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Re:Electron Band Structure in Germanium, My Ass by lukan on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @05:03PM (#43551318)
The main design goals were:

- construct a house with good insulation

No word of it being pretty. Houses should look pretty, but it wasn't art class, but physics. And the physics teacher clearly said insulation is the goal (so we learn about the concept).

We had a funtional house (roof, walls, windows, door) with very good insulation. The winning house just looked pretty and its insulation was basically nonexistent.

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Re:Electron Band Structure in Germanium, My Ass by potato3732842 on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @07:35PM (#43552398)
I get that, and think that "pretty" is a dumb goal because what's "pretty" is usually just cargo culting of whatever works. But I think reading your customer is a useful lesson, but probably should be taught intentionally not accidentally via bad teaching.
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