Raghav AgrawalRE: https://tilde.zone/@kirch/116346993593163889
Wow
To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design (1985) by Henry Petroski
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/271495.To_Engineer_Is_Human
"To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design by Henry Petroski argues that engineering failures are crucial for progress, as they reveal flaws and lead to innovation, contrasting with the common perception that success is the only measure.
A key concept is that the "exact lifetime of a part, a machine, or a structure is known only after it has broken," and predicting this lifetime is a critical part of design"
And also failure is key part of reverse engineering too
Because failure reduces the complexity space
Exactly the thing our exams btw discourage and penalize
spdrnl@impactology What I am hearing here and there, is that the West is very much in need of industrial reverse engineering currently. Ironic, no?
@spdrnl Just software, west is pretty good in its physical manufacturing practices
@impactology Think raw materials.
@spdrnl Could you elaborate a bit, I may have misread your argument
@impactology The West lost a lost capacity to create intermediate materials from raw marerials. That is large volumes. Also with regards to cars and electronics they are behind. I believe it to be a major issue. China had expertly positioned itself. First hand information.
@spdrnl One exception I would say is Germany
They are very good in precision manufacturing, example
@impactology Nope, they're reverting to carbon. They love hierarchy more than innovation. Mercedes is an average company these days. Finland, Sweden, Poland and Ukraine is where the future is.
@spdrnl >Finland, Sweden, Poland and Ukraine is where the future is.
Interesting, what makes you say that