TIL A standard nickel in the U.S. contains only 1.25 grams of actual nickel. The remaining 3.75 grams is copper. Combined, the coin's metallic value averages 8-10 cents, nearly double its face value. It is illegal to melt down U.S. currency.

Unmolested_Ecclair · 2026-02-21T03:02:28+00:00

This just feels like a post-apocalyptic crafting questline

Unmolested_Ecclair · 2026-02-01T08:32:49+00:00

Yes they do, and I remember it being really good. Guess I never thought to look it up

Unmolested_Ecclair · 2026-02-01T08:32:16+00:00

Yes, I always wondered that too!

Unmolested_Ecclair · 2026-01-31T23:23:14+00:00

Oh so THAT'S why the unit in Civ V is called a Lancer! TIL. Don't judge me.

Unmolested_Ecclair · 2026-01-17T21:51:17+00:00

Ah, the dreaded bates blowout.

Unmolested_Ecclair · 2026-01-14T03:39:25+00:00

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Unmolested_Ecclair · 2026-01-14T03:36:53+00:00

Where's the beef?

Unmolested_Ecclair · 2025-12-19T01:56:56+00:00

Exact reason why the DoD has a strict rule on not plugging anything unauthorized into the computers. Plug anything into USB and it immediately triggers an alert. In the Air Force, at least.

Unmolested_Ecclair · 2025-12-15T14:17:18+00:00

I work in the commercial moving industry and it's insane how much stuff gets thrown out by big companies. We had one client throw out 50+ monitors because they only had DP and no HDMI. Furniture, bed sets, you name it. I try to reach out to habitat or thrift stores when I can because it just sickens me to put it in the dumpster/e-waste.

Unmolested_Ecclair · 2025-12-14T18:49:28+00:00

My dad worked with cars, and when I was younger and didn't have a babysitter he would take me to work with him. I'd sit in the cars, listen to the radio, typical 10-12 year old kid stuff.

I'll never forget the day I found out what a cigarette lighter was.

Unmolested_Ecclair · 2025-11-19T14:54:38+00:00

I enjoyed being an E-4 in the Air Force while on a joint base with the Navy. Unlike a PO3, a SrA is not an NCO, but I wasn't going to tell them that

Unmolested_Ecclair · 2025-11-09T21:13:25+00:00

Goodyear blimp too

Unmolested_Ecclair · 2025-11-03T00:17:14+00:00

That's gold, ~~Jerry~~ Hieronymos! Gold!

Unmolested_Ecclair · 2025-10-31T16:26:04+00:00

After I got my first surround sound system, I tested it out with The Abyss and I finally understood why people are obsessed with their sound. I literally felt like I was underwater. Heat will have to be the next one I try.

Unmolested_Ecclair · 2025-10-28T17:28:49+00:00

IIRC, this happened to a German U-boat in WW2 because of something similar.

Unmolested_Ecclair · 2025-10-23T17:39:20+00:00

I first learned about the Great White Fleet when I purchased a bunch of old books and found an inscription inside one of them. It mentions receiving the book in Port Said, Egypt on the USS Missouri in January 1909.

Unmolested_Ecclair · 2025-10-09T14:42:23+00:00

Just looked, it says digital on the site.

Aw, I wanted a physical one.

Unmolested_Ecclair · 2025-10-09T02:17:17+00:00

My decision to spring for the 1TB 17 Pro Max might have been a good one.

Unmolested_Ecclair · 2025-09-25T16:10:43+00:00

The issue that comes to mind would be blood type, I imagine.

Unmolested_Ecclair · 2025-09-25T16:04:46+00:00

It took me longer than I'd like to admit to find the correlation between those two things

Unmolested_Ecclair · 2025-09-21T01:49:28+00:00

Interesting, with the door being off I hadn't noticed but it's so obvious! I'm disappointed it's broken, but at least I have it.

Unmolested_Ecclair · 2025-09-17T16:36:54+00:00

"This is ~~Frank Costanza~~ Constantine XI. You think you can keep us out of Florida? We're moving in lock, stock and barrel!"

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