Post B7UxPRoEgCUV1xbKts by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
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 (DIR) Post #B7Uv0wyrRrLsYilJi4 by ricci@discuss.systems
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       My colleague wanted to know why I have a railroad spike in my office. My question is: why NOT have a railroad spike in your office?
       
 (DIR) Post #B7Uv4JL2mMgalkjyAC by dysfun@social.treehouse.systems
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       @ricci well, uh... mostly because i don't have one laying about.
       
 (DIR) Post #B7Uv4JaHrgsZX1s8vI by ricci@discuss.systems
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       @dysfun skill issue
       
 (DIR) Post #B7Uv4JkDGmoq1oW4OW by dysfun@social.treehouse.systems
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       @ricci rob i literally used to work on the railways and i have never had a railroad spike in my office
       
 (DIR) Post #B7Uv4Ju8fsl6Wb9zrk by ricci@discuss.systems
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       @dysfun do tell
       
 (DIR) Post #B7Uv4K444yhN1NnvKy by dysfun@social.treehouse.systems
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       @ricci oh, underground railway. big sensor system for tracking subsidence etc. very badly written.
       
 (DIR) Post #B7Uv4KELSkvDXGc8MS by ricci@discuss.systems
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       @dysfun neat!
       
 (DIR) Post #B7Uv4KOGrqrU23G3pg by dysfun@social.treehouse.systems
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       @ricci well on the one hand. things got a bit hairy when the hour of sensor data processing step started taking more than an hour.
       
 (DIR) Post #B7Uv4KXqIGWAVjjhke by ricci@discuss.systems
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       @dysfun reject modernity, return to COBOL
       
 (DIR) Post #B7Uv4LOJ9CU98SHbWq by dysfun@social.treehouse.systems
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       @ricci (they were digging new tunnels under london, i hear that can cause subsidence)
       
 (DIR) Post #B7Uv6PBI1k7xT9B10a by dysfun@social.treehouse.systems
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       @ricci so i looked at it, as you would. about 8000 lines of nested ifs. okay, weird but i can probably cope.it's all concatenating strings. hmmm, okay this smells a bit funny, but i'll deal with it.eval(). no, running away now.
       
 (DIR) Post #B7Uw1WngN5q1bdNAxs by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
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       @ricci Heh, I don't have that but I got a hand vice on mine, been quite useful (ruler is in centimeters)P1060436.jpeg
       
 (DIR) Post #B7UwwQjPbkhLI2Va7M by ricci@discuss.systems
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       @lanodan looks like it's viced some hands in its day
       
 (DIR) Post #B7UxPRoEgCUV1xbKts by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
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       @ricci Yeah probably has, and even still works perfectly well as a vice.
       
 (DIR) Post #B7V0FQzr95uZTdxBL6 by piggo@piggo.space
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       @lanodan @ricci i have two much smaller ones but never knew what to use it for. or needed them and didn't know this is the right tool
       
 (DIR) Post #B7V1Ao93kjmRmEcG1I by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
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       @piggo @ricci Yeah, it makes for a pretty neat and quite heavy-duty 3rd-hand
       
 (DIR) Post #B7V1X4F8a6c84i4b5M by piggo@piggo.space
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       @lanodan @ricci normal vice for sure but these? i imagine to file something really tiny
       
 (DIR) Post #B7V1ffGIpXFHCfiYOu by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
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       @piggo @ricci Yeah for that you'd more use it like a vice grip.But for stuff like soldering it means no plastic bits to worry about and also very stable.
       
 (DIR) Post #B7VpB1UJ8lNUrnqoUa by jonathankoren@sfba.social
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       @ricci where else would you keep your railroad spike?