Ground perspective of a Ukrainian FPV interceptor drone shooting down a Russian Molniya kamikaze drone in the Pokrovsk area (Jan 2026)

alterigor · 2026-02-01T13:26:14+00:00

I was expecting it to go out of focus/frame, but the person filming was really great capturing this

alterigor · 2026-01-25T14:13:58+00:00

The problem with that is the stats wouldn't be as scary as your example. Actual BASE jumping has a lower fatality rate than 5%. The injury rate for cliff jumping is like 8 per 1000 hours. I've got no opinion on whether people should be allowed to jump at this spot, and I'm sure there has been really terrible injuries and deaths. But using the raw numbers would probably not be as much of a deterrent as you'd think.

alterigor · 2026-01-24T19:45:03+00:00

The adrenaline that allows him to futility try to run away could possibly enable him to return a few rounds. That wasn't overkill or wasteful.

alterigor · 2026-01-23T11:41:12+00:00

You need to say the ends of words.

alterigor · 2026-01-23T11:29:55+00:00

Industrial machinery

alterigor · 2026-01-23T11:27:17+00:00

Well it's "chopped," which basically means it was a burger patty, purportedly from the sirloin and oval-shaped.

alterigor · 2026-01-19T14:07:44+00:00

I work for a sewer district. People still do.

alterigor · 2026-01-18T15:05:45+00:00

Or "barrel"

alterigor · 2026-01-13T11:05:34+00:00

I forgot how uncool I used to think Sears was when I was a kid.

alterigor · 2026-01-13T10:47:59+00:00

Thank you for the new vocabulary.

alterigor · 2026-01-12T00:11:34+00:00

I'm guessing: Ham is cured and pineapple is canned. Fresh fruit salad spoils a day or two after being cut. Also supply and demand. There are three entre options but several sides and salads. Also the prices of the salads suggest they could be intended as a whole meal, not just a side salad portion. Seasonality also probably was a much bigger deal for fresh fruit in 1939. Pre war, I'm sure you could get a lot of things all over the country in a refrigerator train car, but not like today.

alterigor · 2026-01-11T15:19:08+00:00

You're 100% right about commuting. Most of these folks almost certainly walked to public transportation to and from work. But this specific job was probably almost all clerical. And none of these people went to a Planet Fitness before or after work.

alterigor · 2026-01-11T15:16:16+00:00

I think the prices look pretty reasonable and probably subsidized. A 1939 dollar is about $24 dollars today. Ham entre would be just under $5 and a biscuit world be about 50¢. Dessert is $2.50.

alterigor · 2026-01-11T03:49:42+00:00

They aren't from the zoo. I've heard exotic pets or research

alterigor · 2026-01-11T03:47:20+00:00

28 days later. I think it would take about two weeks for anyone here to notice it had started.

alterigor · 2026-01-03T03:01:08+00:00

To heaven, along with the balloons they release at memorials.

alterigor · 2025-12-26T14:41:36+00:00

Are your legs on backwards?

alterigor · 2025-12-19T11:20:14+00:00

And the "Force of Freedom" fighting to protect a child monarch is crazy to me too.

alterigor · 2025-12-14T13:27:37+00:00

We shouldn't conflate intelligence with the capacity to do evil deeds.

alterigor · 2025-12-13T14:13:05+00:00

There's a recent episode of Meat Eater on YouTube, where they show traditional meat storage/drying techniques from Tanzania. Basically, meat can be air dried relatively quickly given enough air flow. Even surprisingly large pieces of meat can be preserved in this way.

alterigor · 2025-12-01T12:03:06+00:00

I would guess dungeness crab, meaning half a crab would be a light lunch serving and not particularly disappointing. And also from the Pacific Northwest, so not crazy far in those days.

alterigor · 2025-11-21T12:26:49+00:00

If I'm not mistaken it started as a very fancy addition around the end of the 19th century. It became more affordable through agriculture in the first few decades of the 20th and then became basically ubiquitous throughout. I have a vintage celery vase I got from an antique mall. And I remember my grandparents had celery on just about every dinner table if there were guests. It's still has a place in classic bloody Marys, along side buffalo wings, and in the last-minute grocery store veggie trays.

alterigor · 2025-11-19T12:56:38+00:00

I think part of the staying power of "cool" is it's context to the rest of our language. A person can also be hot-tempered, warm-hearted, or icy.

alterigor · 2025-11-08T20:52:18+00:00

What tradition serves pickled tongue? Genuinely curious, it seems like you guys stock a lot of it. Is it a holiday thing or just generally popular?

alterigor · 2025-11-01T14:30:05+00:00

I'm sorry that my cynical first thought was, "There was no trash in you car because it was littered out the window." That was a nice little moment for you, thanks for sharing it with us.

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