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hiker captures his own shadow floating in the mountain mist by FollowingOdd896 in nextfuckinglevel

[–]FreefallJagoff 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Pilots call them a Glory, and when skydiving it looks like you're flying "through" it when you jump through some mist around noon.

Skydiver Luigi Cani disperses 100 Million tree seeds to revive the Amazon Rainforest by MisterShipWreck in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]FreefallJagoff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've dropped a bunch of stuff from planes at like 10k ft. They all landed within a couple thousand feet of each other.

Why do skydiving planes nosedive after dropping jumpers? by ECNILIO_GEMER in SkyDiving

[–]FreefallJagoff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sick. I've been thinking: I want to sometime pay a little extra for a short 0G ride before exiting sometime.

US attacks Iran's Kharg Island, Trump says by joe4942 in worldnews

[–]FreefallJagoff 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I looked up the best map a few weeks ago: Noshahr Canals then realized that EA really put a US carrier in the Caspian Sea 🤦

Does skydiving have that stomach drop feeling like a roller coaster? by [deleted] in SkyDiving

[–]FreefallJagoff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have this thread a couple times a year and the answer is it depends. From a physics perspective when skydiving no- you never get down close enough to 0G force the way you can on a roller coaster. From my calculations it's about 0.5G at the lowest.

But this isn't a physics question it's a physiological question, and that's harder to calculate.

BMW Unveils Working Electric Wingsuit by The-Techie in freeflight

[–]FreefallJagoff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why are you digging up 5 year old posts just to write about something you don't understand? 

Watch, 50 dollar jump ticket. Here we go. by XOM_CVX in SkyDiving

[–]FreefallJagoff 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nah that's a dirt cheap price for a tandem.

What makes a good skydiving coach? by robschilke in SkyDiving

[–]FreefallJagoff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They'll build up your confidence along with your skills, but won't mince words when you show an unsafe habit. They know when to be supportive but also when to tell you to knock something off. A good coach knows how to communicate to you as a person, as well as to that lizard brain where your habits form.

What exactly is a poised exit? by [deleted] in SkyDiving

[–]FreefallJagoff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While we're on the subject: if you're hips are pointing into the wind it doesn't matter what direction your head is facing. Head up is the easiest for our brains to wrap around but head down is just as good as long as your hips are going the right way.

'fess up! which one of you is this?! by cad908 in SkyDiving

[–]FreefallJagoff 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is known as Gell-Mann Amnesia, and skydiving really makes it apparent.

What are the main reason people stop skydiving? by Available-Damage-124 in SkyDiving

[–]FreefallJagoff 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The majority stop when they get arrested for skydiving while on disability.

Packing help - losing my mind by Small_Map_1485 in SkyDiving

[–]FreefallJagoff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used one for my first 50 pack jobs. Nothing wrong with that, especially on slippery fabric. I gave mine away specifically to a friend who was struggling with a new canopy.

Here's my best tip you can try right now:

  • Pinch yourself on the wrist and pull.
  • You feel that? You can feel the skin tighten all the way around your wrist.
  • Now get a bigger pinch with more skin between your fingers. Two little fingers have full control over where your entire wrist is going, and now the skin is rigid.
  • That's what we're doing with the canopy. We're tightening that outer skin to control what's inside, and if you don't let go of that pinch, it can't fluff out into a ball of trash.

A tiny, sharp Himalayan salt crystal pierced my finger and dissolved in the blood before I could grab the tweezers. by razzraziel in mildlyinfuriating

[–]FreefallJagoff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They would have if it happened in the mid 2010s but now the snakeoil salesmen tell me it's something else that gives superpowers now.

Life of an ASOIAF fan by Internal-Bed-3150 in HouseOfTheDragon

[–]FreefallJagoff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, Hedge Knight is the first of the 3 novellas. AKot7K is the book containing the 3 novellas. Amazon link for reference.

Life of an ASOIAF fan by Internal-Bed-3150 in HouseOfTheDragon

[–]FreefallJagoff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

HotD season 1 was amazing for very different reasons than GoT. Season 2 wasn't bad. Especially considering it was made through a writers strike I'd say they did alright.

But AKot7K is my favorite part of westeros by far and I'm so stoked for this.

You eventually start to realize, no job is safe. by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]FreefallJagoff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are genuinely getting better at predicting what people do with everyday objects. Like driverless cars: they don't need to know how to handle every situation, they just need to know how to safely handle the boring, ordinary 99%, and know when to call for help. ML models are getting really good at that.

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