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bevel block (quokk.au)

submitted 1 week ago by Deceptichum@quokk.au to c/sigh_fi@quokk.au

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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 week ago

[–] MalikMuaddibSoong@startrek.website 14 points 1 week ago

Scifi writers: the setting is sleek and futuristic

Scifi set designers:

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Fun fact: Beverly Hills was so named because the transition from brutalist architecture to futuristic aesthetics impressed hollywood socialites so much that they renamed it from "Rodeo Land and Water" to simply "Beverly".

Most of this is not true.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's also where John Rodentberry came up with the concept for Bevely Crusher.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

and where Google came up with their initial motto: "Don't B evel"

[–] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Bevels are the height of Mankind's breakthroughs.

[–] ComradePedro@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

Started playing Cyberpunk 2077 the other day and it’s very guilty of this. Super repetitive

[–] notarobot@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well. SciFi I like is not about cutting cornets. You people need to watch some better content

[–] not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

I prefer the stuff where they cut euphoniums.

[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Bevels show up in woodworking too! Practical! But I guess also chamfers.