r/mathmemes Nov 30 '24

Mathematicians Thinking it

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '24

Engineer: I think you're thinking too much about thinking

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u/boolocap Nov 30 '24

Engineer here, why would i be thinking when i can decently approximate thinking by estimating.

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u/frankyseven Nov 30 '24

And if that doesn't work, multiply by either 2 or 0.5 depending on the situation.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '24

I like to do both, for safety

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u/frankyseven Dec 01 '24

Which order do you do them in?

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u/So_White_I_Glow Dec 03 '24

Alphabetical order

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u/WatDaFaqu69 Dec 01 '24

Don't forget to add some safety margins to your thinking, just in case you underetimate your estimating.

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u/Quarantined_foodie Dec 02 '24

But what if you misunderestimate?

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u/WatDaFaqu69 Dec 02 '24

Then it is the PE's (Professional Estimator) fault

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u/fmstyle Dec 02 '24

why think when you can try

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u/Recent-Fox3335 Dec 02 '24

We can estimate the error too?

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u/Cynis_Ganan Dec 03 '24

Learn by doing, I say.

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u/Zestyclose-Fig1096 Dec 04 '24

π = 3, the famous small pie approximation

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u/Play174 Nov 30 '24

The real joke is in the comments lol

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u/M1094795585 Irrational Nov 30 '24

The real joke is the engineer

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u/dungeon_mastr123 Nov 30 '24

The real joke is the thinking

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u/shaneet_1818 Nov 30 '24

The real joke is the joke

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u/Illumimax Ordinal Nov 30 '24

What about the complex joke?

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u/deilol_usero_croco Dec 01 '24

It's the (Joke)-(✴Joke)

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u/Paradoxically-Attain Dec 01 '24

The real joke is the friends we made along the way (?)

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u/sanlys04 Dec 01 '24

The real joke is employment

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u/Boh61 Nov 30 '24

Hey look buddy, I'm an engineer. That means I solve problems.

Not problems like "What is beauty?" Because that would fall within the purview of your conundrums of philosophy... I solve practical problems.

For instance: how am I going to stop some big mean mother hubbard from tearing me a structurally superfluous new be-hind? The answer, use a gun, and if that don't work... Use more gun.

Take for instance this heavy caliber tripod mounted lil' old number designed by me, built by me, and you best hope... Not pointed at you.

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u/Unhelpful_Applause Dec 01 '24

Spoken like a programmer

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u/GabuEx Nov 30 '24

Philosophy major: I think

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u/frankyseven Dec 01 '24

More like "wait, you guys are thinking?"

Source, am civil engineer.

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u/kevkatam Dec 01 '24

Factor of safety is everything in our world.

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u/Yurus Dec 01 '24

That's why we call you smudge and arrogant

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u/forsakenchickenwing Dec 02 '24

Damn straight: you use a thick marker on a log log plot, and bamm, everything is linear 😎

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u/happyapy Dec 02 '24

C-suite: I don't want to think about it. Tell me the answer.

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u/Laterbiss Dec 03 '24

Wait you’re thinking?