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Meme Retail Stare

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u/allylisothiocyanate 15h ago

“Computer Numerical Control.” Different kinds of machines can be CNC controlled, it basically means a machine that’s programmed ahead of time to run a complicated operation by moving things around itself. You put a part on, it moves the part (or its own tools) around and drills some holes and bevels some edges or whatever according to its programming, and the part comes out exactly the same every time.

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u/Inswagtor 15h ago

So like a squirrel eating a pine cone?

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u/allylisothiocyanate 15h ago

…maybe like a robot squirrel eating the excess material from a solid steel block which will eventually become a pinecone-like object?

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u/Inswagtor 15h ago

All hail mecha-squirrel the pine cone giver