AudibleNod t1_j6iv34h wrote on January 30, 2023 at 5:27 PM

Reply to comment by curahee5656 in TIL In the 60s/60s NASA would use brooms to detect flames from Hydrogen leaks as they were odorless & colorless. by Wandering_Lights

Lemme guess.

One of the rules was to not drive around in flammable cars.

AudibleNod t1_j6iuzfe wrote on January 30, 2023 at 5:26 PM

Reply to comment by NuGundam7 in TIL In the 60s/60s NASA would use brooms to detect flames from Hydrogen leaks as they were odorless & colorless. by Wandering_Lights

I was in the Navy and was told the same thing. If you could hear a hiss and/or saw condensing water without a known source, you'd grab a broom and Star Wars Kid your way through the space.

AudibleNod t1_j6iqxuc wrote on January 30, 2023 at 5:01 PM

Reply to J&J’s Talc Bankruptcy Case Thrown Out by Appeals Court by L_Cranston_Shadow

I'm not an expert on corporate shell company. But on the surface, this sounds a lot like the Sovereign Citizen 'federal personage' nonsense. Whereby they think they can shift the burdens and debt to this federal citizen and are liberated by being their own sovereign citizen. Either way. Good for the appeals court. I hope Alex Jones bankruptcy has the same fate.

AudibleNod t1_j6i4n1i wrote on January 30, 2023 at 2:31 PM

Reply to TIL about Kwihnai Tosabitʉ or "White Eagle," a Medicine Man and messiah of the Comanche Native American tribe. Uniting all of the Comanche people and several other groups, he led them to an immediate defeat and was renamed Isatai'i "Wolf's Vulva." by marmorset

I like the idea of getting new names after an auspicious or inauspicious event in your life.

"Where's Gary?"

> Oh, you mean Diamond Hands. Diamond Hands sold his Bed Bath & Beyond stock at the right time and he's going to the driver license office to change his license. As is our custom.

"Cool, good for Diamond Hands."

AudibleNod t1_j6dwwja wrote on January 29, 2023 at 5:43 PM

Reply to TIL that modern store mannequins can now record video, sound and automatically analyze demographic data and customers reactions to products from facial expressions analysis by human8264829264

Can't they also pick up bluetooth IDs and see how long someone lingers and where?

if not, I'm sorry for giving them the idea.

AudibleNod t1_j6599wv wrote on January 27, 2023 at 8:23 PM

Reply to comment by TastyCartographer630 in TIL that Haiti and Lichtenstein showed up to the 1936 Olympics with the exact same flag, which they had both been using for decades without knowledge of the similarity by Rickerpool

"How dare she!"

AudibleNod t1_j64yrfc wrote on January 27, 2023 at 7:16 PM

Reply to TIL that Haiti and Lichtenstein showed up to the 1936 Olympics with the exact same flag, which they had both been using for decades without knowledge of the similarity by Rickerpool

Haiti and Lichtenstein be like

AudibleNod OP t1_j5zepq3 wrote on January 26, 2023 at 5:06 PM

Reply to comment by thatoneguy889 in Tennessee says pair gave incorrect execution drug testimony by AudibleNod

I think we need a separate "Department of the Inspectors General" at the federal and state levels. And they'd be like judges that you cannot just fire on a whim.

AudibleNod OP t1_j5z88nc wrote on January 26, 2023 at 4:25 PM

Reply to Tennessee says pair gave incorrect execution drug testimony by AudibleNod

>Two of the people most responsible for overseeing Tennessee’s lethal injection drugs “incorrectly testified” under oath that they were testing the chemicals for bacterial contamination, the state attorney general’s office conceded in a court filing.

+++++

"Incorrectly testified?" You'd think there'd be a legal word for that. Something menacing sounding. Something Old French or Latin that doesn't get used except in a legal context. Oh well. I guess we're sticking with "incorrectly testified". It's the 'alternative facts' of legal words now.

AudibleNod t1_j5yhk9s wrote on January 26, 2023 at 1:17 PM

Reply to TIL about a practice known as sologamy, where you can apparently marry yourself by [deleted]

My wife watched Glee during the pandemic. I was minimally aware of Sue Silvester played by Jane Lynch. So I walked in the room during a scene where she declared she was having a wedding ceremony where she was marrying herself and she would be officiating the service. I bust out laughing. And had to sit down to watch that episode. Jane Lynch is funny.

AudibleNod t1_j5txgrg wrote on January 25, 2023 at 3:27 PM

Reply to comment by billpalto in Twitter faces legal complaint in Germany over anti-Semitic content by davetowers646

Don't forget issues with hair.

AudibleNod t1_j5mn3qi wrote on January 24, 2023 at 2:01 AM

Reply to TIL that the first time the Albanian language was mentioned in History was a witness of a crime reporting he had heard someone yelling in Albanian. by alexmikli

The crime: speaking Albanian.

AudibleNod OP t1_j5lsa1r wrote on January 23, 2023 at 10:23 PM

Reply to DOJ: Salt Lake City plastic surgeon among 4 charged in alleged COVID vaccine card scheme by AudibleNod

>Card recipients did not get COVID-19 vaccines, though some parents requested that their children receive saline shots instead so they would believe they did, court documents said.

And they're lying to their kids?

AudibleNod t1_j56zf87 wrote on January 20, 2023 at 8:57 PM

Reply to comment by Flares117 in TIL: Jesse Livermoore pioneered day trading. His shorts for the 1906 SF earthquake and the 1929 crash are considered legendary. He grew up poor, but at 14 worked as a board boy at a stock firm and started gambling. He would consistently become rich or bankrupt, and he died with millions in debt. by Flares117

So was he good or was he a statistical outlier.

AudibleNod t1_j56nzs6 wrote on January 20, 2023 at 7:45 PM

Reply to comment by Xszit in TIL The famous "rods from god" concept of a space-based weapons system of orbiting tungsten rods was developed by science fiction writer Jerry Pournelle. by BitterFuture

Yeah. I saw an interview with Karlheinz Brandenburg, inventor of the MP3 format, explicitly say Data calling up music as inspiration.

AudibleNod t1_j56lhqy wrote on January 20, 2023 at 7:29 PM

Reply to comment by thirdeyefish in TIL The famous "rods from god" concept of a space-based weapons system of orbiting tungsten rods was developed by science fiction writer Jerry Pournelle. by BitterFuture

MP3s can trace it's lineage to Star Trek TNG when Data is asking the computer to play music.

AudibleNod t1_j51t1qu wrote on January 19, 2023 at 8:20 PM

Reply to comment by Hrekires in DeSantis administration rejects inclusion of AP African American Studies class in Florida high schools | CNN Politics by Yevon

*Checks notes "Because."

There's AP courses for Chinese Language and Culture, Environmental Sciences and Music Theory. Which, through the Florida lens, seem woke-adjacent. However, those aren't part of the pilot program that the AP African American Studies is in. My only guess (and I'm playing Devil's Advocate here) is that they can hide under the "pilot program" aspect of the course that the others aren't part of.

AudibleNod t1_j4waq30 wrote on January 18, 2023 at 6:31 PM

Reply to comment by Godloseslaw in TIL that only about 4% of the Earth's surface has two points on opposite sides of the world that are both on land by A_1337_Canadian

We did it Reddit!

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51171834

AudibleNod t1_j4qmds0 wrote on January 17, 2023 at 4:14 PM

Reply to comment by robocord in TIL the 1979 cult classic The Warriors was based on the ancient story of the Anabasis, wherein Xenophon and his group of Greek mercenaries attempt to escape from Persia after the death of Cyrus. by kevlarbuns

Boreís na to skápseis!!!

AudibleNod