https://xkcd.com/2880

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A left-handed sheet bend creates a much weaker connection, especially under moderate loads.

  • JackFrostNCola@lemmy.worldEnglish
    49·
    10 months ago

    It unlocks your screen rotation settings and links screen orientation to the phones gyroscopic sensor to maintain orientation perpendicular to the horizon.

    • Funwayguy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      10 months ago

      It’d be like the phone equivalent of Linux’s diagonal monitor orientation, only now the touch screen experience is beyond fucked.

      Strangely enough this might work for round smart watches though.

      • UltragrampsEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        In my experience, the human form of “Boat Mode” means drunk. A drunk person with a wobbly mobile device sounds like sad fail tiktok content.

    • sgt_hulka@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      Brilliant! I’d use that as Carsick Mode myself. Maybe then I could read a map in the passenger seat without hurling into the driver’s lap.