Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Back To CS Basics. Fuck AI Date: 19 Oct 2026 20:19:47 GMT Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <18dee4b6cab427fa$865$2574533$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <87ik32455m.fsf@solcaium.us> <11asn32$33n8m$7@dont-email.me> <11asri6$31lan$10@dont-email.me> <11b5bk9$25961$1@dont-email.me> <11b5ga8$270al$10@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net sunCA5rEdKE1L7Y6+rN+nw37IS2z5hpqb2/N813qx5jWzyQD3E Cancel-Lock: sha1:sxyfNWZnDqkpiRAdC02rItK7V14= sha256:6GVYwX8EJSy45K7tXl/9442mp6SdR6KsNLhyuGV3hlc= User-Agent: Pan/0.165 (Kostiantynivka) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:94358 On Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:25:44 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 19/10/2026 16:05, Nuno Silva wrote: >> On 2026-10-16, Tapiro Ubriaco wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:26:10 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>> >>> >>>> The lads were preparing to lift the engine out of IIRC a fork lift >>>> truck using a chain hoist strapped to a wooden beam or rather >>>> insubstantial proportions. I stopped them : >>>> "We ought to calculate if that beam can take it" >>>> "Don't worry, it can" >>>> "How do you know" >>>> "Because we used it to pull a bigger motor out last week when you >>>> weren't looking" >>> >>> Ah: you reduced the problem to a known one with known complexity in >>> order to derive an upper bound! :o) >> >> But that's not a known complexity one, the resilience of the beam still >> wasn't calculated, and it's possible the bigger motor was beyond what >> the beam could securely take, even if the smaller one isn't. The >> structure may have been already weakened. >> > I see you have never taken a car engine out using a wooden rafter beam How about a sturdy maple tree? I have a proud history as a shade tree mechanic. I did leave a Plymouth engine hanging from a rafter in a friend's garage. He wasn't home and his mother was quite perplexed by the operation.