In which Brian McManus discusses the loss of the Mercury 1 mission after a component failure exposed an error in the error recovery code. (H/T @eric3579)
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They're not the only ones. YouTube: On the 4th of July, Americans like to celebrate the things that make the United States unique, and a lot of those things have to do with our geography. That remarkable... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 5 months 1 week ago • 561 views • 3:49If you set up a row of dominoes as a timeline of history from the Big Bang to now, and had each domino represent 1 million years it would stretch over 300 meters long. I know because that's what I did... continue reading
posted by BSR 6 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 17 views • 13:22The network effect is Facebook’s biggest selling point, and the root of many of its problems. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO What happened with Cambridge Analytica highlights this perfectly. ... continue reading
posted by b4rringt0n 6 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 523 views • 5:35YouTube description: For decades, one of the most abundant kinds of fossils on Earth, numbering in the millions of specimens, was a mystery to paleontologists. But geologists discovered that these mysterious... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 7 months 1 week ago • 615 views • 7:00YouTube description: Ever wondered how they film a tank shell in flight for over 100m meters like it was travelling at walking speed or the instant of a nuclear explosion. In this video, I look at... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 1,678 views • 7:14California Taxing authority goes after man even after he moves out of state-- The man fights back.
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posted by ant 7 years 1 month ago • 23 views • 7:16youtube- TEDx Talks Published on Sep 7, 2017 Imagine a global "Hive Mind" that can tap the knowledge, wisdom, insights, and intuitions of millions of people, and produce a super-intelligence that is... continue reading
posted by Buck 7 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 119 views • 15:59Student loans are leaving millions of Americans with really bad hangovers.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months ago • 1,327 views • 5:22YouTube description: With a population of over 18 million people, Mumbai is one of the world’s largest megalopolises. To put it mildly, the city can be unpredictable. But amid the chaos, Mumbai has... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 months 1 week ago • 660 views • 2:48https://youtu.be/Zm6X77ShHa8 Beavers have done more to shape North American landscapes than any animal beside humans. We don’t notice them much today because there aren’t many left, but before colonization,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 months 1 week ago • 1,121 views • 5:19Near Bodø in Norway, there's the strongest tidal current in the world: Saltstraumen Maelstrom, a constantly-changing rush of whirlpools, boils and vortices. It might not be quite the whirlpools of myth... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 1 week ago • 241 views • 2:32YouTube description: Chemical weapon attacks aren’t the only reason to pay attention to Syria. When Syrian-American author and civil rights lawyer Alia Malek woke up to the images of Syrians dying... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 279 views • 3:02YouTube description: More than five million people die every year from pollution-related illnesses, and nearly 10,000 of those deaths occur in London. But Romain LaCombe has made it his mission to change... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 170 views • 3:27John Oliver is not afraid to put his money where his mouth is. Back in February, realizing that President Trump gets most of his ideas from cable news, the Emmy-winning Last Week Tonight host purchased... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 601 views • 1:37It was just a routine workers’ compensation fraud case for Ken Sheppard. Show up for a spot check, do some surveillance of the subject and keep it pushing. But on March 3, 2014, it was anything but routine... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 6 months 4 weeks ago • 1,157 views • 5:01From NYT: "...a really big drain called a spillway. And once you see it full of spiraling water, it is hard to take your eyes off it. For the first time in a decade, January and February have brought... continue reading
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