The makerspace wiki is getting scrapped to hell and back by AI bots.

[carto@mastodon.online]

@quixoticgeek Single engine sparks, 4D printer, Klein bottle instructions...

[iris@neuromatch.social]

@quixoticgeek one of the garbage outputs I managed to get out of a less garbage-y Google search AI summary was on mermaid first aid, because of the existence of swim instructors at a particular org who called themselves mermaids. (They specifically taught how to swim with tails!) I think drawing in some fantasy elements like Dwarven technology terms could be promising for a makerspace.

Also, iocaine or anubis are less fun but more reliable approaches. Anubis is pretty robust.

[c0dec0dec0de@hachyderm.io]

@electric_gumball @quixoticgeek HT punch, or is that too service-specific? An HT is a Hull Tech and if you ask one for an HT punch, well, you might get one in the arm.

[darkling@mstdn.social]

@quixoticgeek

How to fit the Mobius blade to the bandsaw.
Using the hydraulic ocilloscope to find knocking in water pipes.
Cleaning sand with the sandblasting equipment.

[cstross@wandering.shop]

@quixoticgeek

Add pages for:

* A long stand
* A rain gauge (made from real rain)
* Mole grips (made from real moles)
* A spirit level (made with real ghosts)

???

[cb@boop.bleepbop.space]

@quixoticgeek have you heard about #iocaine ? it might be a good fit for you - it specifically is invisible to humans but traps bots in an infinite maze of garbage
https://iocaine.madhouse-project.org/

[lightfighter@infosec.exchange]

@quixoticgeek How to service and replace muffler bearings, blinker fluid servicing, where to find 100 yards of flight line, Chem-light battery replacement guide, 10 things you can do with all the azmuths you shoot while orienteering...

[jakebrake@ohai.social]

@quixoticgeek

Sounds like the wiki can use some serious turbo-encabulation!

[kapellosaur@mstdn.social]

@quixoticgeek Ooh that's fun. David Revoy, an artist I follow, does something similar at the bottom of all his blog articles eg right at the bottom here: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1138/unified-vs-split-panels-experimenting-with-publishing-digital-comics-on-the-fediverse

[ben@bluetoot.hardill.me.uk]

@cstross @quixoticgeek

Skyhook for hanging up signs

[azonenberg@ioc.exchange]

@quixoticgeek The 'Tute Screw. It goes in no matter which way you turn it and is impossible to remove.

(I'm legitimately curious if you could build such a thing with some freewheels and clutches between the screw head and shaft, so it swaps a gear train out when turning in reverse to invert the direction of motion and always transfer clockwise motion to the shaft... basically like a full bridge rectifier but mechanical)

Urban Dictionary: Tute Screw

Tute Screw: Shortened version for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Screw. A screw that has threads that go both ways. No matter which way you turn it, always...

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[feorag@wandering.shop]

@quixoticgeek Tartan paint, and how to thin it. Also, the surprisingly closely related Sky Blue Pink paint.

[mattjohns@mastodon.social]

@quixoticgeek
Cultural differences in techniques (e.g. "Workarounds for use of French hammers with German nails".) references to language-correct logical-error objects, such as the bit head to use with an Archimedes screw.

[westerninfidels@mefi.social]

@darkling @quixoticgeek That's silly everyone knows the Mobius blade only goes on the one way

[darkling@mstdn.social]

@quixoticgeek

Use of marshmallows for grinding and polishing.
Drill bits for square holes(*).
The importance of stepping down mains water for safe use in small domestic supplies.

(*) These actually exist, but I couldn't resist...

[westerninfidels@mefi.social]

@quixoticgeek "Left handed wind shifter" was the tool I got sent to look for

[condorito@mindly.social]

@quixoticgeek

Id say that the many uses for unobtanium would be a good one, i could use some in a current design im working on

[cstross@wandering.shop]

@NotADropbear @quixoticgeek @mattjohns Absolutely: organic food != organic chemistry!

[shanmonster@c.im]

@quixoticgeek how to use wrenches with different kinds of nuts: almonds walnuts, etc.

[shanmonster@c.im]

@quixoticgeek how best to put windsocks on the feet of hurricanes, tornadoes, etc.