“The grass is always greener on the other side,” is what people usually say when someone makes a life decision that is predominantly based on perceived notions.
Friction is everywhere. Even though friction finds itself in just about every system we design, it is one of those concepts that is not easily understood.
We engineers love our equations. Imagine asking an engineer a question, and they hold up a finger gesturing for you to wait quietly while they punch numbers into their calculator.
When I hear the term “luck of the draw,” I can’t help but imagine an unfortunate soul sitting at a craps or roulette table in a casino, head in hands and slot machines ratcheting in the background.