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[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 days ago

"And you, young engineer, you who dream of improving the lot of the workers by the application of science to industry - what a sad disappointment, what terrible disillusions await you! You devote the useful energy of your mind to working out the scheme of a railway which, running along the brink of precipices and burrowing into the very heart of mountains of granite, will bind together two countries which nature has separated. But once at work, you see whole regiments of workers decimated by privations and sickness in this dark tunnel - you see others of them returning home carrying with them, maybe, a few pence, and the undoubted seeds of consumption; you see human corpses - the results of a groveling greed - as landmarks along each yard of your road; and, when the railroad is finished, you see, lastly, that it becomes the highway for the artillery of an invading army..."

Peter Kroporkin, 1880

A hundred years later engineers are more jaded. They know what they are doing. At MIT in the 1980's it was called "get your fingerprints on the murder weapon".

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 days ago (1 children)

defense contractors in the us should be called attack contractors instead. truer to form.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago

Offense Contractors

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I was always pretty interested in geology, but I knew that the only secure work would be for oil companies so I never went for the degree...

I was always really interested in gems and minerals, but admiring them isn't a job, and photography in that field is insanely specialized and not exactly a reasonable goal to shoot for, so I never got that degree...

I was also always really interested in astronomy, but there's literally no work in that field at all so I didn't go for the degree...

I never "found myself" because all of my interests either has you working for "the enemy" or there just weren't any jobs to be had. Now I'm stuck working in a factory and I have an upcoming job that's for the Israeli military....

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Pretty sure geologists are also needed in many types of construction projects. Of course it is not that interesting to tell the 1224th project team that they need to dig their foundations at least 80cm deep and guard against rising humidity.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

A geologist buddy of mine works on analyzing soil for placing wind farms.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I'd work for Lockheed.

Well.., "work" is a strong word. I'd cash their checks for as long as it takes them to realize I'm only pretending to work and fire me. XD

Unless it was like, weather satellites or some other non-military space tech. I'd probably actually do that but I'd be conflicted about it.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

You'd be a perfect fit as a military analyst. Those people make noncredibledefense look positively proficient.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

only pretending to work

military analyst

noncredibledefense

those aren't the same thing?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Gotta have analysts. Can't fill up a nondescript office block without analysts.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago

I have a BS in physics that I never used, I chose it because I had no idea what I was doing and discovered afterward that most jobs involving physics are less "figuring out how stars work, for the joy of discovery" and more, "figuring out new and exciting ways to kill brown people, for profit," which I did not sign up for. So, I've wound up doing grunt work at warehouses instead. "Learn to wash your own vegetables and you won't have to pay court to kings," as the story goes.

A lot of people go into STEM because they just want to solve problems and the issue with that is that if you just solve any problem that's put in front of you without regard for who's problem it is and whether solving it will actually make the world a better place, then you belong in the same category as the guy who developed the Blitzkrieg doctrine, who claimed afterwards that he didn't really care about "politics" and was just doing his job as best as he could. Just because you're capable of solving a problem and someone's asking you to doesn't mean that you actually should.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago

join lockhead martin and leak documents to Abdul Malik Al Houthi

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

That's not a Mk. 15 Raytheon Knife Missile - THIS is an Mk 15 Raytheon Knife Missile!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Wait till you go to hell for spelling defence as "defense"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Bri'ish vs 'Murican spelling?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Shiiiit, hell is full of children, dyslectic people and every person that used "U" and "R" instead of "You" and "Are" on the internet.

Well, the last part doesn't surprise me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

wait, what entity in Christianity is choosing your after life destination?

If its god sending you to hell, surely that helps the devil?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

In Christianity, I don't think it matters. All the deities and other entities are vicious cunts.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

This is true, all Americans are going to hell /s