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Joel_MckayNov 2025Recommends
"Still it's amusing how Whitney's style seems to personally offend people" So it was for the lols after all... Notably, a Lisp interpreter written in Lisp is a common assignment for second year CS students. In a production setting, there is little reason to misappropriate resources for such toys. Bud Haggert still teaches smart people something very important about communication with interdisciplinary crowds: ▶ this video Doug Zongker's presentation similarly instructs people how to make better presentations to peers by demonstrating what not to do: [link] Best of luck =3
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causality0Nov 2023Recommends
I don't know why people are always posting the Rockwell version when the older Turbo Emcabulator video is far superior. ▶ this video
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NelsonMinarJul 2021Recommends
There's a proud tradition of this kind of parody: the Turboencabluator is one of the most famous in engineering, a joke that goes back to 1944. [link] Bud Haggart's industrial training videos for the Turboencabulator from the 70s/80s are things of beauty. See ▶ this video
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Anarch157aMay 2019Recommends
I think you're gonna like this one [1]. The B-25 Mitchell instructional that was linked here some few weeks ago is also amazing [2]. [1]: ▶ this video [2]: [link]
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paranoidrobotApr 2025Cites it
There are youtube channels with old TV Ads. Some of those will be non-existant. You could also go down the Turbo Encabulator rabbit hole: ▶ this video [link]
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myrandomcommentJan 2022Cites it
Here is the fun take - [link] And the original - ▶ this video Also curious as this was on Twitter the other day...how social mixed if this is the OPs reason for sharing.
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robocatOct 2021Cites it
That is the long running “Turbo Encabulator” trope, the original is here ▶ this video but there are some wonderful rerenditions and tributes if you search for those keywords on YouTube.
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bizzletkJun 2026Joke
Wouldn't the real story be to get government contracts? Those are more immune to public fickleness and market competition and usually have truly ludicrous margins. If they're the only ones who ̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶e̶n̶g̶i̶n̶e̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶a̶u̶t̶o̶n̶o̶m̶o̶u̶s̶ ̶k̶i̶l̶l̶b̶o̶t̶s̶ can draw a reciprocation dingle-arm to reduce soinosoidal repleneration, then "I'm sure the government will buy it" [0] [0] ▶ this video
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contingenciesJul 2024Joke
PoE works better (cheaper, higher bandwidth, differential signalling for higher EMI resistance, readily shared, etc.). Plastic covers are ~free (splash out and deploy duct tape if necessary). MEMS mic -> I2C -> cheap MCU -> ethernet. Theory: Capture digitally, and send the data - forget XLR and other expensive analog 'professional' fancabulation[0]. [0] ▶ this video
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Joel_MckayJun 2024Joke
The article is conflating buzzword laden hype-cycles with qualitative artifacts. It takes experience to recognize most software is still garbage, but more importantly determine which parts of the garbage heap is useful. The primary problem is the very definition of any unique terminology or product is distorted by the industry itself to fit a marketing niche. After a few years people sound like they had a stroke, and bought a Turbo Encabulator: ▶ this video
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leecourseyMay 2024Joke
Oh, dear. I read as far as "Its generator system is a rotor-stator system with a highly efficient 5 kW permanent magnet generator", then immediately thought of the Turbo Encabulator: ▶ this video
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lucidguppyAug 2023Joke
I agree - college is a filter - not a tech tree. In engineering school you solve problems similar to industry - but its more the difficulty than the similarity. New grads can handle the difficulty your job provides. If you train them - they should get the hang of it. Industry leads academia in undergrad - not the other way around. Industry knew that new grads needed 6-12 months of niche education (this is the general operation of Turbo Encabulators ▶ this video ). It was in their budget. Now.... not so much.
in “‘How Do I Do That?’ The New Hires of 2023 Are Unprepared for Work” · View on HN
kstenerudApr 2023Joke
Reminds me of the turbo encabulator presentation [1]. Quote: "The latter consisted simply of six hydrocoptic marzlevanes, so fitted to the ambifacient lunar waneshaft that side fumbling was effectively prevented." [1] ▶ this video
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ethbr0May 2022Joke
> That works even if you remove the "Blockchain". That's a key criteria for being Web 3.0. Now basically, the only new principal involved is that instead of value being generated by the relative motion of conductors and fluxes, it is produced by the modial interaction of magneto-reluctance and capacitive-interactance... ▶ this video
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JadeNBNov 2021Joke
> This sounds like a line from the turbo encabulator. In case you're one of the lucky 10,000: ▶ this video
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Sohcahtoa82Apr 2019Joke
I've been having issues with my transmission's cardinal grammeters going out of sync. I've heard if I get a turbo encabulator [0], it would supply an inverse reactive current into the unilateral phase destractors, which would fix the sync issue, but the price tag is more than I can swallow. I might just have to deal with the side fumbling of the ambifacient lunar waneshaft, even if it means having to regularly replace the spurving bearings. [0] ▶ this video
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pg_botApr 2018Joke
Fred may as well be describing the turboencabulator[0]. I get that VCs should swing for the fences, but this seems like they are totally ignoring first principles when it comes to cryptocurrency/blockchain apps. [0] ▶ this video
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meatsockFeb 2016Joke
encabulation is a great topic of study with many interesting video demos turbo encabulator v1 ▶ this video rockwell turbo encabulator [link] rockwell retro encabulator [link] chrysler turbo encabulator [link] chrysler turbo encabulator diagnosis and service [link] fort worth vintage flying museum specific service notes [link]
in “The Turbo-Encabulator in Industry (1944)” · View on HN