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Probably a forklift, those things are heavy af.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Windows on my family members' devices.

I've been in Linux land for so long now that I've forgotten windows' idiosyncrasies... rather they've changed since XP.

Everything is hidden/obscured/cryptic. Just recently I needed to my account on my child's laptop, no way on the login screen to do that. Just their account visible. Turns out that is a feature and requires three different registry settings to disable according to MS's appalling community support.

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Off the top of my head a Fuji FinePix S5700 I had borrowed from a friend for some time (that was more than 10 years ago). That thing was doing continuous focus while on and idle, and it would lock focus when you half-press the shutter button - so completely backwards to what you'd normally expect from a camera.

[–] toxiczombie@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago

As far as phones go, the Razor Phone 2. It hurts to hold for too long.

[–] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

rock bar. It's a pole made entirely of metal with a little wedge at the end. You use it to pry rocks from the earth but because its so heavy you can't just slide it in and pull it up like a prybar. you kinda just puncture the dirt like a spear and lever straight through the soil to get the rock loose first then pry it out.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Ah the b'root! We have a heavy vertical axe that is shaped just like that and it is awkward to use but does something no other hand tool seems to be able to do. Stab stab stab and pry. The weight of it does help.

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 1 points 1 week ago

A continuous passive motion machine.

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I had arthroscopic hip surgery to repair a cartilage tear and shave down some bone overgrowth. For 3 weeks after surgery, I had to put my leg in this machine for an hour four times a day. It slowly bends and straightens your leg, which is supposed to help stave off scar tissue formation inside the hip. And it was rough. I needed my husband's help to get strapped into the thing, I could never find a comfortable way to position my leg, the thing was noisy as hell so I couldn't nap while I was using it, and I was lying flat on my back so it was hard to read a book or watch a show without hurting my neck. It sucked and I was so glad when I was cleared to stop using it.

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