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Engineer Guy drips content so infrequently that he looks visibly older with each new video. Everytime the channel drops a new video I become aware of how old I'm getting.

In one of his last videos he said he was having a child, so that’ll add a few years to your appearance too :P. That kid is probably in grade school by now…

Two children now ... both in grade school!

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Years ago, I texted the engineer guy telling him his videos were good and he took time out of his busy day to reply to good old college kid me. It's still a vivid memory to this day and I'm super happy he's back on Youtube again.

And now he's here! He's following you. :)

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Years ago, I texted the engineer guy telling him his videos were good and he took time out of his busy day to reply to good old college kid me. It's still a vivid memory to this day and I'm super happy he's back on Youtube again.

I typically respond to texts and messages!

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Years ago, I texted the engineer guy telling him his videos were good and he took time out of his busy day to reply to good old college kid me. It's still a vivid memory to this day and I'm super happy he's back on Youtube again.

His book The Things We Make was good, especially if you're interested in engineering. Its central thesis is that the engineering method fundamentally differs from the scientific method in that engineers use rules of thumb to solve problems with many unknowns and incomplete information. The scientific method by contrast is a mostly theoretical exercise in building universal principles and theories from empirical obser…

It comes out in paperback in late July!

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Any other types of tape one might want to be aware of beyond gaffer's, duct and painter? Every time I discover a new type it opens up a whole new world of possibilities of solving neat little problems around the house in a slightly more elegant way.

There are various tapes with medical applications but that’s pretty narrow. Double sided tape is sometimes useful. Very pedestrian but Scotch/transparent tape.

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In one of his last videos he said he was having a child, so that’ll add a few years to your appearance too :P. That kid is probably in grade school by now…

Two children now ... both in grade school!

Congrats! I've got a three year old and she's certainly added a few years to the age of my back, but it's was a happiness engineering optimization that was well worth it =).

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Two children now ... both in grade school!

Congrats! I've got a three year old and she's certainly added a few years to the age of my back, but it's was a happiness engineering optimization that was well worth it =).

Indeed, well there are a few things I should have been told before I became a father -- e.g., how much time I'd spend near the floor of a porta potty with a five year old in a full leg cast -- it is worthwhile and fulfilling. It was not, though, a good way to increase the number of videos I create!

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Any other types of tape one might want to be aware of beyond gaffer's, duct and painter? Every time I discover a new type it opens up a whole new world of possibilities of solving neat little problems around the house in a slightly more elegant way.

Aluminum foil HVAC tape- super awesome tape for sealing air leaks. It is somewhat rigid and formable at the same time. With the way it is formable, it tends to stay in place better than a lot of other tapes when put into strange shapes.
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