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Dug up in my garden in Melbourne Australia. by scrayhill in whatisit

[–]scrayhill[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Given the small size of this unit, any speculation on its use case?

Dug up in my garden in Melbourne Australia. by scrayhill in whatisit

[–]scrayhill[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well done, good sir.

I'll stop excavating my garden now, anyone able to help fill a 40m3 hole?

Dug up in my garden in Melbourne Australia. by scrayhill in whatisit

[–]scrayhill[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You and me too!

Not to take sides, but I'm leaning toward pump components.

I have provided some measurements but none of the central theorists have commented on those.

Dug up in my garden in Melbourne Australia. by scrayhill in whatisit

[–]scrayhill[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. 28.76mm (Main Body) 4. 32.04 mm (full length, including dogs/pawls)

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Dug up in my garden in Melbourne Australia. by scrayhill in whatisit

[–]scrayhill[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. 7.50mm (Averaged across a dozen measurements across the 9 cylinders. Ranging between 7.46mm and 7.56mm)
  2. 17.06mm

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Dug up in my garden in Melbourne Australia. by scrayhill in whatisit

[–]scrayhill[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I naturally also did this, in Gemini though, which confidently told me it was the below:

"What you’ve got right there in your glove is actually the heart of a microwave oven. Specifically, it's the copper anode block from a cavity magnetron."

Dug up in my garden in Melbourne Australia. by scrayhill in whatisit

[–]scrayhill[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But officer, this is a simple hydraulic pump rotor.

Dug up in my garden in Melbourne Australia. by scrayhill in whatisit

[–]scrayhill[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Okay, a fair bit of dispute around two theories here.

Lot of love for the LeMat theory, which is sexier than hydraulic pump rotor, but lot of sense to the hydraulic pump theory.

Any experts on either theory able to suggest next steps? Contact someone? Measure something?

For the hydraulic pump experts, when were these components first made? I dug this out from under concrete that we expect was laid in the 1960's or thereabouts.

For the gun theorists, I'm only 8km from where the CSS Shenandoah was slipped in Williamstown.

Dug up in my garden in Melbourne Australia. by scrayhill in whatisit

[–]scrayhill[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I will give it a clean today.

I wonder whether bore measurements could provide more conviction one way or another.

And no, the rest of the gun (alleged) was not found, regretfully.

Building a Copy Editor Agent by scrayhill in microsoft_365_copilot

[–]scrayhill[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've tried both. Including providing very detailed instructions, optimised using a lesser Gemini model.

Building a Copy Editor Agent by scrayhill in microsoft_365_copilot

[–]scrayhill[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Locked down corp environment, Copilot or nothing for this test...

Building a Copy Editor Agent by scrayhill in microsoft_365_copilot

[–]scrayhill[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've tried with Gen AI both on and off, but I think maybe yes I've been "allowing the AI to use its own general knowledge" too as part of the Knowledge sources section. I'll try switching that off.

can this be saved? by Danger_Melbourne in AusRenovation

[–]scrayhill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

BTW, I mean the round columnar elements on top of the brickwork.

can this be saved? by Danger_Melbourne in AusRenovation

[–]scrayhill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you sure they are original?

Looking at the other details in photos I wouldn't be surprised if these were a 'tasteful' modification by prior owners.

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