For people unfamiliar with "gauge": 4(12) gauge basically means that your barrel diameter is equal to the diameter of a lead ball weighing 1/4(1/12) pound.

In case of this 4 gauge shotgun, we're talking about a barrel diameter of almost 27mm.

The proper reaction to last night's Dodge Ram ad during the Super Bowl:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_v1h6Zoi-Q

Edit: killed for copyright claims by Chrysler -- figures.
Alternative source: https://twitter.com/AsteadWesley/status/960378578138484737
Original audio: https://youtu.be/tBiFnDuCJIU?t=9m5s

At the risk of sounding like an ass: every 3-gun match I've seen looked extremely narrowed down in terms of the required skill set. The shooters are ridiculously fast and accurate, but at the end of the day, it's tagging paper and steel with an AR-15 at 20m or less. Lots of skill required to be good at it, but oh so very narrow. Like high-power, if you will.

2-gun, run & gun, even cowboy action seem to require a more diverse skill set. Events like Red October, even though it had a lot of paper at point blank this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAvblBnXV-w

One number to illustrate how harsh the Soviet prisoners were treated: official records say more than 4000 Soviet prisoners died at the Stalag 3B in what is now Eisenhüttenstadt, compared to "only" 128 non-Soviet prisoners.

*promote

Frank Castle: The Early Years

Counter-rotating propellers sparked my curiosity when I first saw them on a British Seafire Mk46 at a flight show in the early nineties.

So my amateur's answer would be that it's about the problem of turning the engine's power into thrust. With increasing power, you can either increase the propeller's RPM or its area. So you either a) spin it faster, b) increase its diameter, c) use a more favourable blade geometry, d) add more blades.

a) and b) both lead to blade tips moving faster, and once they approach the speed of sound, wave drag sets in and ruins your day. b) also runs into issues in terms of ground clearance. Thus the Kim Jong-un blades on planes like the An-70: short and fat.

c) is rather difficult to do in terms of manufacture -- that's why more pronounced blade shapes are a relatively recent development.

d) on a single propeller decreases the efficiency of each blade as it passes through the previous blade's vortex. That's why, for instance, German planes in WW2 almost exclusively relied on 3-bladed propellers with increasing blade size, whereas Supermarine went to four and even 5 blades rather quickly. You can work the issue to a certain degree by modifying the blade geometry, thus the 8 blade props on a modern A400M.

Adding more blades by adding another propeller gets around d), although the aft prop still loses efficiency compared to the front prop. On the other hand, counter-rotating props massively reduces problems with torque, which can be rather horrendous for single engine prop planes. The Bf 109, for instance, is (in)famous for being difficult during take-off as it pulls to the side quite violently.

As good a time as any to have another look at how media reported on the incident prior to the publication of the video.

It's two for me: Gavin and Dan. Didn't recognize anyone else, not even when they listed the names at the end.

Speaks to the diversity of content on YT, doesn't it. At least for the time being, until the next adpocalypse or problems at Patreon.

With all the ruckus about the actions of Weinstein, Spacey, and Roy Moore most of all, let's have a look at a few people who went out of their way to defend child rapist Roman Polanski:

https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/936262322540003330

Following the military coup in 2009 (supported by the Obama administration, especially HRC), the current government (supported by the Trump administration) kills activists left and right, and changes the results of last weeks presidential election as it pleases.

Ain't bipartisanship great...

First time I'm hearing this. Sweet zombie Jesus.

https://twitter.com/LBC/status/936201431840935936

Doesn't make it less unpleasant, but those are wasps, not hornets.

Whoever discovered this blob of buzzing must have backed away very quickly, I assume. Might still be running, actually.

Like accidentally pushing something over the edge of the platform? Or not securing the cargo and have it shaken overboard by vibrations during the move? Or having the top of the ladder come loose from the railing? Or the railing itself?

Nah, it's fine, just fine.

But I am curious. I have had to move a few times, and I have helped friends move a few times as well, for a total of maybe ~15 times. And the light stuff they put on the platform in this video has never bothered me. Granted, it has never been higher than 12th floor for me, but hauling bulky, "low-weight" stuff downstairs -- no issues. It's the heavy stuff through narrow stairwells that's been a pain in the behind. Yet they don't seem to have a net or tension belts attached to it, so do they use it for bulkier/heavy stuff as well?