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minus-squareexpatriado@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoengineer here, i just type PI() and the computer decides what that means
minus-squarezout@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoOther engineer, and when I don’t have Excel handy, I just use 3 because it’s 5% accurate.
minus-squareEndymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoSo build a 10% tolerance and you’re going to be okay, right?
minus-squarezout@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoYup. It helps that I’m a chemical engineer, guestimates and winging it is part of the job description.
minus-squareAlex@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI mean chemistry is mostly fractions right? I was shown Schrödinger’s equation at the start of my chemistry degree just so we knew what the physicists had to worry about.
engineer here, i just type PI() and the computer decides what that means
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Other engineer, and when I don’t have Excel handy, I just use 3 because it’s 5% accurate.
So build a 10% tolerance and you’re going to be okay, right?
Yup. It helps that I’m a chemical engineer, guestimates and winging it is part of the job description.
I mean chemistry is mostly fractions right?
I was shown Schrödinger’s equation at the start of my chemistry degree just so we knew what the physicists had to worry about.