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daqq:

--- Quote from: lukego on July 23, 2020, 06:50:24 am ---
--- Quote from: 0culus on July 23, 2020, 04:59:49 am ---Why does it give you bad vibes? How about explaining your position instead of posting snark?

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So to me it's like going to a party where everybody is mingling and having a good time, then someone asks "hey did you like Lord of the Rings?" Someone says yes, someone says no, but then the host and his mates launch into an hour-long prepared speech about how Peter Jackson fundamentally misunderstood the books and anybody who likes the films is provably a philistine.

Then the next time there's a party the only people who turn up are the ones who love ragging on Peter Jackson, plus a couple of idiots like me who are slow to react to social cues and need to be vanquished a second time.

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To correct your analogy: The other group is attempting to fine people for not liking the movies, actively applying pressure on the first group to like the movies, or at least pretend to, and calling people nazis for not liking the movie. Basically they are trying to make not liking the movies an unthinkable act and that people who do not like the movies should be ostracized from society and spat at.

Also, the discussion is not about personal tastes, there are objective reasons and arguments involved. It would be more along the lines of discussing the teaching of a Flat Earth.

EEVblog:

--- Quote from: lukego on July 23, 2020, 04:42:06 am ---I'm only a casual reader of this forum but boy does this thread give me bad vibes.
Like Yoda said:
Support or support not, there is no 1500+ message anti-"SJW" culture war tirade lead by moderators and administrators.

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A natural result of what happens when people try to push stuff in our industry that affects us, every aspect of it gets discussed in a discussion forum.
We are engineers here. And engineers are blunt, don't like bullshit, and will call things out as they see it.
As for "lead by moderators and administrators", Simon covered that perfectly.

lukego:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on July 23, 2020, 07:35:06 am ---A natural result of what happens when people try to push stuff in our industry that affects us, every aspect of it gets discussed in a discussion forum.
We are engineers here. And engineers are blunt, don't like bullshit, and will call things out as they see it.

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And anyone who thinks differently than you and your mates isn't an engineer, really. Lacks the capacity for logic. Got it.

EEVblog:

--- Quote from: lukego on July 23, 2020, 07:36:14 am ---
--- Quote from: EEVblog on July 23, 2020, 07:35:06 am ---A natural result of what happens when people try to push stuff in our industry that affects us, every aspect of it gets discussed in a discussion forum.
We are engineers here. And engineers are blunt, don't like bullshit, and will call things out as they see it.

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And anyone who thinks differently than you and your mates isn't an engineer, really. Lacks the capacity for logic. Got it.

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Wow, reaching much?
I should have used the word "typically", as in #NotAll
I thought that would have been obvious.

If any engineer wants to think there is value in this stuff then they are welcome to that opinion and to defend it. Just don't be surprised when the majority of engineers don't see any value in it and call your proposal silly.
It's not just here, ask this anywhere (apart from Twitter) and you'll end up with a locked thread like on Hackaday because so many people think it's silly, and that hurts the feelings of those proposing it.

paulca:

--- Quote from: langwadt on July 22, 2020, 07:52:25 pm ---I don't see why it would be different than any other helicopter

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Because it's not a helicopter.  It's dangerous.  The chances of surviving an engine out whether hovering or flying is pretty low.

Helicopters "fly" in that the rotors are rotating wings generating lift, even without an engine, though the blade speed needs to be managed a Helicopter can glide for as long as it has height to do so and land gently at the end.  The props on the Osprey are just props, they keep the thing up by displacing air creating thrust.  Without that thrust it's a almost a dead weight.

Same reason why quad/hex/octo copter drones are a dumb idea for anything beyond a bit of photography or a hobby.  They have a hideous failure profile.

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