philpem on Nostr: Been thinking about additive and subtractive manufacturing, because reasons. And ...

Been thinking about additive and subtractive manufacturing, because reasons. And that's led to a thought about how weird language is.

For both processes you "make" something. But when you think about it, machining from solid (subtractive manufacturing) is a pretty weird way of "making" something, because you're taking material away. In any other context that'd be destruction, not construction...