The drill is the shit you insert
Comment on A drill technically becomes a screwdriver when you insert a drill bit into it
actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
The device is the drill.
The driver or bit is the thing you insert into the end of the drill.
Kazel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Sir, if you are inserting actual shit, you’re not going to have much success either turning screws or making holes in things.
tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
If the attachment is what makes it a screwdriver, then the attachment is also what makes it a drill.
An electric kitchen mixer is not a drill. At least, it wasn’t designed to be one. But I could weld a drill bit on there and turn it into something which can maybe drill - if terribly.
Similarly, the ‘device’ part of what we call an electric drill can’t drill anything, not until you put the drill bit in. It’s not a drill in its base form - just a useless handheld spinny thing waiting for a purpose.
But I could add a whisk and turn it into a kitchen mixer…
actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
If we’re speaking philosophically, do we really know that an electric kitchen mixer, when fitted with a bit, would make a terrible drill? It’s probably not something that’s been tested or studied much, if at all.
For all we know, if would make an excellent one.
Maybe we should apply for grants, talk to labs. Set up some experiments.