I guess your not a carpenter and you don’t build things? It’s super useful. I don’t use it all that often but it’s an excellent tool to have. Even just laying out a square garden, say. It also works with any multiple to make bigger perpendiculars, 6, 8, 10 or 15, 20, 25
WW1 experimental camouflage sniper’s suit using the concept of “dazzle.” Dazzle camouflage, also known as razzle dazzle (in the U.S.) or dazzle painting, was a family of ship camouflage used extensively in World War I.
I’m on team inch. I think the metric system has been pushed by Big Socket to sell more wrenches. If they made a meter equal a yard we could be bilingual and use the most appropriate system for the job.
People made this joke about my art degree (textiles) but I’ve had a career for 25 years and my mortgage is about to be paid off in April. So, eat a dick 🫳🎤
The USS Monitor was an ironclad warship used by the Union Navy during the US Civil War. It was a radical design that sat low on the waterline to present a very small target, and had a revolving turret rather than a broadside battery. The turret traversed with steam power, being about to make a full rotation in just under 23...
AT-AT cutaway (lemmy.world)
from the Star Wars Incredible Cross Sections book. The original (Millenium Falcon in the cover) or this updated version.
If Trump loses in 2024, do you think he'd run in 2028?
Does Lemmy skew old enough for this one? (startrek.website)
Sleeping position (lemmy.world)
I love those path (lemm.ee)
Conscientious (lemmy.world)
100,000 bungholes probably (lemmy.world)
WW1 experimental camouflage sniper's suit using the concept of "dazzle." (lemmy.world)
WW1 experimental camouflage sniper’s suit using the concept of “dazzle.” Dazzle camouflage, also known as razzle dazzle (in the U.S.) or dazzle painting, was a family of ship camouflage used extensively in World War I.
Dreams reveal was lackluster.. (lemmy.ca)
I think we've been had (startrek.website)
Excuse me, René (mander.xyz)
Tools of the Trade
What are some lesser known items or tricks in your profession that most people don’t know about?...
Now that copyright on steamboat Willie has expired, what are the next big ones expiring?
Why are we putting defibrillators in buildings when we should be installing these? (lemmy.world)
Otherwise, what are the hoopy froods going to do when the Vogons arrive?
USS Monitor (lemmy.world)
The USS Monitor was an ironclad warship used by the Union Navy during the US Civil War. It was a radical design that sat low on the waterline to present a very small target, and had a revolving turret rather than a broadside battery. The turret traversed with steam power, being about to make a full rotation in just under 23...
How to start the day off strong (startrek.website)