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LukeMakes @servus.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

There's only one solution, Operation Dark Storm

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LukeMakes @servus.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam or Alice in Chains

Cover for Nine Inch Nails' album, The Downward Spiral

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LukeMakes @servus.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Day 3 of NOT JUST GOING TO IKEA AND BUYING PREMADE STUFF OF DECENT QUALITY and this is how it's going

A workbench with a lot of plywood pieces covering it, some are being put together

A closer shot of the plywood box being dry fit together

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LukeMakes @servus.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Vibing with @ramiismail.com's latest newsletter. I can think of surprisingly large numbers of games that this feels true of. Also you see a specific take on this with 'Ma' in film-making/storytelling.

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LukeMakes @servus.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

So my only conclusion is that the growth rings are messing with my brain. I replicated the illusion by drawing over it on my phone and it does kinda work! Not as effective but definitely makes the groove feels skewed the other way! I enjoyed this tiny slice of detective work.

The same photo as in the first post but with the end of the board drawn over to invert the rings, which also makes the grooves look slightly skewed the other way.

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LukeMakes @servus.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Ok so it's pretty much parallel to that edge, perhaps it's the board being bowed? Also nope! The edge we measured against is dead flat, surprisingly so actually for this crap pine.

The same board with a set square ruler placed against it, no light shines between the edge of the board and the ruler edge.

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LukeMakes @servus.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

It looks like the deepest part of this channel notch thing skews to the left so I measured it. Actually turns out it's skewed somewhat the other direction but well within normal pine-ass tolerance levels to be called perpendicular still.

A caliper measuring the distance at the longest depth of the groove, it reads 10.61mm

A caliper measuring the distance at the shallowest part of the the groove, it reads 10.68mm, despite looking like it is closer to this edge than the deeper part does

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LukeMakes @servus.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

These two notches look massively bent, crooked as hell, but I cut them on a table saw and they should be perfectly perpendicular to the top surface?? I investigate.

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LukeMakes @servus.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

If it helps, it's this way up

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LukeMakes @servus.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I will give you 50 points if you can guess what this is

Wood, tape, pvc pipe partially melted, clamped together somehow

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LukeMakes @servus.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

This is the sort of thing the internet was meant for Anthropeum.com

Anthropeum final results showing top 93%

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LukeMakes @servus.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I'm in the union of haters 🎉 bambamramfan.github.io/ai-compass/

Screenshot of results showing the Union Organizer outcome described as:

"Al is a real tool being used to extract real labor value from real people without paying them. You don't care about the singularity - you care about the artists, writers, and workers getting strip-mined by capital. You're not anti- technology. You're anti-theft."

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LukeMakes @servus.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Can we acknowledge that Valve put actual representation of real gamers on their Steam Machine page.

Two people intensely focused on playing a game with steam controllers on their couch.

A person's arm with red, decorated fingernails and bracelets putting a flavourful cover on a Steam Machine.

A person playing a PC game at their desk.

A person doing what appears to be game development on a dual monitor setup at a standing desk.

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LukeMakes @servus.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

You could also buy a small set of screw extractors. They work by fitting into a small hole in the end of the screw that you'd have to carefully drill and then their backwards thread means they tighten into the screw until it comes back out. They are not very reliable though.

A set of screw extractors of varying sizes

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LukeMakes @servus.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

This dumb workshop joke is still tickling me.

Some tools on a magnetic strip against a wall. One is a screwdriver sharpener into a point with "Sharpie" written on the red handle in Sharpie. It sits amongst two other tools used to make small holes/poke into material.

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LukeMakes @servus.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Forbidden joinery worked. Don't tell real carpenters.

The two plywood boards joined together mounted as a shelf.

The two plywood boards joined together mounted as a shelf, wider shot.

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LukeMakes @servus.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Didn't realise I enabled moral supports

A 3d print with a support not touching the part above it

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LukeMakes @servus.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

After how many years does one graduate out of watching their 3d printer for the moment of failure?

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LukeMakes @servus.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Juicy squeezeout of forbidden joinery.

Plywood edge joint using 2 wooden splints or something to align. Glue squeeze all over the gaff.

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LukeMakes @servus.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

This shouldn't be allowed.

2 pieces of plywood nearly pulled together for gluing end to end. 2 thin wooden slats hold the pieces in line and provide glue surface but basically no structural integrity. I care not.

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LukeMakes @servus.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

If you were a video game character, what would your health pickup be?

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LukeMakes @servus.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I LOVE A GOOD MOSS-COVERED ROCK

A patch of rocks covered in moss below a tree overlooking a Norwegian fjord.

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LukeMakes @servus.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

This sounds cool! Let's read the article for details! "The full integration of AI" k. 🫪

Screenshot from article:

Notably, the Guerrilla co-founder said he sees an opportunity for a game engine based on new construction principles and with "the full integration of AI"

According to Brussee, current popular game engines like Unreal were "made for and by people who have to click through a menu with a mouse. If you want to change something, it has to be done for the entire engine."

"The rise of Al means that we need to approach the development of this kind of crucial software differently," he said. "As an old hand with a vision of how things should work, I see opportunities there."

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LukeMakes @servus.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

This is a really solid example of what I was trying to describe, you nailed the analogy!

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LukeMakes @servus.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Oh yeah of course. Yuna immediately reminded me of something!

My cat, Yuna getting head scritches after climbing onto my knee whilst I'm sat on the stairs

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LukeMakes @servus.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Is there anything more satisfying than repeatedly planing an edge to perfect shape with long stringy shavings each time?

A Japanese style hand plane and a bunch of curly shavings on a workbench

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LukeMakes @servus.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

It's fun but it takes a lot of work to get it precise. And I am veneering the outside which unfortunately doesn't hide many crimes. Here's a full length but poorly angled shot from a test fit for the lights!

Two corner shelves in a kitchen above a worktop, the top one is very unfinished but the bottom one has the full length down lighting working

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LukeMakes @servus.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Yus! I've never tried this method of glue-up before so I did what any sane person would do and make a 3 metre long L-shaped floating shelf 🙃 ...with inlaid LED strip.