Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

I once needed to check a friend's battery, so I bought a multimeter - which came in a clamshell package I had no way to open. So we went to a CVS and bought a pair of scissors, only to realize they were also in a clamshell package that required scissors to open.



Comments like these always cause me to spend 3 hours on wikipedia trying to rebuild industry from scratch using bone tools to work a rock into a knife.


A good safety catch is when you start working your way towards making teflon coated dental floss. Its just not worth it, it’s too hard. Just (ha!) cut your losses.


I always get stuck moving from lathe technology 1 to lathe technology 2.


Hey there was a Curb about that: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1484411/plotsummary


I needed a screwdriver to assemble some flatpack furniture for my new place. All my other stuff was weeks away from being delivered.

I go buy a reasonable quality multi-bit screwdriver. It's packaging comes with a large, hard plastic shell around the handle.

What's the shell secured with? A screw.

So you need to buy two of them so you can unscrew one, and return the other.


You beat me to it, that scissors thing happened to me too. Highly frustrating.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: