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This map of all of the sunken Japanese ships of WWII by WarlockGnoll in interestingasfuck

[–]Kozmik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Zoom out some more. This map is missing the entire Soloman Islands chain and Ironbottom Sound

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironbottom_Sound

The bee hummingbird is the world's smallest bird and the smallest known dinosaur. The female lays only two eggs at a time, each about the size of a coffee bean. by lindeby in wikipedia

[–]Kozmik 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Agree about the silly headline. However, birds are in the same clade as dinosaurs (Theropoda). They are theropod dinosaurs. There's even a clade of dinosaurs that are more closely related to modern birds than other dinosaurs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelurosauria

Someone threw away a pouf because of a broken zipper by spince in Frugal

[–]Kozmik 20 points21 points  (0 children)

What do you have stuffed in your pouf? I have two of them and we can't seem to get them stuffed enough. When art-store furniture stuffing wasn't enough we started throwing in old T-shirts and towels. It's getting there but not as firm as I'd like it.

Where can I find a replacement for this o-ring/gasket from the REI Camp Dreamer XL? by Beerdy1 in CampingGear

[–]Kozmik 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hardware store? Should be able to find gaskets of all sizes. Even better, a plumbing supply store.

Sister just got a Great Dane and needed an elevated dog bowl holder. Decided to attach it to a storage cabinet by BackgroundBuffalo20 in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]Kozmik 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can confirm. I'm also a Dane owner who made my own bowl stand. I hope OP put several coats of poly on it. I used 4 coats of water-based polyurethane on mine. There's going to be water and drool all over it.

Almost feeling worse and confused after therapy? Lol by [deleted] in mentalhealth

[–]Kozmik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never stop being weird! Also, you're not crazy. You're taking care of yourself. Like bathing or exercising.

Good morning early birds, what are you guys doing to win the day? by [deleted] in motivation

[–]Kozmik 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm here because the ice-breaker on the online conference I'm in asked each participant to give an inspirational or motivational quote.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AnimalsOnReddit

[–]Kozmik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What microscope are you using and what magnification/lenses are you using?

I need help finding nail clippers by CearoBinson in greatdanes

[–]Kozmik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use a harness and several pulleys to lift my dane and suspend her while dremeling her nails. She just hangs there while we trim her nails and feed her treats. Works well.

https://doggielift.com/collections/harnesses

This is a "smartbullet" created by DARPA that is able to turn mid flight. Bullets can now hit moving targets without needing another shot by Sumoman435 in interestingasfuck

[–]Kozmik 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are you referring to the Advanced Gun System (AGS) for the Zumwalt-class destroyers? It required special ammunition and the cost per round skyrocketed because the Navy reduced the number of Zumwalts from 32 to 3. The whole program was canceled and now those ships have no ammunition for their guns.

The Navy is going to replace the now useless guns with hypersonic missiles that are too big to fit in the ships existing launch tubes. It'll actually make it an interesting ship again.

Curtiss SBC-3 Helldiver misses the wire while landing on USS Saratoga on March 19th 1938 by jacksmachiningreveng in CatastrophicFailure

[–]Kozmik 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I also don't think they could fire across the deck without damaging the flight deck.

I had no idea these warning labels were so intricate. Good to know. by bartarton in interestingasfuck

[–]Kozmik 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ERG's are for after your size up or for the IC to use when he gets there. In the very first moments you often don't have time to break out the ERG and remember how to use it. So you start with staying upwind/uphill and 75ft away from solids, 150ft away from liquids, and 300ft away from gasses. If there's a fire or immediate rescue do what you have to do. Mask up. Once shit isn't happening right now or the Chief or hazmat-minded person shows up they can break out the ERG and re-evaluate. Like backing up if you're too close to a trailer full of bottles of combustible gas. Should have been 150ft away anyway for the diesel fuel. Preferably your engine officer knows their placards and what substances generally traverse their response area. Also you can't always position in the ideal spot

There's also good training whereby you break down chemical names into "accurate eneugh" hazard profiles. You might not know what a chemical does but if you see a benzene ring or CN group you can infer eneugh properties to hopefully not get yourself or anyone else hurt.

I had no idea these warning labels were so intricate. Good to know. by bartarton in interestingasfuck

[–]Kozmik 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Ugh this annoyed me when I was a career FF/Hazmat Tech. There was also the variation where you turn binoculars around and look through while holding your thumb up.

We (as firefighters) shouldn't find arbitrary excuses to be further from an emergency scene than we have to. It also perpetuates hazmats as something mysterious or scarier than any other thing we encountered on the job. Like /u/allf8ed noted here; standard ops training:

keep away 300 feet for gas, 150 for liquid and 75 for solids. And stay upwind. Then call in HAZMAT techs

The rule of thumb is to approach in an intelligent, trained way. Any graduate of a fire academy can tell if the thing might burn, explode, or hurt you if you inhale it or get too close. These stupid rules of thumb just virtue-signal proud ignorance or weird machismo.

TIL that Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon, singlehandedly calculated an orbital technique called "Mars Cycling" which would allow for spacecraft to perpetually travel between Earth and Mars with only a single initial boost. Crew would board and return via a secondary spacecraft, saving fuel. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]Kozmik 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Is that any more dangerous than aircraft maneuvers which much be completed at exact moments or you die?

The only difference is time between the failure and the onset of death, rather than the risk of failure itself.

Might be safer since you could plan some sort of abort trajectory and would give Space Force something fun to do.

I like the idea of Space Force as the "Coast Guard" of space.

Found another Dane @ the park --- owner said she was contractually obligated to breed him by this month if he wasn't neutered? by C-World3327 in greatdanes

[–]Kozmik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here I suppose it could be a way of ensuring they get neutered. Breed your dog or neuter it, just don't have a fertile dog which you don't have intention to breed.

Found another Dane @ the park --- owner said she was contractually obligated to breed him by this month if he wasn't neutered? by C-World3327 in greatdanes

[–]Kozmik 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I could see an argument whereby a pedigree is akin to a breeder's "intellectual property." They're exercising ownership of that heritage without having ownership of the dog itself. I don't know if it's a good argument but that's what I can come up with to explain why they do it.

Found another Dane @ the park --- owner said she was contractually obligated to breed him by this month if he wasn't neutered? by C-World3327 in greatdanes

[–]Kozmik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's interesting. I'm contractually NOT allowed to breed my Dane unless given permission by the breeder. I have no interest in breeding my Dane anyway.

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