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Personally, I hate the Hole Hawg story. It reeks of pretentiousness and gatekeeping, and worse, the description of the Hole Hawg isn't even accurate. "A cube of

Personally, I hate the Hole Hawg story. It reeks of pretentiousness and gatekeeping, and worse, the description of the Hole Hawg isn't even accurate. "A cube of metal"? That's not what a quick image search shows. "You screw a second handle in"-- except that the second handle is already there. "It's not sleek" -- again, a image search shows a perfectly normal handle with a perfectly normal grip. The Unix command line has a lot to recommend it. Notably, the simple ergonomics of the pipeline are indeed great (other OSs have similar pipeline concepts; they just don't get used the same way because they are too clunky).

arghwhat 5y ago
As an old electrician, the description was accurate. Look at a Makita HR2470 for comparison to a normal power drill. The handle has to be removed after every use if you want to put it back in it's case. The handle is just pipe with a rubber handle at the end, whereas most tools use molded plastic that slides over the chuck. And yeah, the body is a cube of metal, as opposed to large unibody plastic castings.
TaylorAlexander 5y ago
Here are a few pics from ebay. Note that the story is 22 years old and he worked in the 1980's so he may be thinking of an even older design than the one I found. It's not like literally a cube but it's notably more cube-like than any consumer drill, and the handle shown here looks like regular pipe with a rubber handle. I really don't think you should take writing like this literally. https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/FHcAAOSwLfVg0K4w/s-l640.jpg https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/FHcAAOSwLfVg0K4w/s-l640.jpg https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/LosAAOSwZS9g2quf/s-l1600.jpg https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/LosAAOSwZS9g2quf/s-l1600.jpg https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/c1EAAOSwmAhg~B-F/s-l1600.jpg https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/c1EAAOSwmAhg~B-F/s-l1600.jpg https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/U-kAAOSwT4Ng~B-Z/s-l1600.jpg https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/U-kAAOSwT4Ng~B-Z/s-l1600.jpg

arghwhat 5y ago

As an old electrician, the description was accurate. Look at a Makita HR2470 for comparison to a normal power drill. The handle has to be removed after every use if you want to put it back in it's case. The handle is just pipe with a rubber handle at the end, whereas most tools use molded plastic that slides over the chuck. And yeah, the body is a cube of metal, as opposed to large unibody plastic castings.

TaylorAlexander 5y ago

Here are a few pics from ebay. Note that the story is 22 years old and he worked in the 1980's so he may be thinking of an even older design than the one I found. It's not like literally a cube but it's notably more cube-like than any consumer drill, and the handle shown here looks like regular pipe with a rubber handle. I really don't think you should take writing like this literally. https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/FHcAAOSwLfVg0K4w/s-l640.jpg https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/FHcAAOSwLfVg0K4w/s-l640.jpg https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/LosAAOSwZS9g2quf/s-l1600.jpg https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/LosAAOSwZS9g2quf/s-l1600.jpg https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/c1EAAOSwmAhg~B-F/s-l1600.jpg https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/c1EAAOSwmAhg~B-F/s-l1600.jpg https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/U-kAAOSwT4Ng~B-Z/s-l1600.jpg https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/U-kAAOSwT4Ng~B-Z/s-l1600.jpg