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https://hackaday.com/2023/01/05/excuse-me-your-tie-is-unzipped/
If you ask your typical handyperson what's the one thing you need to fix most things, the answer might very well be duct tape. But second place — and first place in some circles — would have to be zip ties. These little wonders are everywhere if you look for them. But they are a relatively recent invention and haven't always had the form they have today.
The original zip tie wasn't called a zip tie or even a cable tie. In 1958 they were called Ty-Raps and produced by a company called Thomas and Betts. Originally meant to improve aircraft wiring harnesses, they found their way into various electronic equipment and packaging uses. But they've also become helpful in very unusual places too. A policeman trying to round up rioters would have problems carrying more than a few conventional handcuffs. But flexible cuffs based on zip ties are lightweight and easy to carry. Colon surgeons sometimes use a modified form of zip tie during procedures.
(Score: 1, Funny) by khallow on Sunday January 08, @09:26PM (1 child)
When you put it that way, it sounds like a pretty stupid concern for you to have. You can puff it up all you want, but that molehill is staying a molehill.
(Score: 0, Troll) by khallow on Sunday January 08, @10:35PM
This misguided, over-the-top hysteria not only puffs up the importance of a few protestors, it allows them to recover from the mistakes they made on January 6.
But then again, perhaps I shouldn't interrupt you while you are making these mistakes, hmmm?