uriel238,
@uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

WTF? the sheet bend is close to a square knot which is much more secure. Or a thieves’ knot if you’re looking for something that slips apart after limited tension.

ColeSloth,

A sheet bend is more secure for cords of two different types/diameters. A square knot is for cords of the same diameter.

peopleproblems,

That

is one mother fucking cursed connector

it’s brilliant because it’s so hazardous yet still creates a contact between two double core wires.

runeko,
@runeko@programming.dev avatar

Additionally, the next “wire” would be connected reversed polarity so you would never know if grey or yellow were hot.

yetiftw,

why would it be connected with reversed polarity?

pelya,

I want to see IRL photo of this connection.

The knot also needs to be adapted for common two-core electrical appliance cable, if you remove a piece of the insulation on one side and with an offset on the other side, the cable needs to be twisted mid-knot to match the correct wire.

cron,

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.

magic_lobster_party,

Must be a new addition. I haven’t seen it either until now.

usernamesAreTricky,

It’s been there for a while, just hard to spot. From doing a binary search with web.archive.org, it seems it was added on October 5th, 2016 web.archive.org/web/20161005090723/…/xkcd.com/

kurwa,

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

JackFrostNCola,

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

Funwayguy,
@Funwayguy@lemmy.world avatar

It’d be like the phone equivalent of Linux’s diagonal monitor orientation, only now the touch screen experience is beyond fucked.

Strangely enough this might work for round smart watches though.

Phoenix3875,

But then you yourself have to be in Boat mode to browse it.

Ultragramps,
@Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

In my experience, the human form of “Boat Mode” means drunk. A drunk person with a wobbly mobile device sounds like sad fail tiktok content.

sgt_hulka,

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.

Cocodapuf,

Yeah, now I want boat mode too!

Qwaffle_waffle,

2024, make it happen!

Crackhappy,
@Crackhappy@lemmy.world avatar

Fuck everything about that.

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