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Whenever I peruse emojidex or any other emoji comparison, it's obvious that Apple that sets the emoji and pretty much everyone else copies it.
That's the first time I've heard that there are left- and right-handed scissors. Is there actually a noticeable difference in usage?
You're going to love this then: There are left-handed bread knifes, and I want one. Bread knifes have a ever so slight slant to the cutting surface, to ensure that it actually goes straight through the bread. Without it the bottom of the slice will be a little more narrow, or thicker, I can't remember. Anyway, if your left handed the cut goes into the bread at an angle and the bottom get much wider than the top. This…
I got a cutting knife (Øyo japansk kokkekniv), which has holes in it and a bump on one side to get rid of vacuum and things sticking to the knife when cutting. I actually got that in a lefty version, with the bumps on the other side.
That's the first time I've heard that there are left- and right-handed scissors. Is there actually a noticeable difference in usage?
Yes. When you close scissors, you use your grip to push the blades together perpendicular to the direction of travel. This makes the blades closer to each other so they slice. You probably do this without thinking about it due to practice, but if you watch little kids try to use scissors, they'll sometimes end up with the paper just turning sideways and folding flat between the blades. If you use the correct handed s…
I've never really understood (said like I've spent much time thinking about it!) why wrong-handed scissors are so difficult/impossible to use. We must angle them slightly, sub-consciously, w.r.t. our standing vertical (out of the plane projected forward from our figure)?
I’m surprised there aren’t “left-handed”/“right-handed” emoji modifiers yet for more inclusivity.
It’s an icon. A representation of the actual thing. It does not have to conform to actual physical requirements. It’s neat I guess, but isn’t really a productive pursuit.
Heaven forbid someone's curiosity doesn't result in something useful.
Sometimes people do things for fun and self-satisfaction.
I've never really understood (said like I've spent much time thinking about it!) why wrong-handed scissors are so difficult/impossible to use. We must angle them slightly, sub-consciously, w.r.t. our standing vertical (out of the plane projected forward from our figure)?
I'm a lefty and left-handed scissors are impossible for me to use. And not from lack of exposure I think, one of my memories from elementary school was the teacher trying to make me use left-handed scissors because she knew I was a lefty, but they simply wouldn't cut for me. I think there must be more to the left/right handed thing, because I'm effectively right-handed in everything I do except writing. Even in novel…
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This is an incredible collection. Thank you so much for keeping it
I still want to write some software to support community-curated lists of related links. It would include whatever I'm currently posting as "related"* plus fabulous contributions like cloudier's above. * https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
I also don't think "awesome lists" are a sufficient solution for a number of reasons. Like this list is a perfect example of something that would (1) definitely get ignored on GitHub, (2) not reach the most likely target audiences, (3) not be easy to contribute to for basically anyone who doesn't know what a "git" is (so, the majority of people on earth)
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You're going to love this then: There are left-handed bread knifes, and I want one. Bread knifes have a ever so slight slant to the cutting surface, to ensure that it actually goes straight through the bread. Without it the bottom of the slice will be a little more narrow, or thicker, I can't remember. Anyway, if your left handed the cut goes into the bread at an angle and the bottom get much wider than the top. This…
You have just answered why I've never been able to cut bread straight. I always thought I was just bad at it and somehow everyone else had mastered bread cutting while I wasn't paying attention.
Perfect slice!
You can use this technique even with blunt knives like butter knives.
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