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Submitted ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fossilesque@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • BestBouclettes@jlai.lu ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Percussive maintenance is a real thing!

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    • FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I was just about to say that

      I worked on something that literally said “to test this thing, hit it here with a screwdriver” because it was known to be a point where a soldered joint would fail

      I used to bash the shit out of some stuff with a hammer to prove my diagnoses. It wasn’t working anyway, so I couldn’t break it more, and I was usually proved correct when I was able to replicate the failure

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      • towerful@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        The whole “well, it’s already broken: what’s the worst I can do?” is such a liberating position to be in.

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      • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Was doing this with my car fob for a while before I finally broke down and re-soldered the battery contact terminal to the board yesterday.

        Also doing it to my cars blower fan for the AC. I have the replacement fan motor, but it hasn’t been annoying enough yet to mess with replacing.

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    • marcos@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      And now interplanetary percussive maintenance is a thing too.

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      • Natanael@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Punching over IP

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    • muntedcrocodile@hilariouschaos.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      U gotta account for the different air density and effects on sound due to that

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  • remon@ani.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Image

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    • aeronmelon@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I love that guy.

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      • SalmiakDragon@feddit.nu ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Peter Stormare

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      • chuymatt@startrek.website ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        In everything he has done

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  • aeronmelon@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    If it’s stupid and it works, it’s still stupid but at least it worked.

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    • Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Nah. At that point it only looks stupid.

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  • Wilco@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    If a Mars lander hits itself with a shovel and no one is around to hear it … does it make a sound?

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    • Shanmugha@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It does (ok, one catch: if there’s an atmosphere), sound has physical nature. The trick is in asking whether music/art/languages exist after any sentient life is gone

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      • RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Can’t sound transfer through the casing even if it’s not vibrating air in the process?

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      • Genius@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        No, sound is a sensation. Sonic disturbances aren’t sound unless someone hears them. That’s why sonic frequencies outside the hearing range aren’t sound.

        You should read Berkeley’s Three Dialogues to properly understand the meme.

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  • markovs_gun@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I can only imagine the euphoric mixture of dread and excitement that the engineer who came up with that one must have had right before presenting it to the rest of the team. The realization that all hope for normal solutions had been lost and abnormal solutions were needed, combined with the requirement of absolute confidence in these facts to present this to managers. I am jealous, this is a feeling most engineers only get a few times in their careers.

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  • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Is NOBODY else curious where the shovel came from??

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    • lugal@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It’s a mars robot designed to take samples…

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      • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        lies!!!

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  • AnAustralianPhotographer@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Not a bad option. A service call from the NASAA would take easily over a week.

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  • Anomalocaris@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    can’t believe they were pushing shovelware in mars

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  • Sickos@hexbear.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Percussive maintenance is a time honored tradition

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  • latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Self-help for mechs! If only it were that easy for us as well…

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    • EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’m sure the local hardware store has a shovel you can use.

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      • latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        A daily shovel in the face keeps one’s sanity in place?:))

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