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Harrison Ford: 'I'm the schmuck that landed on the taxiway'

60 Home Inspection Problems in 3 Minutes

Ickster says...

I've been reading this company's blog for a few years; they don't post very much, but I which they'd been the inspector I'd used back when I'd bought my house.

The things I didn't know about that I've had to fix . . .

Neuroscientist Explains 1 Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty

Ickster says...

Hey, dubious. I don't know nearly as much about the details as you do, but I was skeptical when he made the claim to the grad student that inter-neuron transmission was binary. My layman's understanding is that there's a sort of "signal strength" between neurons that can decay or be amplified depending on how those pathways get used. Each signal affects others, and so on--it's much more a very complex feedback system utterly different than the binary instruction pathways used by our current computers.

The Coast Guard saves an SUV Driver

Ickster says...

Yeah, looked like a tie rod broke.

RFlagg said:

Around the 50 second mark to 1 minute mark, it looks like his steering got messed up, so he was probably stuck after that point, but at the 30 second point it becomes obvious that going forward isn't the right move.

Also, what is it lately that 90% of all videos no longer will go full screen on the Sift?

Deepwater Horizon Blowout Animation

Ickster says...

This was a purely technical analysis. It makes no attempt to address the failures to properly verify the function of the BOP before putting it into use.

California Cops Lose It Over a Drone

'Statesmanlike' Trump Lasted All of Three Minutes

Why Are Airplane Engines So Big?

Ickster says...

The title's a little strange to me; given the massive weight of a loaded passenger plane and the altitude and speeds those things attain, I'm always amazed that the engines are as *small* as they are.

The Rotary Engine is Dead - Here's Why.

The Rotary Engine is Dead - Here's Why.

Ickster says...

I once worked in tech support with someone who when his car started overheating, tried turning it off and back on again.

The rest of us found great humor in him trying to "reboot" his car.

artician said:

That's only for computers, medical equipment and toasters.

Hydraulic Press Folds Paper 7 Times

Dave Chappelle and his white friend Chip

John Oliver never thought he'd have to care about Trump

Tailgater vs Brake Checker

The Human Nailgun



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