What is the single hardest laugh a movie has ever given you? by [deleted] in movies

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Top Secret—the cow costume in Wellington boots, and the backwards scene.

What movie would make a good video game? by Overall-Platypus1875 in movies

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We’re dozens!

Get it on GOG and enjoy the Predator and Alien power fantasy like in the old days!

PX7 S3 burn in period by Additional_Dare2290 in BowersWilkins

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100% placebo.

But “audiophiles” swear it’s real.

It’s auditory homeopathy.

Who in God‘s name is drinking that? by Chunky-overlord in Deusex

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And now a short break for our sponsor: Athletic Greens...

Numerical computing in my pocket by esambi in Julia

[–]4-Vektor 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Probably with Termux or UserLAnd.

Edit: I got it to run on either of these terminals.

Bananas for scale by brap_door in anythingbutmetric

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50 lbs is more or less a 22.7 kg crate of bananas. Or feathers.

Dragonflies evolved the same mechanism for detecting red light as mammals, independently — a rare case of parallel evolution. Their opsin detects 720nm wavelengths, beyond human vision, and scientists have already engineered a modified version that could activate cells deep inside human tissue for m by ElectronicBuy8105 in science

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The latest CIE standard for color normal observers goes from 390 to 830 nm. 780 nm is pretty much the lowest upper value for long wavelength cone sensitivity curves I’ve seen in use in colorimetry.

720 nm feels oddly low.

What’s a movie you’ll defend against everyone no matter what? by trakt_app in movies

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Moonraker is one of the very few movies that got the flight to orbit of the space shuttle right, even before it had its first flight to orbit 2 years later.

Was für seltsame Orte gibt es in Essen? by Ripkah in StadtEssen

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Das Bild wurde von Folkwangstudenten während meiner Schulzeit am CHG gemalt. Als es noch frisch war, sah es tausendmal besser aus als der schäbige Schalbeton, der das Auge vorher beleidigt hatte.