I would like to compliment the video for being useful to purpose, simple, no annoying TikTok voice over, no voice over at all as it's not necessary, no unnecessary text. It's just a simple here's the thing, here's it working, here's why it works, and here's some detail on how it was built.
There's something about these basic self-locking/self-unlocking mechanisms that's so satisfying. It's like they exercise my brain in a way it's not used to exercising, like that really good stretch you do sometimes that really hits that spot. Reminds me of knots: I geek out about knots sometimes, and it's just so profoundly weird to think "in knots", I feel like an alien when I'm doing knots, or like my brain is doing cirque-de-soleil-type contortions. I guess this says something about how mundane my usual mental activity is.
I love mechanisms. It's amazing how much mechanical complexity we were able to build before the advent of computers. Even more so when you learn how very minor changes like shaving a few degrees off an angle can be the difference between success and failure. As an embedded systems developer, I've been fortunate to work with a number of talented mechanical engineers over the years and come to realize that the complexity that they have to deal with isn't that far from what we have to do in software.
If you want to think in knots, go down the internet rabbit hole of investigating how the knotter in a hay baler works :-)
When it comes to theorizing/storytelling about humanity meeting a larger galactic society, there are a lot of concepts about different species-character or specializations. I've always been interested in unusual answers to "what might distinguish us."
For a while now, "brains can think of knots" has been on that list. Imagine some aliens who are generally much smarter than us, but they need computers to indirectly create or solve knots, and textiles were a late- rather than early-invention.
Granted, this seems unlikely, but it's still amusing to consider.
Same. I enjoy thinking how different an alien could be, and how I'd discover things that were so constant in my life that I wasn't even aware of them, until someone completely different appeared.
what's the chickenwire tunnel at the front door for? only thing i can think of is it lets the chickens see if there's a bird of prey above? but I don't know if that's something chickens are checking. or keeps certain large predators from fiddling with the door (but not large like a bear), but doesn't seem the door should open anyway
Here's my fun everything likes to eat chickens story. When we first built our house, nobody had ever lived within about 2 miles of our farm. There were coyotes everywhere. So I spent a couple years trapping and shooting them after they ate a couple of my chickens. Then came the racoons. They ate some chickens so back to trapping and shooting. Then weasels and minks. Except they could get into the coop through the windows in the wall that were covered in wire and 6' off the ground. So, more traps. Now it's bobcats. Oh, and don't forget the stupid red-tailed hawks and BALD FUCKING EAGLES as well. No trapping or shooting those bastards.
Everything. Everything eats chickens. I'm surprised I haven't seen a damn frog eating one of them.
I'm not around a lot of foxes, but I imagine so: They both burrow and hunt burrowing prey, so "lift and scrape this obstacle of the way" is in their skillet.
We have some friends who have a really well-built chicken coop. Sometimes we help them with the birds when they are out of town and bring back eggs.
A while back they had a stump in front of the house with a family of foxes living in it and they pointed a game camera at it.
Night after night they got footage of the fox mama bringing back other people's chickens to feed to her kits.
The moral is, I think, that the well-built chicken coop is a good investment.
For those who have chicken coops: why do you have separate doors for chicken and people?
My dad used to keep chicken and they just went through the same door and we'd just open it in the morning and close it in the evening.
Other people in my home town have similar arrangements and I feel I'm missing some important thing :)
Blocked by Cloudflare. Anyone else?
I would like to compliment the video for being useful to purpose, simple, no annoying TikTok voice over, no voice over at all as it's not necessary, no unnecessary text. It's just a simple here's the thing, here's it working, here's why it works, and here's some detail on how it was built.
Yes and I would have even seen the video, if a newsletter popup hadn't obscured the entire screen.
There's something about these basic self-locking/self-unlocking mechanisms that's so satisfying. It's like they exercise my brain in a way it's not used to exercising, like that really good stretch you do sometimes that really hits that spot. Reminds me of knots: I geek out about knots sometimes, and it's just so profoundly weird to think "in knots", I feel like an alien when I'm doing knots, or like my brain is doing cirque-de-soleil-type contortions. I guess this says something about how mundane my usual mental activity is.
I love mechanisms. It's amazing how much mechanical complexity we were able to build before the advent of computers. Even more so when you learn how very minor changes like shaving a few degrees off an angle can be the difference between success and failure. As an embedded systems developer, I've been fortunate to work with a number of talented mechanical engineers over the years and come to realize that the complexity that they have to deal with isn't that far from what we have to do in software.
If you want to think in knots, go down the internet rabbit hole of investigating how the knotter in a hay baler works :-)
When it comes to theorizing/storytelling about humanity meeting a larger galactic society, there are a lot of concepts about different species-character or specializations. I've always been interested in unusual answers to "what might distinguish us."
For a while now, "brains can think of knots" has been on that list. Imagine some aliens who are generally much smarter than us, but they need computers to indirectly create or solve knots, and textiles were a late- rather than early-invention.
Granted, this seems unlikely, but it's still amusing to consider.
Same. I enjoy thinking how different an alien could be, and how I'd discover things that were so constant in my life that I wasn't even aware of them, until someone completely different appeared.
what's the chickenwire tunnel at the front door for? only thing i can think of is it lets the chickens see if there's a bird of prey above? but I don't know if that's something chickens are checking. or keeps certain large predators from fiddling with the door (but not large like a bear), but doesn't seem the door should open anyway
Would a fox be able to lift the wood without the hinge lock? Say if it was just tied directly without the hinge to block lifting it.
If not a fox, a raccoon can.
Here's my fun everything likes to eat chickens story. When we first built our house, nobody had ever lived within about 2 miles of our farm. There were coyotes everywhere. So I spent a couple years trapping and shooting them after they ate a couple of my chickens. Then came the racoons. They ate some chickens so back to trapping and shooting. Then weasels and minks. Except they could get into the coop through the windows in the wall that were covered in wire and 6' off the ground. So, more traps. Now it's bobcats. Oh, and don't forget the stupid red-tailed hawks and BALD FUCKING EAGLES as well. No trapping or shooting those bastards.
Everything. Everything eats chickens. I'm surprised I haven't seen a damn frog eating one of them.
I enjoyed this movie:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Biggest_Little_Farm
Similar challenges, but attempts at natural solutions (not easy, so much complexity)
Trailer: https://youtube.com/watch?v=UfDTM4JxHl8
Do you have a rooster to help fight the chaos?
Jesus. You bought what sounds like a beautiful place and murdered your way to a couple dozen eggs...
Probably, but it'd be pretty trivial to add some weight to the door.
I'm not around a lot of foxes, but I imagine so: They both burrow and hunt burrowing prey, so "lift and scrape this obstacle of the way" is in their skillet.
Probably. I used to have a pet parrot that learned how to open its cage from watching me unlatch it every day.
Such a great personal project!
These kind of things is what the ‘www’ was created for - good vibes!
Why riddle it with ads? Why…? $0.35/week..? Why!?