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Re:Ask HN: Boring but important tech no one is working on? by philwelch on Friday August 26, 2022 @06:29PM (#32613476)
> The kick that inspires new scientists and engineers comes from the gratification of learning or figuring out something as nothing feels better than figuring out how/why something is happening and how to push it to it's edge cases.

This is also how Kerbal Space Program works, to name one example of an educational game.

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Re:Ask HN: Boring but important tech no one is working on? by CapricornNoble on Saturday August 27, 2022 @01:40AM (#32616082)
Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1356/

There's a job I was considering recently that is space-related, I almost wanted to modify my resume with "I don't have professional experience with orbital mechanics, but I do have xxx hours in Kerbal Space Program on Steam."

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