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Does Lactic Acid Really Cause Muscle Pain?
The way he told me to not be condescending was pretty condescending.
Massive Load
I'd get on my suit and tie and follow along on foot asking people to look at my cell phone before taking a flash photo of them, MIB style.
Art You Can't Get To
0:32 "The bust was faced north..." because that's the only direction it could face at the south pole.
Update: Okay, it wasn't at the geographic south pole. So I guess there was technically a north and a south.
Kayaking Down the Worlds Largest Natural Water Slide
Spinal injury at 0:22 leads to random arm spasms at 0:33.
Trump Thrives on Cruelty
That's funny. I thought it sounded like something that would come from Christianity, where God = Love. The statement would just say Fear God.
The first part is something that a person told me over 30years ago. I was told it comes from witchcraft.
The second line is what I've learned over next 33 years.
The power of love.
Trump Thrives on Cruelty
Is that a quote from something?
We become what we fear.
Fear Love.
Using AI to make realistic faces
I don't want a &$*%ing technical paper. I want a URL where I can download the software. I will buy whatever card they want at any price. I need this.
Tom Cruise Hates Motion Smoothing
There's a whole specialty field called "display calibration" that goes deep, deep down this rabbit hole. And yes, they (Tom Cruise and the guy whose name you can't hear because Tom interrupts him) are correct. Motion smoothing is violating image fidelity. It should be turned off.
We are stuck with 24 frames per second in movies, forever. Peter Jackson tried 48 frames per second with The Hobbit. It failed because it felt like the "soap opera effect".
But in almost all other video contexts, more FPS is better. Obviously in gaming more is better. YouTube supports up to 60 FPS, as does most decent recording software these days.
The blue shift that almost every TV has when on display is also a result of funky default settings. The human eye perceives a blue light as slightly brighter than a full spectrum light with the same intensity. So it works to sell TVs. And when you switch it off the default color scheme, you're first impression will be that the picture looks muted or even yellowish. This is because you are accustomed to seeing way to much blue.
If you are a true video aficionado, you'll get yourself a color meter for a few hundred bucks and do an amateur display calibration on your set.
If you are a video psycho (of if you sell faithful video experiences to an audience like in a theater) you'll hire a professional to come out with a high end spectrophotometer and calibrate each display input properly using a standardized video source.
When you forget to strap in your hang gliding passenger
Labeling the pilot as an idiot may not be a good way to ensure things like this don't happen again. As mentioned above, the same exact thing happened to a highly experienced, highly decorated hang gliding trainer. It seems to be a momentary lapse in judgement in what (to them) is a routine so ingrained as to be automatic.
Maybe they should implement written checklists like pilots. For hang gliding, it could be something both the instructor and the passenger need to physically sign off on. I imagine it wouldn't be too burdensome since it is likely to be very short (at least compared to pilot checklists).
https://aviation.stackexchange.com/a/12221
Baring checklists, the safest hang gliding instructor in the world is likely to be this gentlemen following this incident. I recon his vigilance is sky high at the moment. (Assuming he didn't quit altogether like his BC counterpart.)
Security footage of airborne Tesla.
Self driving cars are trying to kill us all. Damn you Elon Musk.
Shocking footage of minor crash turned major on the 401
You can (and should) blame distracted drivers until you are blue in the face. But if you convince a hundred people to be more attentive, a thousand more distracted idiots will fall in line behind them.
I personally would (and do) take additional steps on a case by case basis, well beyond public service announcements.
I would rush - RUSH - to get cones set up in the blocked lane two hundred yards before the blockage. Set up at least a half a dozen cones so that they gradually close the lane as drivers approach, with the lane fully closed at least 50-100 yards before the blockage.
I don't see a single cone in the video.
Full credit for the crash goes to the white car driver. I agree, this case is not above moving over for emergency vehicles.
FOUND Missing 12 Thai Soccer Kids Trapped in Flooded Cave
This is all Trump's/Obama's fault.
This is what happens when you don't respond to ATC
Chemtrails!
Vegan Diets Improve Heart Health, According to New Studies
Vegan doughnuts and marshmallows exist, and will have the same effect as their non-vegan counterparts. I'm with eric on this. And yes, plant based diets rock.
BOOM! Tetris for Jeff
How do they do it? I think they start in second gear, and they NEVER play on Mame.