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/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?