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chriswaco t1_jd363gz wrote
Reply to TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone
Has anybody considered that this might be the gateway to Hell?
chriswaco t1_jcnnlje wrote
Reply to comment by gowanusmermaid in They Wanted a Backyard. Now They Hate It. | Outdoor space was the city renter’s dream. Then came the rats by StrngBrew
I loved the willow tree in our backyard when we bought the house and loved getting away from the willow tree when we sold the house.
chriswaco t1_jcnni3i wrote
Reply to comment by clean-sheets- in They Wanted a Backyard. Now They Hate It. | Outdoor space was the city renter’s dream. Then came the rats by StrngBrew
He wore it on his belt, which was the style at the time.
chriswaco t1_jadkqsl wrote
Reply to comment by HillbillyHobgoblin in TIL American paratroopers with the 173rd Airborne Brigade mistakenly raided a working olive oil factory in Bulgaria as part of a large-scale joint exercise with NATO forces. by delano1998
"Dammit, Forrest, I said THE OIL REFINERY, not THE OLIVE OIL FACTORY!" -Lt. Dan
chriswaco t1_j9190sy wrote
Reply to TIL that "Lilo & Stitch" (2002) used exclusively watercolor backgrounds, since Disney, after some failures, was investing in other projects. This was later called a "hand drawn miracle". by starring2
Lilo & Stitch is the best Disney movie ever. The upcoming live action one will, however, be terrible.
chriswaco t1_j85nia2 wrote
Reply to comment by JeffFromSchool in PC CPU Shipments See Steepest Decline in 30 Years by diacewrb
Some do. More on iOS. Serious gamers don't from what I can tell.
chriswaco t1_j84f87q wrote
Other than gaming and maybe 3D or video editing, there's little reason to upgrade. PCs plateaued - most people upgrade when something breaks or they have so much crud on the old one they want to replace it. Apple's switch to the M1 was a big step in both speed and battery life, but it isn't worth upgrading to an M2 from an M1, plus their prices for RAM and SSD upgrades are crazy.
chriswaco t1_j84epr7 wrote
Other than gaming, there's little reason to upgrade. PCs plateaued - most people upgrade when something breaks or they have so much crud on the old one they want to replace it. Apple's switch to the M1 was a big step in both speed and battery life, but it isn't worth upgrading to an M2 from an M1, plus their prices for RAM and SSD upgrades are crazy.
chriswaco t1_j84eli7 wrote
Other than gaming, there's little reason to upgrade. PCs plateaued - most people upgrade when something breaks or they have so much crud on the old one they want to replace it. Apple's switch to the M1 was a big step in both speed and battery life, but it isn't worth upgrading to an M2 from an M1, plus their prices for RAM and SSD upgrades are crazy.
chriswaco t1_j84ehc0 wrote
Other than gaming, there's little reason to upgrade. PCs plateaued - most people upgrade when something breaks or they have so much crud on the old one they want to replace it. Apple's switch to the M1 was a big step in both speed and battery life, but it isn't worth upgrading to an M2 from an M1, plus the prices for RAM and SSD upgrades are crazy.
chriswaco t1_j6k7lyq wrote
Reply to comment by Stoyfan in Mass-market military drones have changed the way wars are fought by ChickenTeriyakiBoy1
Yeah, it's always a contest to stay ahead. Armor led to anti-tank weapons which led to ablative armor which led to molten warheads which lead to reactive armor, etc, etc. I remember when I first heard about reactive armor and couldn't decide if it was brilliant or idiotic.
You can block GPS easily enough, although motion sensors can help guide a drone too. You can have IR cameras but your targets can shoot IR light into the sky to mislead the drones. I'm not sure if you can send enough raw EM radiation into the sky to disable cheap drones - wouldn't surprise me.
It might work once, like the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, but never again.
chriswaco t1_j6jmgof wrote
Reply to comment by SelectTadpole in eli5: Why do most airlines still use 2-pin audio jacks for the in-flight entertainment systems on their planes? by JJGLC92
They were fine. Not high fidelity or anything, but fine. The noise of the engines was the biggest drawback and the earplugs weren't always comfortable.
chriswaco t1_j6jg2uj wrote
Reply to comment by Scr0tat0 in Mass-market military drones have changed the way wars are fought by ChickenTeriyakiBoy1
You can buy a Raspberry Pi for $4 that has more than enough processing power. An IR camera adds another few dollars. The servos and grid fins would probably be the most expensive part. Apparently dumb grenades cost only $50-100, though.
I see a future where one party launches 10,000 kamikaze drones (whether anti-personnel, high explosive, or incendiary) to start or end a war.
chriswaco t1_j6jebc2 wrote
Reply to comment by Scr0tat0 in Mass-market military drones have changed the way wars are fought by ChickenTeriyakiBoy1
Maybe even give them "smart fins" and IR cameras so they hit the target more often.
chriswaco t1_j6e1ljh wrote
Reply to comment by StrangeCitizen in TIL in the 1980s Monty Python got much of its exposure to the US through PBS, because of CBS censoring parts of "The Holy Grail" in a 1977 broadcast. This upset the comedy troupe, prompting them to withdraw the broadcast rights. by AnthillOmbudsman
If you haven't seen it, I suggest Life of Brian. It's still wacky, but more meaningful and better packaged than their tv show or other movies.
chriswaco t1_j6e0wl6 wrote
Reply to comment by ermghoti in TIL in the 1980s Monty Python got much of its exposure to the US through PBS, because of CBS censoring parts of "The Holy Grail" in a 1977 broadcast. This upset the comedy troupe, prompting them to withdraw the broadcast rights. by AnthillOmbudsman
I remember when Dan Ackroyd said "slut" on SNL in the 70s and we were astonished.
chriswaco t1_j60m7wc wrote
Reply to comment by Chasingtheimprobable in TIL John Byner was originally cast as Mork from Ork on Happy Days, but found the premise ridiculous and quit days before filming, leading Robin Williams to be called in last minute by LoneRangersBand
and Happy Days has two parents, sort of:
- Love and the Happy Days on Love American Style
- American Graffiti (the similarities are many, including Ron Howard and Cindy Williams)
chriswaco t1_j2e79fn wrote
Reply to comment by agate_ in ELI5 why do people refer to it as the pacific northwest rather than simply the northwest? by Longshot_Louie
UMich’s fight song, The Victors, still refers to the team as “Champions of the West”.
chriswaco t1_j1r4b25 wrote
Reply to comment by demanbmore in why don't rockets have safe ejection for satellite launches? by Dismal_Stranger_4815
Plus the satellite would have to be engineered to handle 6Gs of force compared to 3G in a normal flight, and it most likely would need to be waterproofed somehow.
chriswaco t1_j0gr4sf wrote
Reply to comment by nemom in Ground-based alternative to GPS achieves 10 cm accuracy by Vailhem
Differential gps is much more accurate.
chriswaco t1_iyukvan wrote
Reply to From most prescribed opioid in the US to (almost) discontinued: The demise of Demerol by Psi_in_PA
When I had my first kidney stone they gave me Demerol. I went from wanting to die from pain to flirting with the nurse in about three minutes. Wonderful stuff. The second time they gave me morphine, which was also good but constipating, and then Dilaudid, which almost stopped my breathing by the time it became effective.
In all cases they tried Toradol first, which was worthless.
chriswaco t1_iv5zqfq wrote
Reply to comment by Analyst7 in China Is Now a Major Space Power by goki7
The same reason our rockets used German designs. It’s the fastest way to get started. If not for the private company SpaceX, the US would be way behind Russia and China in launch capacity right now.
chriswaco t1_iv1puyv wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in China Is Now a Major Space Power by goki7
It’s not pride. It’s reality. My US-based engineering school is now 25% Chinese. The first generation of US-trained engineers has returned home and China is now training more engineers than we are.
chriswaco t1_jd8omod wrote
Reply to comment by NotsoNewtoGermany in TIL The Dick Van Dyke Show was originally written entirely by Carl Reiner, about stories from Reiner's life, and starred Carl Reiner. The pilot was unsuccessful so it was reworked with Dick Van Dyke playing Robert Petrie. by jamescookenotthatone
Reminds me of the Sid Caesar cab story as told by Brooks