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LaughingGoat ◴[] No.45021826[source]
A crescent wrench is a brand of adjustable wrench. I believe Gruber meant open-end wrench, or, because I’m Canadian a British etc roots, I call it a spanner. Either way, I agree the “artist” who drew this has never used such a device, and may not, in fact, qualify as an artist.
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minitech ◴[] No.45023411[source]
> Either way, I agree the “artist” who drew this has never used such a device, and may not, in fact, qualify as an artist.

I was surprised when the article originally leaped to the insane conclusion that someone who created a stylized software icon with (what may not even be) a less-than-perfectly-accurate depiction of a wrench has never used one, but I’m not surprised to see this kind of doubling down on the absurdity from the HN comment section.

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1. heywoods ◴[] No.45070772[source]
Every reply to the GP has at least reassured me that I am still on HN. Pedantic. Knowledgeable. Opinionated. My kind of people :)