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Jul 13, 2008

We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.

Reasonably or not, I would be so paranoid that the beam would reflect off something. Like if a bird had picked up a shiny gum wrapper and weaved it into a nest, and then the laser shines on it and for the instant before it vaporizes there's a death ray firing in a random direction and FWOOSH, that was a real nice eye you used to have. :ohdear:

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Jul 13, 2008

We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.

Sounds like quite a party!

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Jul 13, 2008

We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.

https://i.imgur.com/kmArQGA.mp4

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Jul 13, 2008

We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.

Platystemon posted:

What I’m getting at is that ducking didn’t do anything for him. He should have dropped it and jumped back.

I disagree, that first duck kept the bumper from smashing his head and gave him just enough time to jump out of the way before the car resumed its fall.

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Jul 13, 2008

We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.

Perestroika posted:

Stumbled across this video just now. A guy wanted to do one of those fancy "cast molten copper directly into water" experiments, except he used ice water. Mildly :nws: for a small bleeding cut injury towards the end:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6kJ1tbk41E&t=89s

The accidental "sprinkler system" that kicked on when the hose melted was a nice little stroke of luck.

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Jul 13, 2008

We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.


Look at all those chickens.

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Jul 13, 2008

We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.

Ornamental Dingbat posted:

I got this from an OSHA thread and it's been my work wallpaper for years:



How does this artist think bowties are attached

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Jul 13, 2008

We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.

Azhais posted:

How many toggle flips in total are required to turn on the deck lights

Each switch is connected to a binary digit in the registers of the illumination-control CPU. Consult the flowchart.

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Jul 13, 2008

We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.

Platystemon posted:

It’s foreshortening and they’re not nearly as close as they look, I tell myself.

Yeah, it's this. It's pretty straightforward to make something in the far distance look huge, and looming close to something in the middle distance, as long as you can keep everything in a line. Basically you just stand way back and use a zoom lens.







Source: https://petapixel.com/2013/04/27/silhouettes-in-a-giant-moonrise-captured-using-a-1200mm-lens/

The people watching the volcano at the railing aren't significantly closer than the photographer, I think.

Powered Descent fucked around with this message at 03:23 on Oct 4, 2023

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Jul 13, 2008

We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.

NoWake posted:

Filming in portrait mode gives it away immediately, plus most consumer handheld camcorders recorded at 4:3 aspect ratio until halfway through the aughts

I suppose it's just barely technically possible that it was shot in the 1980s with a film camera, then recently scanned in, cleaned up and cropped to portrait for some reason.

yummycheese posted:

the other tell is when it shows the red led’s on the radios VFO readout. they’re blinking and out because its being recorded with a cellphone that does the rolling vertical shutter thing. its deff new footage.

And with that, even that tiny possibility goes up in smoke. Good catch.

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Jul 13, 2008

We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.

Hispanic! At The Disco posted:

Honestly, there's enough of an investment there that I just assume they have a good reason.

There's a lot of Pink Floyd fans out there who are waiting for them.

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Jul 13, 2008

We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.

Bird in a Blender posted:

Caissons also refer to long concrete columns buried in the ground under regular buildings. Not just for use in water.

I have been informed that caissons also sometimes go rolling along.

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Jul 13, 2008

We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.

Devor posted:

Musth go faster

OSHA IV: Musth go faster

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Jul 13, 2008

We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.


https://i.imgur.com/725Ujhr.mp4

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Jul 13, 2008

We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.

Bloody Hedgehog posted:

The future of air travel is here.

https://i.imgur.com/Z11Ndr7.mp4

And still just the one bathroom.

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Jul 13, 2008

We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.

https://i.imgur.com/OqHGbpy.mp4

:stare:

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