Pinboard (andrewducker) https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/public/ recent bookmarks from andrewducker A bunch of engineers built a drifting wheelchair for an injured coworker. It looks awesome. 2025-11-09T14:59:58+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n20pRks-qP4 andrewduckerdisability engineering video https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:dc2a66126452/ The First Virtual Meeting Was in 1916 2024-11-13T21:56:56+00:00 https://spectrum.ieee.org/virtual-meeting andrewduckercommunication history USA engineering https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:7ae1afcefd56/ Managers - what are they good for? 2024-05-24T09:06:08+00:00 https://charity.wtf/2024/01/05/questionable-advice-my-boss-says-we-dont-need-any-engineering-managers-is-he-right/ andrewduckermanagement engineering software https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:e9929fe98206/ What's been going on with Boeing? (they seem to have forgotten that making planes requires attention to detail) 2024-03-13T12:27:41+00:00 https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/12/investing/boeing-is-in-big-trouble/index.html andrewduckerairplanes safety epicfail OhForFucksSake engineering manufacturing https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:01fa5970f934/ There’s a Good Reason Why So Many Terrorists Are Engineers 2023-03-03T23:03:38+00:00 https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/07/11/theres-a-good-reason-why-so-many-terrorists-are-engineers/ andrewduckerterrorism engineering https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:9169a2bfa3d4/ The Five-Year Engineering Feat Germany Pulled Off in Months 2022-12-11T13:06:32+00:00 https://www.wsj.com/articles/natural-gas-terminal-engineering-feat-germany-11670513353 andrewduckerGermany engineering gas energy Russia impressive https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:63cdf533b55b/ Twitter has already started suffering minor issues, it's going to get a lot worse 2022-11-10T13:12:44+00:00 https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/11/08/1062886/heres-how-a-twitter-engineer-says-it-will-break-in-the-coming-weeks/ andrewduckerTwitter engineering Doom viaPatrickHadfield https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:ffbc2f54232b/ The female engineering genius who failed her exams 37 times 2022-10-12T07:04:02+00:00 https://twitter.com/TheDreadShips/status/1579946470543077376?t=h7leHdpWXOk3PX-0IAJ1Uw&s=09 andrewduckerengineering history wwii women ships https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:437c41cd8f51/ 4 Myths About Construction: Debunked 2022-07-21T10:27:58+00:00 https://practical.engineering/blog/2022/6/20/4-myths-about-construction-debunked andrewduckermyths construction engineering FactCheck https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:5bc02566a6ae/ Pangea Aerospace successfully hot fire tests the first MethaLox aerospike engine in the world 2021-11-20T09:56:24+00:00 https://www.satellite-evolution.com/post/pangea-aerospace-successfully-hot-fire-tests-the-first-methalox-aerospike-engine-in-the-world andrewduckerspace engineering https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:d4469c89ad64/ Engineers know who is to blame for the Trolley Problem 2021-10-20T05:12:58+00:00 https://twitter.com/hachx0/status/1450140177284927499?t=2GcDE1gk5ANlhM7GTDJ79g&s=09 andrewduckerphilosophy engineering https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:dbfa40385e9f/ Repairing Underground Power Cables Is Nearly Impossible (a video on the story I shared earlier - complete with an update!) 2021-09-27T10:30:31+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-wQnWUhX5Y andrewduckervideo electricity engineering impressive https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:4c9da5a87ba1/ How do you repair a major underground power cable? (Impressive engineering feats!) 2021-09-27T09:06:04+00:00 https://www.jwz.org/blog/2002/11/engineering-pornography/ andrewduckerengineering electricity impressive https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:c1c93c4c8788/ What is "The child-annihilating zipline"? (with bonus terrible kitchen redesign) 2021-07-11T07:30:26+00:00 https://andrewducker.tumblr.com/post/656396056453595136/what-is-the-child-annihilating-zipline andrewduckerdeath children engineering https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:7d387d9108fa/ North Carolina tells retired engineer he can't talk about engineering 2021-06-19T18:35:01+00:00 https://ij.org/press-release/north-carolina-board-tells-retired-engineer-he-cant-talk-about-engineering/ andrewduckerengineering USA regulation https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:f86ddec03c4e/ An impressive feat of engineering 2021-03-15T19:33:15+00:00 https://twitter.com/engineers_feed/status/1370808516752068608?s=09 andrewduckerengineering transport Netherlands video roads viaDanielDWilliam https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:036b68cf3c25/ Why I hate "The Knack" (the idea that some people are born to be engineers, and nobody else can be one) 2021-03-05T14:58:43+00:00 https://spacefem.livejournal.com/1043982.html andrewduckerengineering https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:1bc516ce2f34/ Asking engineers what they think of software engineering 2021-01-19T08:52:57+00:00 https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/crossover-project/are-we-really-engineers/ andrewduckersoftwareengineering software engineering society regulation history viaFanf https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:6ca3258a47e7/ Why some engineering types are particularly susceptible to crackpot theories 2021-01-11T08:26:50+00:00 https://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/susan/sf/laith.htm andrewduckerengineering science conspiracy https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:e001909f6334/ How Differential Steering Let's Cars Drive Around Corners 2020-12-27T09:21:15+00:00 https://youtu.be/yYAw79386WI andrewduckercars design engineering video https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:ed4d05bcd7e5/ Victorian Engineering Connections (everyone, apparently, knew everyone) 2020-06-03T12:00:02+00:00 https://www.thebrunelmuseum.com/engineering-connections/ andrewduckerengineering history visualisation https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:3fe43d35f7e4/ Boeing's 737 Max Software Outsourced to $9-an-Hour Engineers 2019-06-29T12:33:42+00:00 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-28/boeing-s-737-max-software-outsourced-to-9-an-hour-engineers andrewduckerengineering design software outsourcing airplanes https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:a846d5eb4083/ Rates of Sexual Harassment in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2018-07-31T08:10:49+00:00 https://www.nap.edu/read/24994/chapter/5#60 andrewduckerharassment women academia science engineering medicine https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:44707f245fd8/ The Troubled Quest for the Superconducting Wind Turbine 2018-07-28T21:21:52+00:00 https://spectrum.ieee.org/green-tech/wind/the-troubled-quest-for-the-superconducting-wind-turbine andrewduckerphysics windpower superconductors engineering https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:1f954ae7125f/ Once you start engineering Earth's climate you can't stop 2018-01-22T16:15:40+00:00 https://www.wired.com/story/how-engineering-earths-climate-could-seriously-imperil-life/ andrewduckerengineering globalwarming Technology thefuture https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:0e183d5e503b/ Fifteen hours of training allows women to match men's spacial awareness, increases engineering retention rates by 30% 2017-12-03T21:46:28+00:00 http://nautil.us/issue/54/the-unspoken/men-are-better-at-maps-until-women-take-this-course-rp andrewduckergender brain mathematics engineering https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:fb606faab360/ Seriously impressive paper engineering 2017-10-16T23:00:00+00:00 http://andrewducker.tumblr.com/post/166480109980/pomrania-shaved-for-nothing-innovation-at-its andrewduckervideo paper engineering impressive https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:6a2f2e85b442/ Why do we put up with software being so badly written? 2017-09-28T10:05:53+00:00 https://www.emptywheel.net/2017/09/14/software-is-a-long-con/ andrewduckerregulation software engineering epicfail security https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:b8773675ca7f/ A 16th-century engineer whose work almost defeated an Empire 2017-05-28T21:06:17+00:00 https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/a-16th-century-engineer-whose-work-almost-defeated-an-empire/ andrewducker history engineering war https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:66e2026c787b/ Rogue One – An Engineering Ethics Story 2016-12-26T11:27:15+00:00 http://www.scifipolicy.com/blog/2016/12/18/rogue-one-an-engineering-ethics-story andrewduckerStarWars ethics engineering https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:e54f116a90a3/ Cat! vs! 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(See also: Why are so many terrorists engineers?) 2013-01-21T10:55:07+00:00 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/21/engineers_cold_and_dead_inside/ andrewduckerengineering emotion empathy https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:a3b94d6ae646/ There are amazing feats of engineering keeping electricity flowing. 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