dronir

101693 pts · September 27, 2012


To paraphrase Linus Pauling, "If you want to make good comments, you have to make many comments."

#6 Our house, in the middle of the sea

2 days ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

I still have the toothpick on my keychain knife, but the tweezers broke long ago. I bought it in Liechtenstein in 2008, and I've carried it on my keys every day since then.
Replacement parts are available, though. The spring on the scissors broke, too, and I got a new spring from an outdoor store.

4 days ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

The microwave can heat a liquid above boiling point without actually boiling it. It's just waiting for some disturbance to start boiling, and your spoon was finally enough to get it started. I was always warned of that as a kid.

5 days ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

#38 pears braised in a red wine and sugar syrup are so good.

6 days ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Turns out you can add just four line breaks in a comment and trying to add a fifth just sends the comment?

1 week ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

And Table Settings: select just Apparent AZ & EL.

1 week ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

For technical details, I used the HORIZONS website version.
Ephemeris type: Observer Table.
Target body: Sun.
Observer locations: Specify coordinates -> Coordinate body: Venus, latitude 90, altitude 0.1 km.
Time specification: every 6 hours from one date to another.

1 week ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

The "arctic circle" is at latitude 87.4° while on Earth it's at 67°. On the pole the sun never rises higher than about 2.6° and never sets deeper than that same angle. I computed the Sun's altitude at the venus north pole for the next three years. It seems to alternate between about 3 months of night and 4.5 months of daytime.

1 week ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

The "beer floating". An event where you get something that floats, and use it to float down the river while drinking beer. Absolute pain in the ass because the people leave all that rubbish in the river.

1 week ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

To be fair, if the question was "what sport could we play on unicycles?" then floorball is one of the more sensible choices.

2 weeks ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Even if it was supposed to be a three hour tour, it doesn't say how long the storm blew them for, could have been days.

2 weeks ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

#3 that forest needs to change the battery on their fire alarm

2 weeks ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

#19 crazy how nature do that

3 weeks ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

#1 how did they get the chain through to start with?

3 weeks ago | Likes 204 Dislikes 1

Upvoted for the surf rock.

3 weeks ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

You're over 350 years old?

3 weeks ago | Likes 25 Dislikes 0

It's weird how strong the sensory memory is; I can easily imagine poking at a loose tooth with my tongue until it comes off, and it's been almost 35 years.

3 weeks ago | Likes 278 Dislikes 0

Though I agree it's not a good practice even with the safety pin.

3 weeks ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

There is a safety in place, he says "safety pin out" before they start the countdown.

3 weeks ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

My neighbour is into classic American cars and has a pimped-up 1960s Impala with hydraulic suspension, and also curb feelers like those. I think they're for feeling when the ground is too bumpy, it has almost zero clearance when riding low.

3 weeks ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

An ekranoplan is basically a very fast boat. It looks like an airplane, and it doesn't touch the water when moving, but it can't fly higher than a few meters above the water.

4 weeks ago | Likes 29 Dislikes 0

It's an endless source of amusement on this site

1 month ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

It's totally fucking fucked mate, big time.

1 month ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

#37 that's a niche reference

1 month ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

From the pic I was thinking "that looks like an engineer designed that recipe".

1 month ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The building in front of the cathedral in this shot is the new Radisson hotel on Vuorikatu 24, so the cameraman was maybe on top of the Opera house, or in a building somewhere on Urheilukatu, so about 1.75 to 2.25 km away, depending on where exactly.

1 month ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

This video is so much older though

1 month ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Happened to me once. Much narrower splinter, but it went about as deep. Pulling it out with the tweezers was bone-chilling.

1 month ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

When it's snowy, the hard ground surfacesbecome soft, and muffle all sharp sounds.

1 month ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 1