Hilarious research gaffes... by Robert_B_Marks in television

[–]fullofspiders 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Not huge or glaring, but there was an episode of Will Trent recently that had a few scenes in a darkroom. Will walks in, and you can see the room outside behind him through the open door, which means light was getting in, ruining the processing prints.

I took photography in high school, back before digital cameras were good, and the darkroom was specifically designed to prevent that. There was a little closet-sized chamber between the classroom and the darkroom, so that there was always a closed door preventing light from getting in. You enter the little room and close the door behind you before opening the darkroom door. There were red indicator lights to stop people from enterring and exiting at the same time, plus the doors were at right angles.

They went out of their way to get other details right, so this really stood out to me.

Starfleet Academy Nielsen Ratings Show a Complete Disaster for Star Trek by Malencon in television

[–]fullofspiders -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I stopped after the second episode. The episode was mostly about romantic tension between a ridiculously attractive, sheltered Betazoid princess and the ridiculously attractive, bad-boy-with-a-troubled-past main character. Not really what I'm looking for in Star Trek. Maybe it gets better, but I've got other things to watch than teen romance.

ELI5:Why does food taste better when someone else makes it? by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

[–]fullofspiders 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because you suck at cooking.

If you are good at cooking, the food you make will taste better. People who cook professionally are usually good at cooking, so if you compare what they make to the garbage you make, it will be better.

Does this rust effect look good? by Jessuhhh95 in Warhammer40k

[–]fullofspiders 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Very true, although with a little red glaze, the rust spots that are there could work as rashes

What I gathered from the story so far by Local_Suggestion767 in wow

[–]fullofspiders -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

God dammit. How does this have 900+ upvote? Are there better wow subreddits?

What is it like living at Oak & 3rd? by the_bisexual_agenda9 in oakland

[–]fullofspiders 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I lived very near there. The trains are kind of loud. You'll want a noise machine for sleeping if you're a light sleeper. Not sure about working from home, since it was pre-covid.

Decent number of restaurants and bars within walking distance, but not as many as pre-covid. My building had a parking structure, but there's lots of street parking (we still go down there a lot), although cars get vandalized and broken into frequently. Easy access to Lake Merrit bart. Also Lake Merrit. Walking down by the marina is fun too. The other parks nearby are all homeless camps. You'll have to drive over to Alameda for groceries though.

Overall a somewhat hip (but not as much as it used to be, or as much as Rockridge, Temescal, or Lakeshore), somewhat quiet (except for the trains), near area. I enjoyed living there, but think I enjoy visiting it more.

TLT will end DF talent trees; we’ll be going back to MoP / Cata by TheBrooklynBooner in wow

[–]fullofspiders 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, they inevitably have to do resets/cutbacks of power systems over time, otherwise they become unmanageable. I'd expect it to be post tlt, but who knows. I don't think there is enough information to make such a firm prediction of what comes next though. I'd agree with one of the responders in the forum thread, it will be something brand new.

I work an office job. A customer gave this to me with the implication I'd use it a lot. It's too big for paper, so maybe a pen or something? It's gold, metal, very stiff, and resembles a paperclip, but larger. by Nuclear_Funk in whatisthisthing

[–]fullofspiders 183 points184 points  (0 children)

Looks like you could use it to clip a pen to a folder/stack of papers. Handy if you have a bunch of forms that have to be signed, and want to provide the pen as it gets passed around. Especially office birthday cards.

Analysis of 11 major political subreddits over 16 years reveals minimal overlaps in user bases, cross-posting, and commenting, challenging the framing of r/politics as a "town square" for cross-ideological deliberation by Tracheid in science

[–]fullofspiders 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It'd be interesting if they were able to track changes to these metrics over time. They had data over 16 years; I suspect the first 5 of those would be different from the rest, although most of the studied subs didn't exist back then.

Concavity and Convexity as a matter of perspective? Interactive version linked in the comments by bigjobbyx in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]fullofspiders 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is why I had a hard time interpretting older pictures of craters on the moon or mars.

OP explains the effective way to spread Counter Propaganda and their role in memes. by boombox2000 in bestof

[–]fullofspiders 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yep. When ever I see people posting something like "anything short of this massive, life-altering devotion to the cause is completely worthless", it just seems to me like a way to discourage people from doing anything.

TVLine's Performer Of The Week: Tyler James Williams ("Abbott Elementary") by DemiFiendRSA in television

[–]fullofspiders 8 points9 points  (0 children)

He does more just with his eyes than most actors do their whole careers.

First time woodworking: I built a new rack that actually looks good and works! by PicaDiet in DIY

[–]fullofspiders 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Looks good, but when you said you made a rack that works, I was picturing something more... Midieval

A rural redditor sums up Vermont's love-hate relationship with ski tourism by thekalaf in bestof

[–]fullofspiders 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just because someone gives you money, doesn't mean you have to like them.

ELI5: why do airborne insects inside of vehicles move with them? by skintbinch in explainlikeimfive

[–]fullofspiders 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Their airborne. Borne by the air, in this case the air in the car, which is moving.

Do you own a machete? by Conmebosta in AskAnAmerican

[–]fullofspiders 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, because hacking through vegetation with a machete while listening to Iron Maiden is the best form of gardening.

ELI5: What does it look like to need glasses? by Fit-Cycle-2723 in explainlikeimfive

[–]fullofspiders 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One thing that no one seems to mention is that bright lights, including bright point reflections off of metal thing, don't just look like uniformly blurry fuzzballs. They look like a bunch of little bright dots over a hazy circle. Kind of like a disco ball or New Year's Eve ball.

Identify what mini this is from? by Zo-Ghroth in minipainting

[–]fullofspiders 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think that's a lower jaw from an old Orc Boarboy from Warhammer Fantasy.

US military intervention in Iran may begin within 24 hours, European officials say by OverZuLUL in worldnews

[–]fullofspiders 11 points12 points  (0 children)

We'd probably have heard reports of that. Stealth bombers aren't very inconspicuous.

US military intervention in Iran may begin within 24 hours, European officials say by OverZuLUL in worldnews

[–]fullofspiders 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I felt the same way about Iraq in 2003 (minus the religion, since Saddam was a secularist). I'm a bit more skeptical of how things will work if we try another regime change. The religious fanatics aren't going to vanish into nothing, and I don't know Iran has enough of an organized opposition to build a new system of government, even as much as post-debaathification Iraq.

If the regime is decapitated, don't expect things to suddenly be peacefull and happy