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xkcd #2880: Sheet Bend (imgs.xkcd.com)

submitted 8 months ago by randomaccount43543@lemmy.world to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

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A left-handed sheet bend creates a much weaker connection, especially under moderate loads.

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[–] JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world 47 points 8 months ago (4 children)

It unlocks your screen rotation settings and links screen orientation to the phones gyroscopic sensor to maintain orientation perpendicular to the horizon.

[–] Funwayguy@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

It'd be like the phone equivalent of Linux's diagonal monitor orientation, only now the touch screen experience is beyond fucked.

Strangely enough this might work for round smart watches though.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, now I want boat mode too!

[–] Qwaffle_waffle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

2024, make it happen!

[–] Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

But then you yourself have to be in Boat mode to browse it.

[–] Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 months ago

In my experience, the human form of “Boat Mode” means drunk. A drunk person with a wobbly mobile device sounds like sad fail tiktok content.

[–] sgt_hulka@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 8 months ago

Brilliant! I'd use that as Carsick Mode myself. Maybe then I could read a map in the passenger seat without hurling into the driver's lap.