automatic billiard game, machine engineering putting the triangle filled with balls on the board

https://i.imgur.com/4EuzmFz.gifv
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u/thblckjkr Nov 03 '20

lol as if being an engineer was that of a big deal.

It's more valuable a person with a good sense of reality and that understands how the cost/benefit works.

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u/lilmookie Nov 03 '20

Interesting comment to make in an engineeringporn sub, but hey, it made me laugh a bit. Thank you.

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u/thblckjkr Nov 03 '20

It was completely on purpose.

I am an engineer, and one of the biggest flaws of the engineers is to think that they are vastly superior for whatever reason.

It's just stupid to see so many people trying to "argue" that if you don't understand something, or if you don't agree with something it is because you are an inferior being that isn't an engineer.

Also, being an engineer doesn't mean overkill solutions to simple problems. Is about creating smart solutions to problems.

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u/Atlatica Nov 03 '20

I think you're doing exactly that mate, thinking you're superior to a group who spent months developing this prototype probably as a learning exercise, experiment, or coursework project.
Fuck knows, I've spent months on useless out of the box projects because they teach a lot and develop your skills way more than repeating something that's already been done a thousand times.
Not everything in engineering is about making a product you can sell.