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xkcd #2880: Sheet Bend (imgs.xkcd.com)

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A left-handed sheet bend creates a much weaker connection, especially under moderate loads.

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[-] [email protected] 96 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I just noticed this info on the xkcd website for the first time:

xkcd.com is best viewed with Netscape Navigator 4.0 or below on a Pentium 3±1 emulated in Javascript on an Apple IIGS at a screen resolution of 1024x1. Please enable your ad blockers, disable high-heat drying, and remove your device from Airplane Mode and set it to Boat Mode. For security reasons, please leave caps lock on while browsing.

Randall is such a genius.

[-] [email protected] 34 points 8 months ago

Boat Mode needs to be a thing, I don't know what it does but I want it.

[-] [email protected] 50 points 8 months ago

It unlocks your screen rotation settings and links screen orientation to the phones gyroscopic sensor to maintain orientation perpendicular to the horizon.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Brilliant! I'd use that as Carsick Mode myself. Maybe then I could read a map in the passenger seat without hurling into the driver's lap.

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