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No one is certain what lava lamps were used for. Certain things just are. Looking at these objects again they seem like noodle portioner. https://images.pamur
by jhoechtl 5y ago
No one is certain what lava lamps were used for.
Certain things just are.
Looking at these objects again they seem like noodle portioner. https://images.pamura.com/unsafe/350x/filters:format(webp)/https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0063/8631/9433/products/5x7h31zgbgcg8k8k.jpg https://images.pamura.com/unsafe/350x/filters:format(webp)/h...
- jhgb 5y ago> they seem like noodle portioner Wouldn't you expect such a mundane tool to have some kind of "minimum practical design"? Your noodle portioner is just a flat object with holes; a hammer is just an object with a long part and a heavy part; etc. This object seems too complicated for any obvious single purpose like that.
- jhoechtl 5y agoToday noodles are mostly cheap mass products. Maybe back in the days the object (noodle) was much more valuable and so the objects surrounding noodles.
- eitland 5y ago> No one is certain what lava lamps were used for. Nitpick: I'm fairly certain lava lamps have been used as secure random number generators. Edit: a quick search on kagi confirms it.
- mburee 5y ago> > No one is certain what lava lamps were used for. > Nitpick: I'm fairly certain lava lamps have been used as secure random number generators. > Edit: a quick search on kagi confirms it. But that use case came about in the ~90s? The patent for lava lamps was filed somewhere around the 60s...
- eitland 5y agoYep, military keep their secrets very well you see ;-)
- seanhunter 5y agoLava lamps are functional as lamps - that is what they were originally designed for.