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All models are wrong. (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 70 points 3 months ago (4 children)

FTFY

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Now it's a horizontal drill of sorts.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's an Archimedes screw. Great for moving fluids, grain, etc. Or in actual drill-form, they remove the swarf from the hole.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

Ah yes, of course!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes%27_screw

I knew our DNA was trying to screw us all.

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