Engineering

Challenge #04458-L074: Methuselah Engineering

A: this is… a hydro-electric plant?

B: yep this brick steel concrete is built to last a century.

A: how old is it?

B: I say 100 years give or take a few decades.

A: wha- so in case of a fire…

B: the only steps I’m taking are [flipping] big ones. -- Anon Guest

It's generally a safe idea to run when one sees a Human running. The only exception being on an approved jogging track. Such cautions definitely hold true in Human constructions. Yes, even the planned ones.

Especially the planned ones.

Natural forces last forever, or close enough to forever to not matter much. Machinery... does not. The best it can do is to last "a while", and Humanity's definitions of "a while" are... well... not great.

"Sure, the autodredging system needs a little kick-start once a decade, but that's small beans compared to everything else," said Engineer-guide Mal, making wide, sweeping gestures as he lead the others along the safest[1] walkways in the complex. "The whole place was made to last thousands of years and function during all that time with automated maintenance."

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Challenge #04047-K029: Chemically Derived Architecture

"We're trying to recreate limestone chemically just so we can have concrete."

The person listening thinks for a moment then smiles. "My friend, you know, Limestone is simply hardened calcium carbonate. So, in essence, to make artificial limestone, simply get calcium, which is pretty abundant, and add salt made from carbonic acids, that is to say, acids made from carbon dioxide. Would this work for your projects?"

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-03967-j315-inspiration-for-technology -- Anon Guest

"We need the ocean, and we're

Challenge #02594-G037: And a Macaroni Necklace

He owned, of all things, a trash planet. How did he manage to own an entire planet? Well, when you have an IQ that puts nearly all of the rest of the human race to shame, it's not hard to figure out how to get ownership of such a thing. Besides, no one argued much when he won the bet and requested a trash planet in a rather out-of-the-way area of space as his reward. And, with it, he was able to

Challenge #02534-F344: Designed For Disaster

There are reasons why humans coined the term “idiot proofing”, many MANY reasons -- Anon Guest

Make it idiot proof and the world will invent a better idiot -- Human engineering axiom.

It was a Human who came up with Murphy's Law, and further Humans who came up with all the associated corollaries. Humans investigated them all, invented science to prove them, and then invented science that provided vital analysis into the reasons why it was so.

All devices made by Humans

Challenge #00866-B135: When You Have a Hammer...

Person #1: Great! You just gave an engineer a problem that can’t be solved with duct tape. Now we’re going to be stuck here all day.
Person #2: There are problems that can’t be solved with duct tape?

“Maybe if I recalibrate the spline actuator frigit…”

“What’s the first rule?” demanded Captain Dalia.

Sub-lieutenant
Branley sighed and toed at the metal plate floor. “Never give a stop-over mechanic a problem that can’t be solved with ductape,

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Challenge #04458-L074: Methuselah Engineering

Challenge #04047-K029: Chemically Derived Architecture

Challenge #02594-G037: And a Macaroni Necklace

Challenge #02534-F344: Designed For Disaster

Challenge #00866-B135: When You Have a Hammer...