evergreen

@evergreen@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The torque better not be too strong with this one⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Correct. The original patent makes no reference to any sort of cam out / torque limiting feature.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dutch toilets⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I like to imagine the shitboat floating away in flames like an epic Viking burial.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon hit with $5.9 million fine for violating California labor law⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh no! That’s almost seven minutes worth of revenue!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨acceptable screws⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are low profile hex heads that exist for that same purpose though. Pretty much no need nowadays for slotted heads.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨acceptable screws⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I’ve had hex strip before as well. It’s always been on the smaller sizes for me though at least. Like sub M3 or 1/8" ish. And of course, cheap hex keys are just asking for it at those sizes. On the other hand, I’ve definitely never had a torx head strip out on me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨acceptable screws⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree. The vast majority of people don’t know the difference, and have never used a pozidrive driver with a pozidrive screw. It is a vast improvement imo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨acceptable screws⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m seeing a lot of people here claiming that the Philips head was originally designed to cam out/strip to prevent a transfer of force sufficient to twist the head off. While I agree this does sound logically plausible, I could find no reference to such features in the original patent: …storage.googleapis.com/…/US2046837.pdf 🤷‍♂️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨acceptable screws⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I read that the thing about them being designed to strip to prevent worse failure is just a myth. Or at least they weren’t originally designed to. It said that the original patent never contained any feature for that. Wouldn’t surprise me though if modern companies do use screws designed to strip to prevent disassembly/repair.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An achievement⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Same. It says on his Wikipedia he quit drinking in 2018. I’m surprised he quit but glad for him.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BMW⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Porsche also stole many of the innovative design elements of their cars from a Czech auto manufacturer called Tatra, after the Nazis took over the factory.