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TotalLossBrain posted:If you see it, you're likely going to die. If nuclear materials are submerged in more than a few feet of water, you can stare at the cool blue glow all day with no problems.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:somehow had enough lift to drift a good hundred feet sideways on it's way down One morning a few years ago I was rudely awakened by the sound of loud shattering glass right next to my head. Someone working on the roof had thrown a metal panel down into the back yard, but it had turned itself into a frisbee and curved back around to hit my bedroom window. Luckily it only broke the outer pane.
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Mar 18, 2016 14:48
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The most OSHA way to kill a spider https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQzb4_n34gU
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Mar 25, 2016 22:22
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Even that isn't new, that's how Perseus defeated the Gorgons.
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Mar 26, 2016 20:40
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Helicopter pilots are magicians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewh-GWEx0oE
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Apr 4, 2016 16:49
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chitoryu12 posted:With dynamite, the problem is that dynamite is basically just nitroglycerin (the infamous super-sensitive liquid explosive) soaked into something like diatomaceous earth or clay to make it more stable. Over time and in poor storage conditions, dynamite will "sweat" the nitro out onto the surface, making it very unstable and shock-sensitive. I saw a documentary about this once
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Apr 22, 2016 15:43
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A market in Thailand that shares space with an active railway. Several times a day, the whole thing scoots over to let the train through. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH0VPW-PuEE (1:50)
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Apr 29, 2016 01:07
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Jerry Cotton posted:Is it legal to have a loose dog in a national park? (I read "escaped from the truck" as "got out of the truck because the owners didn't do anything to stop it".) Yosemite requires pets to be leashed at all times.
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Jun 9, 2016 19:29
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Raskolnikov38 posted:i'm kinda amazed he actually stepped into the water and then still dived in headfirst Sounds like he made a running start, and was going too fast to slow down or to realize that suddenly his feet hurt a whole lot. Extra bonus darwin award points for diving headfirst into shallow water.
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Jun 9, 2016 19:46
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Rotacixe posted:Punch the fish for god's sake! Alternate solution: Summon giant robot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn22jvxfHOE
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Jun 11, 2016 23:55
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FrankieGoes posted:The problem isn't that they die, because who gives a gently caress. The problem is that their boiling meat carcass could alter the chemistry of the pool and kill the algae. How is this any different from any large animal falling in, which I imagine happens naturally every so often?
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Jun 18, 2016 18:07
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DrBouvenstein posted:Always check that a water tank is empty before you lift it with a crane: Why didn't they stop when the boom started VISIBLY BENDING 
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Jun 30, 2016 16:42
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Couldn't you just put in the earplugs after entering the high-pressure area and take them out before leaving?
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Jul 14, 2016 19:06
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I hope nobody was planning to drive around north of New York City today. A crane fell sideways across the Tappan Zee bridge, all traffic is blocked.
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chitoryu12 posted:One of our practical examiners in NYC told us about it, since his company is right in the area and was down on the site within minutes. He says that there was an even bigger crane they had available for that type of job, and if that was the one they used and it tipped it probably would have taken out a good chunk of the bridge. Even the smaller crane smashed a guardrail and punched a hole in the deck. Traffic is going to be hosed for a long time up there.
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Jul 19, 2016 21:47
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*picks up phone* Help! I need somebody!
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Jul 25, 2016 01:02
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Sirotan posted:And who can forget the Great Molasses Flood of 1919? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Molasses_Flood I was in Boston two weeks ago and I'm still kicking myself for forgetting to visit the memorial plaque for this. We were even within a block or two of it at one point, it's near the Old North Church.
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Aug 2, 2016 21:47
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Shalhavet posted:I was under the impression those were limited in major cities where it would presumably be run, but yeah, a rolling 11foot8 sounds amazing. More like a rolling 7'0, it's totally incompatible with normal-sized trucks. Interior looks pretty swanky though, more like a ferry than a bus. 
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Aug 3, 2016 15:38
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Another crane has hit the third tower 
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Aug 12, 2016 19:27
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107 page is a good run, see you all in the next one!
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Aug 16, 2016 21:27
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Why do those things even have manual brakes? Why aren't they designed like roller coasters where the ride runs itself and the operators enforce spacing?
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Aug 17, 2016 15:38
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A fourth video, showing precisely what the question was about : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6yod-sOrT0
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Aug 22, 2016 04:10
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Green Intern posted:In Alien, the Nostromo has a room that's apparently just devoted to being full of hanging chains and running water. When you activate the self-destruct sequence, all the regular lighting is replaced with strobes, while steam vents open up and blow freely. Space OSHA needs to get its act together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqRdT8m1Suo
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Aug 23, 2016 16:32
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Wasn't the whole mission hastily thrown together in a crisis? Maybe they skimped on the usability testing. If you asked Cameron, he'd blame it on the prop department, same as the Titanic floating door thing 
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Aug 23, 2016 17:55
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Mithaldu posted:For something that is completely batshit insane, it's actually set up sort of safely. Probably should have lit it remotely with fuses rather than standing on top of it with torches.
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Aug 24, 2016 19:45
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What if the divers had parachutes?
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Aug 31, 2016 21:53
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MrYenko posted:So what you're saying is you wonder if it's also useful as a laser rifle that only kills black people? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay4x3Un6PGk
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Sep 10, 2016 22:50
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Pistol_Pete posted:Search Houston Tram Crashes on Youtube for endless light rail/ motor vehicle hilarity. This is an entire Youtube genre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV2rdGX4JYc
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Oct 7, 2016 17:09
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The best goon project is and forever will be Zybourne Clock.
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Oct 24, 2016 17:05
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"Injury incompatible with life" is actually a standard medical term for that sort of thing (or at least I recall learning that from a thread here).
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Oct 25, 2016 20:30
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See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_jet_cutter
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I hope you serve Timbits
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37978482 its_happening.gif
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Nov 15, 2016 05:38
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Olothreutes posted:There just isn't a good set of data for us to pull from on this one What about people that have spent months on ISS or Mir? Are there not enough of them to generalize from?
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Nov 27, 2016 17:28
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quote:The first girl he saw had no pulse and it was clear a second girl was no longer alive.  
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Dec 8, 2016 22:27
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Surprise Giraffe posted:What the gently caress is happening there? As I understand it: With the manhole sealed, the gas/oxygen balance in the pipe is poor, so the gas can only burn slowly. The combustion produces enough pressure to lift the manhole a few feet into the air. Once the hole is uncapped, air floods the pipe until the balance rises to the point where a much more rapid reaction becomes possible, and since there's already a fire going that happens instantly.
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Dec 12, 2016 15:23
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Anyone else remember that Chinese lane-straddling bus? The government cracked down and destroyed the shady company behind it, and the prototype just got left in the street where it's been rusting away and blocking traffic for months.
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Dec 22, 2016 01:25
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Obviously the solution is to fill in the tunnel and build a road bridge above the tracks.
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Improbable Lobster posted:It was pretty obvious that it wasn't going to work Yeah, it had lots of practical problems but the whole thing turning out to be an investment scam is still sad in a way that blinkered dreamers wouldn't have been.
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