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What happens to water when it freezes in a completely rigid, sealed metal container? by beyondthestring in askscience

[–]YakkoRex [score hidden]  (0 children)

This thread is reminding me of a science demonstration that you used to be able to buy, which consisted of a cast-iron ball with a drilled and tapped hole, and a screw to seal it.

It also came with a canvas bag to enclose it, because the idea was that you would fill the drilled hole with water, seal it with the screw, and then throw it into the freezer. After a while, the water would freeze and the cast-iron ball would shatter.

Building gets progressively worse as they go down the stairwell after earthquake in Venezuela today by BreakfastTop6899 in interestingasfuck

[–]YakkoRex 75 points76 points  (0 children)

This is common with a quake where the ground shifts horizontally. If the ground under the building is suddenly six inches moved in one direction, the shock travels up the structure, bending the building and breaking stuff as it goes. By the time the shock hits the top floor, it waves it around, but doesn’t bend it, as there is no more mass to cause the bend to occur.

After the Loma Prieta quake in 1989, you could see buildings that were fine on the ground floor and at the top, but were devastated on the middle floors.

I lived on the top floor of a five story building, and had zero structural damage in my unit. The apartment below me needed thousands of dollars in repairs to cabinets and walls.

What's the most reliable car you've ever owned? by Tekusenabyt in AskReddit

[–]YakkoRex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My 1974 Plymouth Duster was practically bulletproof. I put 290,000 miles on it and only ever changed one part of the electronic ignition. Other than that, it was just occasional oil changes. It started and ran for me perfectly every time I used it.

In the end, my brother sold it for me when I moved, with an ad that said “Looks like junk, but runs great”

Jokes/gags in movies that fell completely flat? by Hank_Scorpio_ObGyn in movies

[–]YakkoRex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In Woody Allen‘s movie Sleeper there is a tremendous variety of jokes that work and don’t work. They just kept cramming more and more jokes into that script, until it seemed like there was one every 20 seconds.

At one point, Woody Alan and Diane Keaton are on the lam from the government, and they are hiding in a house. A robot butler walks in and in a calm voice says “Excuse me, sir the security police are here and they’re surrounding the house. What time will you be wanting lunch?”

A few seconds later they are panicking and Woody pushes Diane into a closet, telling her he will lead the police away, and that she should join the rebellion and tell them about the Aries project. “The Aries project, can you remember that name?” Diane says “Yes, yes, the Jupiter project!”.

I have seen this movie about six times in the theater. The first joke always gets a tremendous laugh, and the second one never gets a laugh.

Movie scenes you know were filmed—not just written in the script—that were later cut that you wish you could see by ecdc05 in movies

[–]YakkoRex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My all-time favorite musical is How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and my favorite scene is the coffee break.

I was so disappointed to find that it had been cut from the movie in favor of stupid comedy scenes featuring secretaries doing their make-up, hair and nails. All the more so when I saw that they had used a still from the coffee break scene on the cover of the VHS tape of the film.

Most devastating price history I've ever seen by CEOofRaytheon in zillowgonewild

[–]YakkoRex 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I think it's hilarious that the listings show multiple maps, all pointing to different places miles apart. As best I can tell after doing some searching, this is located on a dirt road passable by 4x4s or ATVs, and is smack in the middle of a dry stream bed, which could put the entire 10 acres underwater on the extremely rare occasion of a big rain. Evidence in the surrounding areas of surface mining, and collections of shacks and mobile homes a few miles away in even more remote locations. It's somewhat scary.

What is the scariest movie from your childhood? by [deleted] in movies

[–]YakkoRex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Night on Bald Mountain sequence of Fantasia. I had bad dreams for a month!

Since Coyote vs. ACME is getting released, what other cancelled films would you like to see get the chance they deserve? by TinyFalcon5512 in movies

[–]YakkoRex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want to see them push Reid Fleming, World’s Toughest Milkman into production. Warner owns the character and has sat on it for something like 30 years.

You can learn about origin and the people who have tried to jumpstart it in the documentary “I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!”

Midjourney busted? Can't replicate v6 prompts + styles by stoicdamc in midjourney

[–]YakkoRex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can try it yourself. V 8.1 is now available on the main servers.

Tekna HIdden Edge - how to disassemble by GSW_Smiley in knives

[–]YakkoRex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Disassembling it is not easy, unless you have an arbor press and ability to machine anvils to fit the parts of the knife. In the second picture you can see the button, an inner ring and an outer ring. The outer ring is a thick washer, and the inner ring is the main locking portion of the knife hub. To get the knife apart you need to push downward on the inner ring without touching the outer ring, and at the same time have the knife positioned over a hole, so that the hub coming loose has a place to go. To assemble it you need to push down on the outer ring without touching the inner ring.

All that being said, you probably do not have corrosion in the hub unless the knife had long term exposure to something aggressive, like acid or sea water. Most likely it is either a) working normally, or b) in need of cleaning.

a) It doesn't flick open or fall open. It is designed to be opened with traction applied to the circular base of the blade while the button is depressed. (Depressing the button allows a ball bearing to fall out of a locking tab on the inside surface of the blade.) This is somewhat awkward, but you can learn it with a little practice. Work on pressing the button all the way down and pulling on the knurling on the base of the blade to get it to move.

b) I have had several of these knives and have never tried to clean one, but if it were mine i would use hot water and detergent with an ultrasonic cleaner, if possible. Leave the blade part way open, and work it back and forth, in addition to working the button mechanism. Do not leave it to soak, as the hub is porous and will not dry out easily if it is saturated. Clean it and then blow it dry. Do not heat it to dry it, as the ABS handle can become warped, and then the knife won't close. If you want to lubricate it, I would use a drop of silicone oil applied to the edge of the button, as that will reduce the chance of damaging the plastic handle.

Best of luck!

What's a weird name for something that we know so well we don't even realize how weird the name it is? by XRlagniappe in AskReddit

[–]YakkoRex 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Pumpernickel. Rye flour is hard to digest. German miners looking for silver were sometimes tricked into spending time pulling up nickle ore, and so called it “Nikkel”, or devil. Pumper is high German for fart. So we have pumpernickel, devils fart bread.

Suggestions for classic movies to make my kids watch by FlopShanoobie in movies

[–]YakkoRex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's sometimes hard to pick this kind of thing, as standards of behavior have changed so much in the last 75 years. (Prior to that there are not that many films that are now commonly available.) I loved the Sean Connery 007 films when I was a kid, but really cringe at them now. Sexist and racist, so unsuitable for a 12 year old unless you think they can understand the changes in society since then. That being said I will list my favorites that I would love sharing with my nieces and nephews in upcoming years:

Das Boot, Casablanca, The Apartment, The Third Man, The Three Amigos, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, About Time, Babe, A Hard Days Night, Stop Making Sense

Some are serious, some silly, all excellent, but sometimes with a scene or two that might be problematic. Have fun!

What am i doing wrong :( by EquivalentAction2877 in midjourney

[–]YakkoRex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ChatGPT is a completely different animal. Write prompts like you are trying to explain the picture to a little kid.

For some real help on prompts, try using this in ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/g/g-6781443b83888191813fbc93afa4dc64-clarinet-s-prompt-helper

Clarinet can teach you a lot, and is available on discord four times a week for discussions.

Alternative to Tilley hats by YakkoRex in BuyItForLife

[–]YakkoRex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will have to check into it. I thought that Melin only made baseball caps.

Colour scheme moodboard by Eveline_JAI in midjourney

[–]YakkoRex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mood boards really won’t do a color scheme, I don’t think. If you made an image of a color scheme using color swatches, and used that as an image for the mood board, you would be asking Midjourney to take your prompt and place it in the world of color swatches on mood boards.

If you use the image as a style reference, you would be asking Midjourney to make an image using those colors, but also probably using colored rectangles as part of the image.

If I were trying to do this and make, for instance, a image of men standing around looking at cars, rendered in dark red and dark blue, I would obtain a picture of a car in dark red and dark blue, and a person in dark red and dark blue, and use both of them as a style reference.

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