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  I just like to imagine being one of the laborers working on these. I wonder if they ever stopped to think “Is this just busywork? Like, has management ever really explained why we need to be doing this?”
context: Wonder how they could’ve missed them all these years: they’re outlined and even labeled right in the hillside! >
  
  Searches found them decades ago. Researchers only found them again recently. >
  
  Newer researchers discovered those earlier researchers up on the hills, lost. >
  
  The joke is good, but also an analogy on how poor documentation can lead to no difference between knowing nothing about a subject and having a thousand page paper on the subject. 
  Stuff gets filed away and the relevant people can't find it 20 years later all the time. >
  
  Didn’t the US have that problem with the space program? Stuff didn’t get documented well, and they had to pull the engineers out of retirement? >
  
  I wouldn't doubt it given my experience in the field. 
  There was a project for a sensor that I've lead through validation and the documentation for field failures from the previous iteration were fairly poor. 
  As a result, it's highly susceptible to temperature and if it gets hot, there's a chance for some epoxy to crack and let water in. 
  This gap of knowledge was as small as 8 years. The more egregious matter is the project engineer falsified the test reports. They reported out pass rather than failures. Tests can't be replicated. 
  Whoever goes into engineering, don't take it as a free pass to stop learning english, ethics, and how to communicate. >
  
  The photos should have side by side option with and without outline. >
  
  273 is interesting. A man-headed animal. >
  
  "Draw me one with the head of a man" "You got it boss" >
  
  This is so cool. Some of the designs make me wonder if they were just having fun! >
  
  Ancient graffiti >
  
  Hopefully they won't let some idiots fuck them up during an ad campaign this time around. >
  
  chalking this up to aliens is irritating and underestimates human power and creativity, especially of the ancient indigenous people of peru. it helped harvesting season! >
  
  We asked ancient alien theorists if they believe these were made by extraterrestrial life forms. The answer was “yes”. >
  
  omg i made a drinking game out of how many time they say “ancient alien theorists” >
  
  A lot of work for a prank! >
  
  Dude, I really love lamas.  Like a lot.  I've been thinking about drawing some on that hill.....