If all you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail.
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@steve if there was a neighborhood tool library everyone could contribute one different tool and then everyone would have appropriate options when solving tasks
@mcc Berkeley has a formalized tool library. I kinda miss it, but the informal one of friends and neighbors here has more useful stuff if I’m honest.
Was chatting with an architect friend about creating a library of spare light fixtures the other day.
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If all you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. But if all you have is a screwdriver or a wrench, this doesn't necessarily mean that everything looks like a screw or a bolt, because either of those items can be used as an improvised hammer. Also if you have two wrenches you can break a padlock without needing boltcutters. I'm not actually sure what the moral here is
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If all you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. But if all you have is a screwdriver or a wrench, this doesn't necessarily mean that everything looks like a screw or a bolt, because either of those items can be used as an improvised hammer. Also if you have two wrenches you can break a padlock without needing boltcutters. I'm not actually sure what the moral here is
@mcc I think the moral is “who needs a hammer when two wrenches will get you into the toolshed”
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@steve if there was a neighborhood tool library everyone could contribute one different tool and then everyone would have appropriate options when solving tasks
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If all you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. But if all you have is a screwdriver or a wrench, this doesn't necessarily mean that everything looks like a screw or a bolt, because either of those items can be used as an improvised hammer. Also if you have two wrenches you can break a padlock without needing boltcutters. I'm not actually sure what the moral here is
@mcc To quote Will Turner: "It's all a matter of leverage"
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If all you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. But if all you have is a screwdriver or a wrench, this doesn't necessarily mean that everything looks like a screw or a bolt, because either of those items can be used as an improvised hammer. Also if you have two wrenches you can break a padlock without needing boltcutters. I'm not actually sure what the moral here is
@mcc also if you have a padlock you can use it as a hammer with which to open another padlock
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If all you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. But if all you have is a screwdriver or a wrench, this doesn't necessarily mean that everything looks like a screw or a bolt, because either of those items can be used as an improvised hammer. Also if you have two wrenches you can break a padlock without needing boltcutters. I'm not actually sure what the moral here is
@mcc hammers have unique reality-distortion properties and should not be trusted
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@mcc “buy a basic toolset so you have a few to choose from”
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If all you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. But if all you have is a screwdriver or a wrench, this doesn't necessarily mean that everything looks like a screw or a bolt, because either of those items can be used as an improvised hammer. Also if you have two wrenches you can break a padlock without needing boltcutters. I'm not actually sure what the moral here is
@mcc@mastodon.social "I need to own at least two wrenches"?
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If all you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. But if all you have is a screwdriver or a wrench, this doesn't necessarily mean that everything looks like a screw or a bolt, because either of those items can be used as an improvised hammer. Also if you have two wrenches you can break a padlock without needing boltcutters. I'm not actually sure what the moral here is
@mcc Keep adding things to your toolbox to broaden the ways in which you see the world.
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If all you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. But if all you have is a screwdriver or a wrench, this doesn't necessarily mean that everything looks like a screw or a bolt, because either of those items can be used as an improvised hammer. Also if you have two wrenches you can break a padlock without needing boltcutters. I'm not actually sure what the moral here is
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If all you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. But if all you have is a screwdriver or a wrench, this doesn't necessarily mean that everything looks like a screw or a bolt, because either of those items can be used as an improvised hammer. Also if you have two wrenches you can break a padlock without needing boltcutters. I'm not actually sure what the moral here is
@mcc the moral is, buy an axe.
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If all you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. But if all you have is a screwdriver or a wrench, this doesn't necessarily mean that everything looks like a screw or a bolt, because either of those items can be used as an improvised hammer. Also if you have two wrenches you can break a padlock without needing boltcutters. I'm not actually sure what the moral here is
@mcc@mastodon.social I think "everything is a hammer" -
@steve if there was a neighborhood tool library everyone could contribute one different tool and then everyone would have appropriate options when solving tasks
@mcc @steve Possibly, though my first thought was "Or it'd end up with 15 adjustable wrenches and no power tools"
The guy one can borrow tools from would probably be more helpful in that they typically come with helpful advice for solving the problem properly too.
If you're really lucky, they have a better, cheaper, cleaner, and easier way of what you want done too
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If all you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. But if all you have is a screwdriver or a wrench, this doesn't necessarily mean that everything looks like a screw or a bolt, because either of those items can be used as an improvised hammer. Also if you have two wrenches you can break a padlock without needing boltcutters. I'm not actually sure what the moral here is
@mcc
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If all you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. But if all you have is a screwdriver or a wrench, this doesn't necessarily mean that everything looks like a screw or a bolt, because either of those items can be used as an improvised hammer. Also if you have two wrenches you can break a padlock without needing boltcutters. I'm not actually sure what the moral here is
@mcc if all you have is sour cream, everything looks like a potato
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@mcc @steve Possibly, though my first thought was "Or it'd end up with 15 adjustable wrenches and no power tools"
The guy one can borrow tools from would probably be more helpful in that they typically come with helpful advice for solving the problem properly too.
If you're really lucky, they have a better, cheaper, cleaner, and easier way of what you want done too
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If all you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. But if all you have is a screwdriver or a wrench, this doesn't necessarily mean that everything looks like a screw or a bolt, because either of those items can be used as an improvised hammer. Also if you have two wrenches you can break a padlock without needing boltcutters. I'm not actually sure what the moral here is
@mcc @lisamelton I'll be honest -- pretty sure I've used screwdrivers as pry bars nearly as often as I've used them to turn screws...
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If all you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. But if all you have is a screwdriver or a wrench, this doesn't necessarily mean that everything looks like a screw or a bolt, because either of those items can be used as an improvised hammer. Also if you have two wrenches you can break a padlock without needing boltcutters. I'm not actually sure what the moral here is
When you have a nail, everything looks like a hammer
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When you have a nail, everything looks like a hammer
https://doomscroller.social/notes/ancenempdid801uiFor the record, the thing that inspired this thread was that I actually did need to nail in a nail, but I did not have a hammer. So I initially tried nailing it in with wirecutters, which did not work, and then I tried again with a putty knife, and that worked extremely well. So I guess the moral is that everything looks like a hammer, but only some things are actually hammers
