Mwallerby

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Would depend on how deep underwater and the pressure and so forth, but maybe look at how steam engine piston rods are sealed - an o-ring or a wiper seal would probably do the job

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago

Whenever my family went on holiday to Dartmoor when I was little, parents would always take us to church at Buckfast Abbey if we were there on a Sunday.

Always thought it was just for the nice architecture and the gardens, but maybe they had another motive....

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Something janky about the wheels, smells like AI...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

Road distances are in miles, speed in mph, heights in feet & inches, anything else is a hot mess generally trending towards metric the younger you are (or if you're in STEM)

ETA: there was a dumb plan a couple years ago to "reintroduce" imperial measurements after Brexit, mainly aimed at food shops, ignoring the fact that the EU never prevented anyone using them, and then the govt quietly dropped it in December lawl

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Bhhaaa the French

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

First computer in about '99, which I'd "built" (I was 8, so I mostly just watched while my dad's friend built it and occasionally let me plug some wires in)

First phone, Nokia 3310 in 2003, with a Simpsons case, I think I've got it in a box somewhere...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Was about to say the same thing - just annoying it's not all available online in the UK

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I've got two - a potato ricer, basically a big garlic press you put a boiled potato in, instant perfect mash.

And one of those spiral apple peeler/corer/slicers, makes cooking anything with apple in so much faster (it's a fiddle to clean though unfortunately)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Is that 25/80% of men will have thinner hair, or 25/80% of a man's hair will thin?

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