25 Mar
2025
25 Mar
'25
3:58 p.m.
karl3＠writeme.com wrote: > > > the xkcd for monday was something called "sawstart", a horrible idea that randall likely wrote as a subtle mistake stemming in nerdiness, possibly not unknown > > > the sawstart is in the inverse of a sawstop, it is a special saw that starts cutting when touched by a human hand o_o yes shows randall getting some of the zombies again > > > the interesting parts of the sawstart are: > > - it's somewhat hard to implement > > - it surprises people > > - it's a twist on normal expectations > > > > but it's severely dangerous to build for fun :/ it's a horrible idea! > > what could be made that is nicer than the sawstart? > > also the list archives page has stopped correctly sorting, i have to scroll a bit to find my latest posts/spams so, it's reasonable to make somethat that activates when touched. this is commonly done for touchscreens on devices: note, touchscreens are not metal, which makes it harder. what about a saw that stopped without a guard? it still seems kinda dangerous :s but we could use an explosive charge like they do in the comic, to stop a saw right before a human touches it for actual safety all possible avenues of failure would need review, not only to prevent failure but also to leave margins of safety