GoGaslightYerself
GoGaslightYerself t1_iuhnazz wrote
Reply to TIL that one of the most popular medieval legends about Saint Nicholas of Myra (the original basis for the legend of Santa Claus) involves him magically resurrecting three children who were murdered by an evil butcher and sold as cured meat. by themightyheptagon
That's what's wrong with our society today: No more WHOLESOME family holiday entertainment.
GoGaslightYerself t1_iu5mdbb wrote
Reply to comment by Ma1 in TIL, in film, a clapperboard’s purpose is ensuring proper synchronization of audio and video in post-production. It provides a distinct “clap” along with a visual event for the editor to reference at the start of a scene. by PianoCharged
When I worked on some TV commercial shoots back in the early '90s, the cameraman also said "Speed!" when (I guess) the camera was up to "running speed" or whatever...this I guess was the signal to the talent that it was time to start the take ... is this just "a thing" with video cameras, or also with film cameras too?
GoGaslightYerself t1_iuqtbng wrote
Reply to comment by xxdotell in TIL that one third of sea level rise is from thermal expansion (not melting ice) by on_surfaces
And then there's land subsidence, like in southeast Virginia, where a bolide created a crater deeper than the Grand Canyon and bigger than Rhode Island, into which all the land has been sinking for the past 35 million years...