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Nice Article. Also shows how informative the web could back in in 1995 when pages weren't covered in advertising junk. After reading it, I ended up in a Google

• glaberficken 8y ago
  Informative AND inspired writing: >"We managed to get about 9 lathes out of each 2x4 on average (sometimes 10, sometimes only 8). Remember, in planning for this, that the saw blade has thickness, and that all the sawdust has to come from somewhere."
  • twothamendment 8y ago
    Maybe it mentions it, but if you only read comments that thickness from the cut has a name - kerf. Don't forget the kerf. Dimensional lumber is anything but that. I once needed to rip down a stack of 2"x6" lumber to the same width. Some pieces would run through the saw without cutting anything off, others would leave a 1/4" strip of scrap. Take into account the kerf and there was almost a 1/2" difference between some pieces.
• ehnto 8y ago
  That is how the web is browsed best, in information explorer mode. An agent moving amongst the archives by their own impetus. A tool to satiate their thirst for stories and information. The alternative is in consumer mode, where you sit and consume anything that shows up on the conveyor belt of feeds, wondering why things aren't as good these days.
  • lbotos 8y ago
    As much as I agree, I think the internet also now has expanded to serve a different class of user, one who "wants" or "expects" to consume, vs. the earlier groups who self-selected as knowledge seekers/explorers.