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Squidgeware.

I like that. A nice generalisation.

I'd construct a sad caveat to this, but Randall Munroe did it better than I can already: https://xkcd.com/1683/

Not to solder, but to use a crimped connector - the good ones come with hot-glue-lined heat shrink so you crimp the wires for a great connection, then heat the connector and the sh…

ps good shout on the letters, which I had thoroughly forgotten. The d20s still are odd though.

Making a triangle or square or even hexagon with rule and compass is fairly easy. Making a really regular pentagon also only needs rule and compass, but noticeably more knowledge w…

That's interesting, I thought the case made for oracular use when I read about it was reasonable, but I may be a bit put of date. There was a fair bit of weird belief washing aroun…

re: being That Guy: I know. It's a weak "Romans were old school" joke.

I had that possibility in mind, yes :-)

Board games are much older than the Romans, though possibly not older than writing - and texts give us a bit of a clue that some early ones were part recreation part ceremonial. By…

If your DM had you use these icosahedrons for saves... https://mymodernmet.com/roman-20-sided-icosahedron-dice/ then you really ARE old-school.

I like that theory too and offer a followon explanation: to make a dodecahedron you must make an accurate regular pentagon and this is not trivial with ancient geometric methods, y…

Quite a lot of 25kV AC overhead in the UK. I'm sure it is possible to create a dangerous situation with those and a helium balloon, but it seems to be very rare. I don't think this…

that has some weird parallels with modern military radar. Also, I didn't want one when I read their marketing page, but now I'm intrigued.

There's a similar case in the US - Bridgeman vs Corel - that influenced the UK one. I don't think it forms a universal rule in the US, unlike the more recent UK ruling, but it is i…

Hands. The general public's hands... clothes mark far less

There are also some heat treated modified timbers now which don't look like pressure treated sheds or fences but which are supposed to last well.

No questions, just want to say thanks for your amazing series of articles. I learned a lot from reading them.

Don't be bigoted against many-mouthed Shoggoths. Be pseudopod-positive.

I regret that I have but one upvote to give your post.

For you and, indeed, for me too. But, sadly, not for many people.

You get far more from the state as historical value than you would from the scrappy as bullion value. So, no, quite the opposite.

Don't be daft. The king is not the crown. Treasure items found in the UK are compulsory purchased by the state, not taken by the king. It's not a bad system in terms of practical r…

That is so much more than just patents. Vast engineering effort and process investment back up every "economy of scale". Unfortunately there is something about most e-ink designs s…

I've definitely met a lot of people who fail the GPT test.