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HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

Road design Memes

Posts tagged with Road design

Mathematician's Observations After Driving On A Road For The First Time

Math Engineering Science
10 months ago 21.3K views 0 shares
Mathematician's Observations After Driving On A Road For The First Time
Behold! The wild mathematician in their natural habitat, critiquing road design with differential equations! ๐Ÿ” Normal drivers: "Nice curve ahead." Mathematician: "EXCUSE ME, this road lacks C2 continuity! My steering wheel deserves B-splines and NURBS! These primitive arcs and parabolas are mathematical BARBARISM!" Engineers probably sitting there like "We just wanted to get you from point A to point B without spending the entire highway budget on fancy parametric curves that only you would appreciate!" ๐Ÿš—๐Ÿ’จ

Safety First... Or Maybe Speed?

Engineering Science
10 months ago 26.7K views 0 shares
Safety First... Or Maybe Speed?
The duality of engineering ethics in one perfect meme! Top panel shows the noble engineering creed we all learn in school - "safety of the public is paramount" (complete with official codes of ethics citations). Bottom panel reveals what transportation engineers actually prioritize - "CARS FAST" with that maniacal grin. The citation even references being "killed by a traffic engineer" which is darkly hilarious because our road design philosophy really does prioritize vehicle speed over pedestrian safety. Every civil engineer nervously chuckling right now knows exactly which stroad death trap they helped design...

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My Arduino spins faster when Claude burns more tokens

Repurposed a broken Stirling-engine chassis as a desk toy that spins when Claude Code is busy and dies when I lock my Mac. Arduino + Kasa + Python. Read article โ†’

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