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What about buildings over 3 stories high?
Apparently they skip a number. The picture below is supposedly from China, which does the same.
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I think I have heard of that, now that you show it. Just like the lack of a 13th floor in some places, which I was obviously comparing it to.

Anyone else notice the odd face under the 6 button?

Looking forward to ED's short final update, when he has a bit of time available (no rush). Personally, I am more interested in reading "500 clear Pyra cases have been made on time, and shipped, with tracking number".
 
I think I have heard of that, now that you show it. Just like the lack of a 13th floor in some places, which I was obviously comparing it to.

I've worked in buildings in the past (in London) that didn't have a floor 3+1 or a floor 14-1. But it did have a floor G (or Ground) since it was in the UK.
 
I've worked in buildings in the past (in London) that didn't have a floor 3+1 or a floor 14-1. But it did have a floor G (or Ground) since it was in the UK.
I will pay more attention. In the buildings I have frequented there was a 4th floor.

G (or L for lobby) is common over here, and sometimes there are a few Bs (Basement level 1 through whatever). Maybe I will build a structure that has 4 floors: B, G, 4 and 13. :D

Why not just label floors some other way, such as with an alphabet, or binary? "Oh, that's on floor ASS."
 
Apparently they skip a number. The picture below is supposedly from China, which does the same.
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The main reason for this (both in China and Japan) is that the character for "Death" (死) and the character for "Four" (四) can both be pronounced the same way - "Shi" in Japanese and "Si" in Chinese. In both cultures, the number four is thus generally considered bad luck and avoided. It's why in genres like J-Horror if you ever see the fourth floor, or a fourth victim, or a fourth, well, anything, you can be pretty sure something evil's going to happen shortly.

The Japanese get around this by having 四 also able to be pronounced as "Yon" but despite that they still generally try to avoid the number four. Not sure about Chinese, but I'm pretty sure they got something like that too.

Why not just label floors some other way, such as with an alphabet, or binary? "Oh, that's on floor ASS."
"Floor Ass" sounds like a bad indie post-rock/grunge band.
 
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It was based on a common set of initials that I and many others used when achieving a high score on arcade games.
 
Each plastic part has one mold (some smaller ones share one mold though, like the battery cover and the lid).

So we have:

  • Bottom Part
  • Keyboard Part
  • Lid Backside
  • Lid + Battery Cover
  • Stylus + Nubs + Shoulder Buttons + Stylus Holder
  • Sealing pads for the speakers
So that's six molds for the Pyra case. With two machines, it takes 3 times longer than with 6 machines :)
So you can make coloured Pyras with black/grey nubs+shoulders like at the top of the page? (And the nubs will normally be the same colour as the shoulders except if they are swapped between two sets?)
 
Two nubs to rule them all,
two iterations to redesign them.
Two months to ship them all,
and in the mailbag find them.

Bad hobbit! Shame on you! You want to keep my preciousss...
 
I simply love seeing how stuff everyone knows the basic ideas behind has tons of complexity underneath - always fascinates me
 
"How it's Made" is an awesome way to lose hours of your life at a time without you even noticing it.
 
I think I have heard of that, now that you show it. Just like the lack of a 13th floor in some places, which I was obviously comparing it to.

Anyone else notice the odd face under the 6 button?

Looking forward to ED's short final update, when he has a bit of time available (no rush). Personally, I am more interested in reading "500 clear Pyra cases have been made on time, and shipped, with tracking number".
Clear coloured shells anyone?
My dream pyra tbh
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