Surprise_Corgi
Surprise_Corgi t1_j259xhs wrote
Reply to TIL that footage from the video game Arma 3, a military sandbox game, has been mistaken for actual combat footage and has been used in news reports a number of times due to the realistic nature of the game. by No_Comparison2778
Only showing the planes helps a lot. The infantry moving in Arma is gigajank. Vehicles don't fare very well, either. Anything touching the ground in Arma does not do it well.
Surprise_Corgi t1_j1l40ef wrote
TheRussianBadger just taught me that General Electric, the people who make washing machines, also make the GAU-8 gatling gun the US military's A-10 uses. You know, the BRRRRRTTTTTT gun. One spins to clean blood and excrement out of clothes. One spins to get blood and excrement into clothes. But both are about spinning.
Surprise_Corgi t1_iujhktv wrote
Basically the same, but sourced from a different set of texts.
Surprise_Corgi t1_iuibhfv wrote
Reply to TIL - Contrary of what everybody thinks, if you park your car at a dark spot at night, the chances of theft are smaller, because thieves don't like to use lights. by JosZo
It makes a huge caveat in the conclusion that it's possible thieves just can't see into the cars while they're in darkness, to know if it's worth it. The 'spatial and temporal' displacement of moving on to the next set of potential marks.
Surprise_Corgi t1_is7ywny wrote
Reply to TIL the first confirmed victim of Takata airbags was 18y/o Parham. As she drove around a car park, she lightly bumped another vehicle making the airbag inflate, sending metal pieces at such tremendous force that one hit the teen’s neck slicing open her carotid artery. She bled to death in her seat by ahm713
The carotid is a scary part of your body. It's not hard to nick at all, and you're dead before you can finish giving your location to 911.
Surprise_Corgi t1_j2drb6f wrote
Reply to TIL Among the 50 million employed college graduates ages 25 to 64 in 2019, 37% reported a bachelor’s degree in science or engineering but only 14% worked in a STEM occupation by Fit_Pangolin_8271
Reddit seems like it'll never stop being surprised that a college degree is much less about getting specific jobs, but opening doors.