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> Heath Robinson contraption Ah, I see you also watched that video yesterday on manufacturing a tiny electric rotor.

• JdeBP 1y ago
  I actually learned the expression when I was a child, via the Professor Branestawm books.
  • jxjnskkzxxhx 1y ago
    Ok so this is genuinely a case of I see an expression for the first time, learn an expression it, and then see it again immediately after. Fun.
    • 57473m3n7Fur7h3 1y ago
      The Baader–Meinhof phenomenon strikes again!
      • jxjnskkzxxhx 1y ago
        I just learned about this yesterday.
  • grndn 1y ago
    Fellow Branestawm enthusiast here. That is the first time anyone has ever mentioned Professor Branestawm on HN, as far as I can tell! It's triggering deep memories.
• Joeboy 1y ago
  "Heath Robinson" is British English for "Rube Goldberg".
  • jxjnskkzxxhx 1y ago
    TIL
    • algernonramone 1y ago
      Me too, at first I thought it was a takeoff on "Heathkit". Silly me, I guess.