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Great (and totally not so great) engineering jokes

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Birth control

What do engineers use for birth control? Their personalities.
—Guest auto engineer

engineer in hell

An engineer was mistakingly thrown to hell. On getting there, he notice dat things wasn't comfortable f
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Innovation vs. Execution: How do you excel at both?

Most engineers I've worked with are either very creative but lack followthrough, or extremely task oriented but have trouble getting outside the box. There have been notorious exceptions, and those engineers have inspired me in my own path. So how do

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Will GA Tech's radically cheap new Master's Degree program change higher education completely?

Hungry for a computer science Master's degree on the cheap? Not only can you get one, you can get it from Georgia Tech for a mere $6k and change. Sound too good to be true? Perhaps, but if you're just looking for that line item on your CV, it might b

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The first thing you must do on a Monday morning: Nothing?

Here's an interesting blog by an interesting blogger that is featured on LinkedIn a lot. Her style is nice although sometimes I find her advice impractical. But I have to admit, I try to do this on the train in on Monday morning and it's easier said

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Engineering salaries not even keeping track with inflation; rise less than 1% last year!

If ever there was proof of the lack of commitment to STEM investment as the path to future US economic growth, innovation, and prosperity, it's with shabby salary data like this. Granted, the respondents are mostly mechanical, civil, and structural,

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The CIA is funding geo-engineering because global warming is a...wait for it...national security threat.

You might be surprised at how good of a case they have for thinking so. Unstable climate leading to reallocation and/or scarcity of resources can cause all sorts of geopolitical conflicts that will be extremely hard, if not completely impossible to p

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Electrical Engineering - General Resources

Feel free to post anything EE-related here.

I just read this interesting explanation about some simple but often misunderstood wiring concepts.

What's the difference between bonding, grounding, and earthing?

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Why aren't we buzzing around the country on super fast high speed rail yet?

Of all the reasons presented, unfortunately I suspect that cost is still the biggest. But it's reassuring to know that the physics is there, it just needs a better business case.

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UAVs, Drones, and other flying robots!

There are hobbyist drone groups popping up everywhere, and it's a technology that has really always been around, but advancements in fast, real time control, streaming video, and precision gyroscopes and motors are really allowing it to flourish...ou

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3D Printing thread

I keep finding fun new 3D printers and interesting things people have made, so it's about time for a thread to chronicle them. We will look back upon this and think, "Wow, that was an amazing.........waste of time".  Nah, 3D printers rule!

So, today'

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Self-Improvement - Becoming a Better Engineer and Human

I thought this would be an interesting category for the Resource Library to collect all of the interesting methods, techniques, classes, trainings, and other ways to improve ourselves. We all want to improve the world, our business, our products, wha

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Need robotics engineer or automotive engineer

Journalist looking to speak with a couple of engineers for upcoming stories. Reply here if you fit the requirements and want to be quoted in a trade magazine.

1) Did you recently graduate from college? Are you an automotive
engineer? If so, I'd like

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Great Engineering Quotes

We could all use a little inspiration now and again. One of the best forms is when a great thinker has put an idea, concept, feeling, or other sentiment in to the perfect words, so here is a listing of some of my fav engineering or science related qu

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Need petroleum or process engineer with fire control experience

Major engineering website looking to interview an engineer regarding Fire Control in petroleum or process industries where flammable fluids are piped and controlled.

Looking to interview engineer with experience with systems that
shut down hazardous

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16 year old wins $50k from Google for making plastic from banana skins

It seems that science fairs have evolved quite a bit. I had a prize winning (no wait, that was in my imagination) exhibit about cheetahs in the wild, and I did well in that egg-drop thing (did all schools not do those?), but this girl just beat the s

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Online Science and Engineering Magazines (not blogs)

This discussion is for all the best online STEM magazines, i.e. sites that have full length features, multi-media articles, and generally more than your typical blog. They tend to go in depth into subjects much like a print magazine, but aren't neces

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C'mon: Who hasn't heard of ARM?

I'm just completely offended by this rube, who is supposedly a respected tech journo for Slate, not understanding the difference between a technology company and a technology manufacturer. He's comparing apples to oranges (pun intended) by saying ARM

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Facebook collecting phone numbers of non-users - but does it matter?

Symantec found that the latest Facebook app (since Feb 2013) has been sending your phone number to Facebook's servers without permission on first launch of the app, even if you never sign in and even if you don't have an account.

But let's be reasona

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