Romans had a basic understanding of proportions and general vibes of design, but they couldn't really create calculations to verify their design as we do today. For instance, the designers of the Pantheon understood they needed to lighten the concrete as it went up and had novel techniques of doing so that we use today, but they didn't really know.

The state of the art for understanding basic stresses didn't become known until the 19th century. The design of the Eiffel Tower was impressive, in part, because that structure has a calc book defending it. A lot of early railroad bridges were still designed based on ratios and vibes.

That said, not all loads were understood by that time. The Tacoma-Narrows Bridge collapsed in part because of a gross misunderstanding of wind loads combined with the ability to design structures light enough that wind loads controlled.

A lot of parents don't know better. This is what they grew up with.

I've heard it is almost common practice now to test the parents for ADD if a kid has it.

"Why can't I have a better parent to teach me?"

It isn't.

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If someone doesn't want to talk, that is ok. However, people are more likely to talk if they feel listened to.

Sony also maintained backwards compatibility and sold the PS2 as the world's cheapest DVD player.

I'm expecting that Steam on Linux is going to be what drives it.

The Steam Deck can be used as a Linux computer and almost a turnkey way for a manufacturer to build a Steam computer without Windows.

It sounds like a combination of Covid years being bad for student development combined with school districts on shoestring budgets not having enough teachers on hand done they can't get enough teachers to take a vow of poverty.

Yeah, but municipalities won't let contractors build smaller and cheaper homes.

The most populous city in Florida for a lot of the 19th century was Key West, which is crazy to think about compared to today.

The thing about Florida is that its development mirrors a lot of western states more as massive public works projects made larger and larger pieces of Florida habitable. Then, over the, the touristy bits converted to actual cities with actual economies.

The problem is that the belligerents will generally both agree that the conflict isn't a war. This isn't limited to the USA either. The Falkland Islands conflict involved the invasion and counterinvasion of the Falkland Islands between Argentina and the United Kingdom. Officially, that conflict was not a war and neither side officially declared war on the other.

Because they are looking for conversations.

Depends on the job, but it would be a red flag for my career as projects usually last for at least a year.

Free market Jesus.

A lot of people have a limit where the effort of getting more money isn't worth it. People without that limit keep trying to acquire money and power.

These companies would rather have our money, but it seems like most consumers value money over time.

You're like that kinky statistician, you need more than standard deviancy.

the tech space is very much innovate or die

Is it still? The VC funding has started drying up and every tech company has started worrying about profitability now. I think the old innovate or die mantra has played itself out.

And IBM & Motorola diminished in part because they stuck to older industries where cost became as important as innovation and didn't lower their cost.