I just came across this essay again. Itās a bit old but also a bit obscure. Itās also pure gold and hilarity.
It is the work of Zeus Hammer. (I think itās actually titled The Nightās Watch)(Warning technical content, but definitely fit for non tech people.)
The most fascinating things happen in Sonic Boom.
Nope, liking this isnāt enough. Wow, I love it. Keep movinā that zeitgeist!
Sonic Boom is such an underrated show.
I never realized fizzbuzz was a āchildrenās gameā. Iāve never given it as an interview question, but I did receive it as a question once.
It depends on what youāre hiring for, but Iād ask something more complicated if the interviewee claims to have a CS degree.
I personally have my own little fizz buzz, itās not any more complex but itās not fizz buzz, and most importantly Iāve come up with it myself and Iām not sharing it here. Iād like my novel interview questions to remain novel. (It arbitrarily requires you to use both a conventional loop and a recursive solution for the two loops it requires)
A while back there was a podcast totd about 3d printed gears and gear ratios where this guy had a series of gears where you turn a big wheel a lot and a little wheel turns a little but with a lot of power. Scott asked, what if you turned the little wheel a lot and there was a brief disagreement about whether or not the plastic would melt or break or seize up. Well these guys got a lego engine block and hooked it up to a actual motor, like maybe for a drill?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=138&v=ad2Q4_HV4Ls
It basically answers the question.
I donāt think they lubricated enough. I also donāt think they attached the parts of the motor together strongly enough. Gotta weld that biz.
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I donāt think they lubricated enough. I also donāt think they attached the parts of the motor together strongly enough. Gotta weld that biz.
[/quote]Nah, Iāve just done what is known in technical terms as āRevved it so hard they blew the arse out of it.ā Also known as āThrowing a leg out of bedā. They threw a connecting rod because they ran it too fast. Well, except the first one, in that case, the crankshaft broke.
Welding isnāt necessary - I mean, you donāt weld a piston to anything. They just exceeded what the materiel could bear.
Also theyāre legos welding would break them. Do what the pro lego builders do and use a very small brush and a bit of acetone, melts the plastic together a little bit.
That basically is plastic welding. Solvent welding, so almost brazing? I donāt know. Iād call it welding informally.
I think the engines blow up just like a full size one might. It also is interesting how they start getting to sounding like actual engines a tiny bit minus the exhaust notes. Itās rad.
The video definitely makes me want to put together a large 3D printed or LEGO radial styled after the ones we import from Czechia. Would be very cool display piece for events and I have access to most of the CAD data from the mfgā¦
IF only there were more hours in the day 