From YT: Video highlighting my research on PowerPoint Turing Machines for CMU's SIGBOVIK 2017 From me: So it turns out PowerPoint is Years ago when I discovered you could export PowerPoint files... continue reading

posted by Ickster 6 years 10 months 1 week ago • 58 views • 5:34

During the evacuation of Gallipoli by the Allies, which started in December 1915, an ingenious invention was constructed on the battlefield by ANZAC forces to deceive the ottoman enemy into thinking a... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 102 views • 2:08

John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill was born in Hong Kong, and graduated from the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst in 1926. He would later earn the nickname “Mad Jack” or “Fighting Jack”... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 1,754 views • 6:57

Brian McManus adds, in a comment, the following: Follow my progress with learning to use my camera again on: https://www.instagram.com/brianjamesmcmanus/. Start learning your own new skill for New Years... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 351 views • 9:02

3 weeks later, it's a stunning masterpiece. London-based stonecarver Anna Rubincam creates a portrait from start to finish -- all shot within a span of three weeks.

posted by BSR 6 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 87 views • 8:36

YouTube description: There's a link from a 13th century legend, to a 16th century insult book, to a 19th century writer, to a 20th century comic book hero. And it starts in a small village near Nottingham,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 512 views • 2:46

YouTube description: Our image of dinosaurs has been constantly changing since naturalists started studying them about 350 years ago. Taken together, these pictures can tell us a whole lot about just... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 2 weeks ago • 1,293 views • 12:21

I built a natural draft furnace to test ideas about how hot a furnace could get without the use of bellows. Natural draft is the flow of air through a furnace due to rising hot air. The hot gasses in the... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 weeks ago • 454 views • 5:46

"When coming to a lane closure, getting over early into that long line may not always be the best way to get through." From https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/rude-drivers-who-merge-at-the-last-second-are-doin.html... continue reading

posted by ant 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 160 views • 1:28

For many years, archery was part of warfare, but with the introduction of guns in the late Middle Ages and Renaissance, it started its long decline.. The "archery" of today is more like playing with... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months ago • 823 views • 5:06

YouTube: In the 1950s, the people of Minamata, Japan started seeing strange behavior from the local cats, and it wasn't long before humans were showing the same symptoms.

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 2 months ago • 669 views • 5:25

"Protection from deportation and the chance to work have been life-changing for DACA recipients. But if Congress and the White House can’t agree on a bill to protect them within a six-month timeframe,... continue reading

posted by ant 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 220 views • 5:28

YouTube description: Why Switzerland is the Safest Place if WW3 Ever Begins; it's a bunker the size of a country. Music is by Brandon Maahs. Check out his website and music by clicking this link:... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 2 months 4 weeks ago • 740 views • 7:18

(H/T @eric3579)

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 274 views • 9:42

An orphaned red-tailed hawk that was adopted by bald eagles has defied expectations and survived, and now it's acting like an eagle.

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 848 views • 1:35

Let's say you're traveling at 17,500 miles per hour (28,000 km/h) in low earth orbit, your main engines are out of fuel, and it's your job to guide the spaceship through a fiery re-entry without burning... continue reading

posted by Ashenkase 7 years 3 months 4 weeks ago • 114 views • 17:49

YouTube description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-spot-a-misleading-graph-lea-gaslowitz When they’re used well, graphs can help us intuitively grasp complex data. But as visual... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 months 1 week ago • 1,788 views • 4:10

‘I was stunned when the pieces started falling into place,’ recalls specialist Howard Dixon of the moment an unassuming folio of photographs was presented to him in a restaurant in Texas earlier this year. ... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 1,174 views • 3:34

Uploaded on Jul 14, 2008 Continuation from the other video, starting at minute 1:01 the professor explains how Slavery started with Africans. THE REAL STORY!!

posted by bobknight33 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 54 views • 2:28

The Lahti L-39 is a Finnish 20 mm anti-tank rifle used during the Second World War. It had excellent accuracy, penetration and range, but its size made transportation difficult. It was nicknamed "Norsupyssy"... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 149 views • 10:14