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For those people who find this frustratingly incorrect/incomplete - this is an art project, not a an attempt at creating a taxonomy of tools. For those people

For those people who find this frustratingly incorrect/incomplete - this is an art project, not a an attempt at creating a taxonomy of tools. For those people who have little experience with the trades - this is an art project, and building up your understanding of tools from this resource probably isn't a great idea. For those people who can't get the screwdriver bits image out of their mind - I'm with you.

demondemidi 3y ago
We know. I think the main objection is that it is just more noise and clickbait that really teaches nothing[0], or this case, buybait. [0] I think it actually unteaches things as it obfuscates the point of the shape of the periodic table.
- synthos 3y ago
  Definitely buybait and a shame that a blatant advertisement has made to YC news front page. What's next? Novelty toothpaste for nerds?
  - demondemidi 3y ago
    > Novelty toothpaste for nerds? One that changes color the longer you brush so that you know you've brushed sufficiently (and not just blood-red to indicate your gums are now bleeding). One that changes color based on where the calculus on your teeth accumulated, so you can target you brushing. One that does the brushing for you, just keep it in your mouth for 3 minutes and rinse. Oh lord...
    - schoen 3y ago
      > One that changes color based on where the calculus on your teeth accumulated, so you can target you brushing. This exists, although for some reason I'm not aware that it's available as part of a toothpaste. (Maybe the toothpaste foam would create false positive indications by making it seem to accumulate in places that don't actually have plaque.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disclosing_tablets https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disclosing_tablets
      - demondemidi 3y ago
        Blast! I was hoping readers would be too young to remember and I would get the credit. \O_O/ ... I used to get these from the dentist as kid in the 70's.
  - theodoregray 3y ago
    For what it's worth, I had absolutely nothing to do with the post: I didn't make it or encourage anyone to make it. I just noticed a sharp uptick in sales earlier today. Which I love since I spent a lot of time and money designing the poster and getting it printed. Here's the real buy bait: Please buy my book and poster! You can find the book "Tools" on Amazon, and the poster at theodoregray.com
    - digdugdirk 3y ago
      Also for what it's worth, it's a very cool art project! And I'm always happy to have more computer nerds get an introduction to the tools required to make stuff in the physical world.
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demondemidi 3y ago

We know. I think the main objection is that it is just more noise and clickbait that really teaches nothing[0], or this case, buybait. [0] I think it actually unteaches things as it obfuscates the point of the shape of the periodic table.

synthos 3y ago
Definitely buybait and a shame that a blatant advertisement has made to YC news front page. What's next? Novelty toothpaste for nerds?
- demondemidi 3y ago
  > Novelty toothpaste for nerds? One that changes color the longer you brush so that you know you've brushed sufficiently (and not just blood-red to indicate your gums are now bleeding). One that changes color based on where the calculus on your teeth accumulated, so you can target you brushing. One that does the brushing for you, just keep it in your mouth for 3 minutes and rinse. Oh lord...
  - schoen 3y ago
    > One that changes color based on where the calculus on your teeth accumulated, so you can target you brushing. This exists, although for some reason I'm not aware that it's available as part of a toothpaste. (Maybe the toothpaste foam would create false positive indications by making it seem to accumulate in places that don't actually have plaque.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disclosing_tablets https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disclosing_tablets
    - demondemidi 3y ago
      Blast! I was hoping readers would be too young to remember and I would get the credit. \O_O/ ... I used to get these from the dentist as kid in the 70's.
- theodoregray 3y ago
  For what it's worth, I had absolutely nothing to do with the post: I didn't make it or encourage anyone to make it. I just noticed a sharp uptick in sales earlier today. Which I love since I spent a lot of time and money designing the poster and getting it printed. Here's the real buy bait: Please buy my book and poster! You can find the book "Tools" on Amazon, and the poster at theodoregray.com
  - digdugdirk 3y ago
    Also for what it's worth, it's a very cool art project! And I'm always happy to have more computer nerds get an introduction to the tools required to make stuff in the physical world.

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