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Similarly, The Hardware Reference Manual for a Cray-1 is available online as a .pdf It's about 200 pages long and detailed enough that an engineer might be able to to replicate* one from scratch using just that. * Building an exact duplicate would require using a refrigerant which has been...

My favorite smartphone family is the Apple 5/5S/SE. Just the right size for your pocket and an absolutely sturdy brick compared to most others. Here's how we've managed to break a one: drunkenly dropped into a glass of chocolate milk and vodka before being left there for a few hours. The phone...

I am an engineer. I included "is lucky and gets to decide" in the post you quoted for a reason.

Engineering is an exercise in making compromises: "cost, quality, and time; pick two". That's if the engineer is lucky and gets to decide.

Sometimes the damage is not repairable: https://www.repairerdrivennews.com/2017/09/18/corvette-totaled-for-1-inch-crack-makes-jalopnik-body-shop-recounts-experience/