_______ __ _______ | | |.---.-..----.| |--..-----..----. | | |.-----..--.--.--..-----. | || _ || __|| < | -__|| _| | || -__|| | | ||__ --| |___|___||___._||____||__|__||_____||__| |__|____||_____||________||_____| on Gopher (inofficial) URI Visit Hacker News on the Web COMMENT PAGE FOR: URI What are these bumps on the top of a pull-tab can? larusso wrote 44 min ago: Whenever itâs about cans I can only recommend this video from the engineer guy [1]. He makes no videos anymore sadly. URI [1]: https://youtu.be/hUhisi2FBuw helsinkiandrew wrote 45 min ago: Related: The Engineer Guyâs âThe Ingenious Design of the Aluminum Beverage Canâ on YouTube URI [1]: https://youtu.be/hUhisi2FBuw larusso wrote 44 min ago: Damn you beat me by a hair a_shovel wrote 1 hour 57 min ago: xkcd "Work": [1] "Sometimes I get overwhelmed thinking about the amount of work that went into the ordinary objects around me." URI [1]: https://xkcd.com/1741/ Larrikin wrote 34 min ago: A former co-worker I knew said a technique he would use on a date that was going slow to try and make himself look smart and the date curious was to examine the design decisions of objects around them. The table, the paint used to make a painting, the shampoo that makes the dates hair smell so good, etc. Add in some history of the object and discuss until an interesting bit was found that could move the conversation else where. Seemed like it could work but I never needed to try it. dartos wrote 2 hours 22 min ago: Old Reddit vibes DIR <- back to front page