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@pengstrom6 @lukebayes Sheer inertia. That's why they're often made of a dense, strong material like tungsten.

@lukebayes Is the bar braced against anything, or is the sheer inertia enough to arrest the hammer??

As an airframe mechanic in the Marine Corps, I installed thousands of these rivets. Since we worked on helicopters, we usually got the round head variety instead of flush ones shown. For folks who don’t know, the process involves placing an air hammer against the head and pressing a bucking bar (image below) against the opposite end. The difficulty lies in keeping the bucking bar parallel to the surface and stopping with just enough rivet compression, but not too much. The first week left your bucking bar hand bloody. But pretty quickly, you developed a callous on the thumb and forefinger that was calibrated to the exact height for a perfect rivet. Once you hit this point, these things go down in seconds and it’s incredibly rewarding work. The image below shows a guy doing it without sacrificing his finger and thumb, but should give an idea. This was a trade I thought I’d do forever, but fate had different plans.

@Davie57792482 @m4npreet006 @Carefree_Jam Yeah, The Earth is flat and the moon landing was fake. Now we have three things completely debunked by science in this thread.

@PilotPTK @m4npreet006 @Carefree_Jam Blockin glands is not safe

This heatwave has shown how many people don't know the difference between deodorant and antiperspirant

@m4npreet006 @Carefree_Jam Deodorant=perfume. It's just smell nice stick. Antiperspirant = ingredients that actively reduce sweating - generally by using aluminum to clog the sweat glands. Safe and effective.

@Carefree_Jam Wait what’s the actual science difference? I’ve been winging it for years and now I’m paranoid I’ve been using the wrong one this whole time

@Carefree_Jam It's been so hot here the last few weeks that the difference isn't terribly relevant.

@qnchrs @Fangstaboi @dmoonlives Europoor.

@PilotPTK @Fangstaboi @dmoonlives midwit

Walking inside a women’s-only gym disproves everything that women have ever said about not dressing for the male gaze

@harvey0134 @RealPlantBrah My accounts are just fine.

@PilotPTK @RealPlantBrah Overdrafted too much and can’t get a real account huh?

One of the hardest parts about going 100% direct deposit with my blue collar employees is that several have been de-banked.

@DChadwickAuthor @PossumStargazer There is no way you're actually this retarded.

@PossumStargazer But your own edit literally says "me write books."

I’m all for ripping on people who pirate books, but this is super cringe. A physical copy of a book is not a license, nor do authors have the legal right to impose or enforce such a license. A physical book is the end user’s property, and they have every right to sell it or give it away.

@harvey0134 @RealPlantBrah It's equally crazy how many adults don't know the difference between there, their, and they're.

@RealPlantBrah It’s crazy how many grown ass adults use Cash App as there main and only bank account

@liyatheoligarch @Fangstaboi @dmoonlives Who said I was complaining? I was looking for information about how it's legal.

@PilotPTK @Fangstaboi @dmoonlives then why are you complaining about female only spaces

@dejgarate @dmoonlives Huh. Interesting. Didn't know that, and apparently neither did Google/Gemini (which is where my previous comment came from)

@PilotPTK @dmoonlives That's where you're wrong. It didn't include sex.

@Fangstaboi @dmoonlives I don't think it should be illegal. I think we should ban women from tons of places, in fact.

@PilotPTK @dmoonlives Why do you think it should be illegal? Just go somewhere else. Why do you want to attend a gym for women?

@dejgarate @dmoonlives The Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 states that no business (public or private) serving the public can discriminate based on a customer’s national origin, sex, religion, color or race.

@PilotPTK @dmoonlives There is no federal law against it

@slmn_sh @Shpigford I'd rather block India.

@Shpigford why not just hide it

built a little chrome extension that lets you dim (or hide!) all the crap, mass-produced, fake brands on amazon. should i release it?

@HeelsAreHot Clicking their link... Nice.

But I thought you said you reviewed the incident and the footage and found no issue with how it was handled? Were you lying then, or are you lying now?

@FaymusRighter @BobDinMI Not probably.. Detroit Evening Report: DTE requests another rate increase - WDET 101.9 FM share.google/nXnfgxq68coDri…

@BobDinMI “We need to raise rates again” -DTE probably 🙄

500K without power in Michigan tonight! 1/2 MILLION without power

@Kareybean @DudeAlbert4520 @Polymarket Demand in the US rose by more than 10,000 Megawatts since my last comment. Our pull from the Canadian grid dropped to about 2500 Megawatts. Canada could flip the switch and we wouldn't even notice. Your supply is hardly even a rounding error.

@PilotPTK @DudeAlbert4520 @Polymarket The grids depend on each other. We supply you in the summer with hydro; you supply us in the winter with gas. It would be detrimental to both grids eventually so I’m sure we’d never do it. It would screw you guys immediately, though 🤷‍♂️

BREAKING: Largest U.S. power grid PJM announces it is “under a federal alert” to cut electricity consumption.

@GigaBasedDad What self respecting man would go there to fix anything?

Interesting.

@Ryan66962663 @beefbooger @TMobile Visible+ *

@Ryan66962663 @beefbooger @TMobile Verizon Vision+ was way better than what I'm now getting from Tmo.

Cancelled all of my @TMobile plans and moved to a new network. It will be interesting to see how many accounts they lose because of their disloyalty to their long term customers that were on legacy plans.