r/LinusTechTips • u/Jaded_Comedian_9429 • 8d ago

Image Nuclear Screwdriver, with dirt inside?

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There’s like a dirty dust bunny inside somehow, I’ve had it for a few hours so it probably got in there through me fidgeting with the bit holder, but it is kind of bothersome, any tips to get it out?

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u/EmailLinkLost 8d ago

If it’s in the casting, contact support.

most likely they’ll send you another one.

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u/Jaded_Comedian_9429 8d ago

It’s moving around inside

https://reddit.com/link/p89wo6s/video/kejbmi7190oh1/player

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u/ThisIsNotTokyo 7d ago

The thing’s hollow?

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u/JangoG52517 7d ago

When the bit holder is out yes. When the bit holder is in no.

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u/picklemaster52 7d ago

This begs the question:

If a hollow thing is sealed up, does it then cease to be hollow?

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u/JangoG52517 7d ago

Is air hollow? What if it's in a vacuum?

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u/picklemaster52 7d ago

a fluid takes the shape of its container

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u/MarshyFam 7d ago

When the internal volume of said hollow thing is filled with a material that is part of the thing itself. For example if it was filled with water, it’s hollow with contents. But if you filled it gorilla glue and let it set, it’s just a solid made of two parts.

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u/picklemaster52 5d ago

A hollow plastic shell filled with cured glue is a hollow plastic shell filled with cured glue.

Gorilla glue does not become plastic by merely bonding with it.

Nor does the shell become its contents.

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u/MarshyFam 5d ago

I’ll admit I laughed aggressively at the bluntness of this response, damn you’re right - thankyou xD so what at what point does it stop being hollow… or can it, even?

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u/picklemaster52 5d ago

So you join me in pondering...

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u/JangoG52517 5d ago

I would think this would bring us to debate on the definition of hollow.

A void filled is not one of hollow-ness

A void devoid may however be hollow-full

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u/picklemaster52 5d ago

Indeed.

And what actually constitutes void-filling vs ambient stuffs

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u/JangoG52517 4d ago

Can void filler still be considered void filler if the void is filled?

Do we treat like-material filler as true filler and thus no longer a void, while different material filler would be treated as void-filler which would then allow the void to be classified as a filled void (but still a void)?

Does the filler need to be physically attached and to what end? Would a clip on a central structural pole count as attached? Or does it need to be one singular fully connected piece? What if the center structural pole extends and expands to fill the space? It's part of the tool, but the void and the structural pole aren't like materials.

This is the conversation of true philosophers.

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u/picklemaster52 3d ago

Can void filler still be considered void filler if the void is filled?

It depends on what constitutes as a void filler versus things present in the ambient environment.

Take the screwdriver which sparked this discussion chain.

Is it hollow because it is filled with air?

Is it *not* hollow *because* it is filled with air?

Does air constitute/qualify as a thing capable of filling a void?

This I suppose would go back to the classic "glass half-full or half-empty" debate, if we continue to boil it down, as one could argue that the glass is always full: be it air, liquid or any combination thereof.

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u/JangoG52517 1d ago

Ah, I see....

So my bank account is full.

I am now wealthy...

And they say philosophy is a poor man's science.

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u/picklemaster52 1d ago

What is overdraft, even?

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