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[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 22 points 3 hours ago

When I was young, my mother showed me an educational book that had things like riddles, puzzles, and mental exercises in it. One of these entries had a short, mundane paragraph, followed by some form of "what was wrong with that text?"

It then explained that I had missed the word "the" being on the end of one line but also the start of the next line which, indeed, I did miss. It suggested that the human mind couldn't see duplicate words split in such a way, at least in English, unless actively looking for them.

I now know that, while it did trick me, its theory was incorrect ... Because I can't not see "from from."

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Perhaps you are the

the chosen one

[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

That seems likely.

[-] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 12 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Its almost like we arw tought these things cos they have practical use cases.

[-] Liz@midwest.social 7 points 4 hours ago

Clearly you weren't paying attention in English.

[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago

It has no practical use cases.

[-] Scolding7300@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago
[-] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago

I was always better at maths. And dr gpt has solved the english issue.

[-] xChronoZerox@lemmy.today 3 points 3 hours ago
[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago

Yes, this is why we study physics.

[-] 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 12 points 9 hours ago

Looks like part of the tension system on a rope tow style ski lift.

[-] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 3 points 3 hours ago

Drag believes this is from an electric railway. The pulleys and weights keep the cable taut so the train can stay connected to it at high speeds.

[-] plactagonic@sopuli.xyz 60 points 12 hours ago

My brother started working for company that makes these things and now he points every little detail on them.

"Look at this insulator" "Look these anchor points are made at factory I visited last week" ...

[-] pageflight@lemmy.world 17 points 9 hours ago

I would subscribe to his YouTube channel!

[-] jafffacakelemmy@mander.xyz 9 points 8 hours ago

Catenary is the magic word here

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 40 points 12 hours ago
[-] Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 hours ago

Yeah, memes following the format with top and bottom text very often have repeating word as a joke.

[-] expatriado@lemmy.world 26 points 12 hours ago

double pulley, for added complexity

[-] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 13 points 12 hours ago
[-] LegoBrickOnFire@lemmy.world 43 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Those are things that regulate the tension in the overhead cables on train tracks. With the variation of temperature cables tend to contract/expand and this systems allows the cables to do so freely with a constant tension provided by the weights.

[-] verstra@programming.dev 20 points 12 hours ago

These are so simple and yet so clever. When i noticed them the first time i started noticing them everywhere (on all rail infrastructure).

[-] someacnt_@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Is it simple? It looks quite complicated, but maybe that's just me forgetting how to compute forces.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 hour ago

simple in that it's just a clever series of wires and pulleys, not some sort of digital adjustment device, i suppose

[-] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

I as well. Seattle transit, NEC Amtrak and NJ transit live off of these. If these systems work for them, they'll work for us all

[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

The train duh

[-] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

And the weights are like a bigger version of the weight-hangers from science classes.

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