Erin Fogg: If soda cans & LEGO can do it, so can we

I for one am glad the Cybertruck exists bc what other vehicle is out there providing nonstop hits like this

Howwwww can the build quality be so consistently bad across the board? It’s not like all the cybertrucks even have the same issue. They’re all ramshackle in DIFFERENT WAYS

when a system with a lot of protections frays, it starts coming apart in all manner of different ways. Its inertia resists complete collapse. Enough people inside try to keep it afloat.

If soda cans & LEGO can do it, so can we

SODA CANS ARE VERY LOW COST U SEE

This fuckin GUY my god it's just endless with him

I swear it's like he's a 15 year old smoking pot for the first time. "Lego cars are so fuckin well designed, dude. What if...."

The thing is cars are already ruthlessly economized. His factory makes fewer cars than it did when it was owned by a Japanese car maker which optimizes around what tasks robots do best and what tasks humans do best instead of forcing robots to do it all

Most car brands share common protocols and platforms even between competing manufacturers because it gives them a stronger negotiating position to the Chinese subcontractors and steel makers. The original Tesla is a GE skateboard e-car chassis with a Lotus body on top with Panasonic batteries.

‘Twas ever thus.

What if we built the whole car out of Lego car

Ok I'll do the soda can car and let's see which one of us gets to Mars first

He spent way more time on the epic alliteration at the end than he did on the problem

I will also point out...soda cans and Legos are physically small. Cars are ....not. that makes holding that precision so much more difficult (also completely unnecessary, by the by). I have a great book on tolerancing he should really 🤦‍♀️😂🤷‍♀️

It's been such an important lesson for me to learn at least that so often the really important question is "how precise does this _really_ need to be"

(tangent: physics courses should get much better at involving these considerations from the start rather than getting exactly the right answer)

Yeah, I teach a capstone astro class in which we have this conversation - moving away from ANSWERS towards how we actually answer questions. It is very fun, and students absolutely have to stretch from their assumptions about what is necessary/"better"

My own kids hate it when I do this—in the hopes that I can teach the "how do you know if you are getting the right answer" parts along the way. JUST TELL ME HOW TO DO THE PROBLEM DAD. 🤦🏼

I used to TA an Intro to Programming class Socratically and after one night class, I was locking up when 2 guys shoulder checked me and said they would get me fired I got some whiplash when 2 other students profusely thanked me for making it finally clear to them.

😂💖 so real.

Sounds interesting - I’d appreciate any additional information about that class you’d be willing to share :-)

Drop me an email! I'm on sabbatical, and am doing some changes before I teach it again, but always happy to share and chat. It's a mix of skills upgrade + observing project across the quarter (10 weeks)

Also, unlike soda cans and Lego, cars can be dangerous and are relied upon to help people get where they need to go.

I have no doubt they attempted to do that because there’s been no Tesla model refresh for any of their other cars for many years. LEGO and soda cans get away with it because they’re modular and have minimal special parts fabrication unlike the Cybertruck which is nearly all special parts fabrication

They consumed all their capacity and now the rest of the company is falling apart. I think the new Roadster was canceled.

No no no don't u see there's no difference between small injection molded plastics produced at scale and a truck

Everyone knows LEGO bricks can tow thousands of pounds and withstand highway speeds.

Look If a Cybertruck runs over a LEGO. at speed on the highway? My money's on the LEGO

I can’t wait for LEGO to release the Cybertruck model that is built more reliably than the real Cybertruck.

This is a genius idea…

lego and soda cans are not stainless steel

Ermmm well achtshully

lmao

Every time he addresses any technical subject , it’s more and more obvious he has no fucking idea how any of this actually works. Pulling some made-up bullshit platitude out of his ass is his entire personality

He's the human version of genAI And vice versa

Soda cans - also almost a boat

That makes me laugh every time I see it. Fucking clown was asking for engine cylinder tolerances on absolutely every part of the car, regardless of function or manufacturing method.

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