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16 Part Epoxy

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Some surfaces may seem difficult to glue. But if you research the materials, find tables of what adhesives work on them, and prepare your surfaces carefully, you can fail to glue them in a fun NEW way that fills your house with dangerous vapors.
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Some surfaces may seem difficult to glue. But if you research the materials, find tables of what adhesives work on them, and prepare your surfaces carefully, you can fail to glue them in a fun NEW way that fills your house with dangerous vapors.
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Sailing Rigs

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I wanted to make the world's fastest yawl, so I made the aft sail bigger, but apparently that means it's not a yawl anymore! It's a real ketch-22.
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I wanted to make the world's fastest yawl, so I made the aft sail bigger, but apparently that means it's not a yawl anymore! It's a real ketch-22.
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Planetary Alignment

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We're going to need to modify the surface to mount it on the test stand. Which ocean basin do you like the least?
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We're going to need to modify the surface to mount it on the test stand. Which ocean basin do you like the least?
iustinp
2 days ago
Ha ha, good one!
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fxer
2 days ago
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If you keep ignoring that DIPOLE light on your dashboard it’s gonna lead to full geomagnetic reversal
Bend, Oregon

Superstition

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It's important to teach yourself to feel responsible for random events, because with great responsibility comes great power. That's what my wise Uncle Ben told me right before he died; he might still be alive today if only I'd said rabbit rabbit that year!
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It's important to teach yourself to feel responsible for random events, because with great responsibility comes great power. That's what my wise Uncle Ben told me right before he died; he might still be alive today if only I'd said rabbit rabbit that year!
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jepler
7 days ago
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An Airplane joke? on XKCD? It's more likely than you think.
Earth, Sol system, Western spiral arm
fancycwabs
7 days ago
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I *did* say rabbit rabbit on January 1, and behold!

What I'm trying to say is I'm very sorry.
Nashville, Tennessee

Tensegrity

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Some people argue that the tension and compression in the human skeleton is technically tensegrity, but it's missing the defining characteristic: making people say 'wtf, how is that thing floating?' when they see it.
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Some people argue that the tension and compression in the human skeleton is technically tensegrity, but it's missing the defining characteristic: making people say 'wtf, how is that thing floating?' when they see it.
silberbaer
8 days ago
But... it is. We just don't see it. Too many other body parts in the way, like skin.
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Conic Sections

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They're not generally used for crewed spacecraft because astronauts HATE going around the corners.
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They're not generally used for crewed spacecraft because astronauts HATE going around the corners.
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