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minus-squarenohaybanda [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·11 months agoI think the lever here is a stand-in for mechanical advantage. I don’t believe anyone is seriously proposing they lifted the blocks with a very long stick.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoBut the length of the stick is what’s required for the lever, unless they used some kind of gearbox.
I think the lever here is a stand-in for mechanical advantage. I don’t believe anyone is seriously proposing they lifted the blocks with a very long stick.
But the length of the stick is what’s required for the lever, unless they used some kind of gearbox.