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As an aerospace engineer who codes rather than a software engineer, is there a cheatsheet that talks about how to use git from a "when do I commit/merge/etc" rather than a "this th…

The issues with most resumes isn't the template. It's the mediocre content full of fluff and buzzwords rather than anything tangible.

> While my answer seems logically just as good to explain this stuff. It sounds logical if you don't have a background in aerospace, but otherwise it's relatively inaccurate. For e…

Because his answers are accurate. While weight and aerodynamic performance are very important, aircraft design is inherently multi-disciplinary and requires tradeoffs depending on …

No, the forces are transferred to the fuselage in any case. If they weren't, the wing wouldn't be bending relative to the cabin, it would just experience rigid body motion instead.…

The article's explanation is a bit simplified. It sounds like his explanation is more akin to a body freedom flutter response where the aircraft's short-period mode is coupled to t…

Why MATLAB? If you're looking to optimize, that's the opposite direction I'd be going. Numba, Cython or writing C or Fortran if you really need the speed is where you should be goi…

There's plenty of engineering software that's written in Fortran (plenty of F77 code still around and in use too).

I'm surprised he didn't mention the volumetric efficiency of compressed hydrogen compared to gasoline when comparing the specific energy density of the two fuels. Yes, you have mor…

I'm using Korora with Cinnamon, but I've been playing with i3 window manager lately to replace the desktop.

Exploratory Study on the Design of Combined Aero-Thermo-Structural Experiments in High Speed Flows https://etd.ohiolink.edu/ap/10?106431717476248::NO:10:P10_ET...

Your requirements are from the perspective of people who view/use the code. I'd argue there are many benefits for the coder by releasing code including getting feedback from the co…

Hypersonic flight environments are very, very difficult to replicate in wind tunnels. We can replicate portions of the environment, but due to the highly coupled nature of the resp…

Vanguard target date retirement fund. Auto-invest set and forget. Maybe once I have more I'll do a 3-fund portfolio to reduce the expenses a bit. Returns should generally track the…

So LaTeX sucks, but there's not a good alternative? I'm in the midst of creating a document from scratch with LaTeX for the first time (as opposed to using a template provided to m…

Your example looks fine in chrome for me.

Before the current mission launched. 3 December 2010 was the end date for the first mission

> If we add up all the value of the survivors, maybe we come to the conclusion that there was no bubble? Factoring in inflation would that still be true? Do the internet companies …

That's probably your best bet. I know with Abaqus, you could potentially do that with the python scripting, but a lot of the stuff I've done creates a model with a python script, w…

I haven't used Calculix, but I was under the impression it uses an Abaqus format input deck? Looking at the documentation, this appears to be the case.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7741170

I'm an aerospace engineer whose work involves stitching together various codes to work together to solve coupled multiphysics problems. The problem is the different codes don't nec…

Ads that appear as if they'd been proofread would be a good start.

Probably because most financial advisers are thinly veiled salesmen masquerading as financial experts. If you do want an adviser, you want to make sure they have fiduciary duty, if…