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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Okay I'm gonna need some context here

[–] swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Cocaine wasn't enough for this guy

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 months ago

He wanted to smell the fish up real close

[–] RobinSohn@feddit.org 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Probably the olfactoric equivalent of a Babel Fish.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago
[–] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So it's just showing the different types of sensors that might be used for parameter measurement.

Non-contacting is a device which does not need to be physically near a system to work, such as laser thermometers or many optical devices.

Contacting sensors require being touch the system to work properly, such as conventional thermometers, oil-immersion microscopes - hell, even things like rulers count as contact sensors, since you can't an accurate reading unless it's up against your sample.

Invasive-contact sensors integrate themselves into the sample for measurement. Thermocouples often will be placed into boreholes to measure the temp of a metal object such as a hot-end, various sensors are directly from feedback of a system (an example is looking at variations in a motor's electical signals to determine if it's experiencing resistance).

Sample extraction is what it sounds like. Examples of this are sample augers, which drill a cylinder out of a sample, needles for drawing fluids as non-invasively as possible, and pipettes.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Sounds like goobily gook to cover up for BIG POSEIDON.

[–] snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Sounds like this guy never pushed their nose through a glass tank and snorted fish before

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Something smells a little fishy with this.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nyou guys nan shtill shmell?

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

This is the correct answer:-).

[–] hazl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 months ago

Oh... Poor baby 🥺

[–] devilish666@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago
[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago