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I see a fairly natural superpower line with welding and mechanical engineering (alongside machining or some rapid prototyping ability) on one side, and bricklay
by khafra 16y ago
I see a fairly natural superpower line with welding and mechanical engineering (alongside machining or some rapid prototyping ability) on one side, and bricklaying, ditch digging, etc. on the other side.
Bricklayers and ditch diggers don't often think of something cool and then make it happen with those particular skills.
- jordanb 16y agoI've been learning to weld (using the TIG process) and it does have that cool mixture of being able to produce amazing, strong physical objects and also being Dark Magick for the average person. The TIG process in particular is a mixture of science and art that makes you feel like a wizard when you start getting good at it. Watching a professional bricklayer work is pretty mesmerizing. The really good ones achieve this rhythmic action where they seem to manage to quickly and accurately place and set every brick while taking advantage of inertia of the moving bricks to expend the minimum physical energy possible. I don't think there are any ditchdiggers left in the united states though, only bobcat or backhoe operators.
- chopsueyar 16y agoI've seen robotic welders, but I've yet to see robotic bricklayers.
- bane 16y agoI see a fairly natural superpower line with welding and mechanical engineering (alongside machining or some rapid prototyping ability) For some reason that reminded me of this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5uQz_V0sbI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5uQz_V0sbI Watching the complex and beautiful movements of the various parts of the engine, the raw power, the drama, it took superhumans to figure this out, to contain tons of iron and steel, and water, and fire and turn it into something so exquisite and powerful.
- whatusername 16y agoBricklayers have built buildings that have lated longer than the IT industry has existed.