Cool Stuff

[RicInOR]

Fly by smarty-pants phone.

 

[RicInOR]

It’s now possible to detect counterfeit whisky without opening the bottle

Counterfeits of rare single-malt whisky are a growing problem for the industry.

arstechnica.com

Counterfeits of rare single-malt whisky are a growing problem for the industry.



I don't give a frak about "the industry" I care about me! If I drop $$$$ to enjoy a rare single-malt, that better be what I paid for!


Cool as they don't have to open a bottle.




whiskey

 

[CamoDeafie]

Dont rightly know the full story but this is cool.

 

[Flopsweat]

https://www.reddit.com/r/HumansBeingBros/comments/ihjyjf

#drivewayracetrack

And here I was thinking dish soap.





Not really, what kind of animal do you think I am?

 

[awshoot]

An amazing restoration:

 

[sobo]

An amazing restoration:

Now THAT was pretty frik'n cool!
Hesitated when I saw it was 20 minutes long, but the more I watched, the more intrigued and enraptured I became... Ended up watching it the whole way through!

 

[awshoot]

Now THAT was pretty frik'n cool!
Hesitated when I saw it was 20 minutes long, but the more I watched, the more intrigued and enraptured I became... Ended up watching it the whole way through!

Same thing happened when I accidentally clicked it. There's some serious skill there.

 

[Flopsweat]

An amazing restoration:

Now THAT was pretty frik'n cool!
Hesitated when I saw it was 20 minutes long, but the more I watched, the more intrigued and enraptured I became... Ended up watching it the whole way through!

Same thing happened when I accidentally clicked it. There's some serious skill there.

Same. I figured I'd skip through a lot of it but I wound up watching the whole thing.

 

[awshoot]

Same. I figured I'd skip through a lot of it but I wound up watching the whole thing.

I think my favorite part was seeing how he made a ball bearing. But yeah -- I posted it because it's crazy good - I'm tempted to watch it again even.

 

[sobo]

Another thing that as really cool about the video is that there was no dialogue!
Everything was done with visuals only, except for a few steps in text. So refreshing!
Can't tell ya how annoying some YTs can be with some know-it-all preaching at you through the entire thing.

 

[awshoot]

...
Can't tell ya how annoying some YTs can be with some know-it-all preaching at you through the entire thing.

Or the multi-minute babble session before getting to the point.

 

[Flopsweat]

Or the multi-minute babble session before getting to the point.

Hickok45 is fun to listen to but his videos are generally 2 - 3 times longer than they need to be. Same with Tim Pool, Yankee Marshal and now Crowder.

 

[awshoot]

Arthur C. Clark, 1974:

 

[RicInOR]

https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/jb7asg

 

[awshoot]

https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/jb7asg

Printing something and then CNCing it for detail is not something I'd thought about before. Excellent result.

 

[RicInOR]

Light has, for the first time, been "stored and transported." Let that sink in.

This is the age of miracles and wonders and storing light
by VANDERLEUN on OCTOBER 14, 2020

 

[awshoot]

Light has, for the first time, been "stored and transported." Let that sink in.

This is the age of miracles and wonders and storing light
by VANDERLEUN on OCTOBER 14, 2020

A long long time ago I read a short sci-fi story (the reading part I think was in the 80s, no idea when the writing was done). It involved window like panels that would capture and light and then release it after some period of time. There was no replay as in video, just the re-emergence of historic light. Anyway, it seems it ends with us learning that the protaganist is spending the remainder of his days watching the light (i.e. images -- again think "window") of his dead family -- the early years when they were all alive and happy and could sometimes be seen in these light slowing windows.

 

[Flopsweat]

Light has, for the first time, been "stored and transported." Let that sink in.

This is the age of miracles and wonders and storing light
by VANDERLEUN on OCTOBER 14, 2020

Clint Eastwood (as Shockley in The Gauntlet) used to carry the light around with him all the time:

Now if I have suspicion a felony's been committed, I can just walk right in here anytime I feel like it because I've got this badge, I got this gun, and I got the love of Jesus right here in my pretty, green eyes.

 

[RicInOR]

The Media / Video / unfurlers do not parse this out, so you have to click.

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/BouncyDistantBlobfish-mobile.mp4

14th-Century Bridge Construction in Prague

Animation - 1 minute

 

[MTpockets]

LIVE NOW: Will they LaunchToday?
Scheduled for 19:27EST/7:27PM EST

Edit to Update: They are away. Next stop, the International Space Station

SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft.

www.spacex.com

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