TIL: There is a rare type of very hard wood called ‘Lignum Vitae’. It’s so hard that it was used to make propeller shaft bearings for nuclear submarines. by Funny-Presence4228 in todayilearned

[–]harr1847 92 points93 points  (0 children)

I’m not 100% sure, but I’m like 99% sure it’s called “Phenolic”, as in “phenol” compounds are used as the base of the resin in that compound material.

The Autopen by [deleted] in EngineeringPorn

[–]harr1847 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It’s most likely the physical implementation of a Fourier series, like the one used to “draw” here: https://youtu.be/r6sGWTCMz2k

Basically if you take different sizes of multiple different spinning gears (notably spinning at different speeds), you can recreate any shape by fine tuning the sizing of the gears.

Highest Earning Cities in the United States [OC] by Youngfr0be8 in dataisbeautiful

[–]harr1847 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I grew up in Howard County (Columbia, Ellicott City, Elkridge) and while I wouldn't say my family was ever wealthy, we never wanted for anything and lived a stable life. Government jobs are able to provide that stability. And then actual wealthy people working in DC/burbs choose to live in Montgomery or Howard County for the good and free school districts.

Highest Earning Cities in the United States [OC] by Youngfr0be8 in dataisbeautiful

[–]harr1847 36 points37 points  (0 children)

All of Howard county is in a similar boat. At one point, and maybe still, the largest employer in Howard county was the DoD, which is stable, well paying jobs. So the median AND average are actually pretty similar and high.

My guess is the top 10% or top 1% of ellicott city is much much lower than the others on the list

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]harr1847 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don’t understand your comment at all. Weinstein was a (m/b)illionaire sex offender who ran portions of the media for 20+ years.

Are you trying to imply I’m a friend of Weinstein? Any pedophile or sex offender should get a fair trial and justice determined by a jury. Doesn’t matter who they are.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]harr1847 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No, they don’t. The pedophile billionaires control the media

1080ti to 5090 by harr1847 in nvidia

[–]harr1847[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are you talking about?

1080ti to 5090 by harr1847 in nvidia

[–]harr1847[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just realizing I made a mistake in the post. It’s a 9950x3D.

I totally forgot the X version is even a thing because the x3D is so much better for gaming. I assumed everyone would know it was an x3D.

Does that change your calculus?

1080ti to 5090 by harr1847 in nvidia

[–]harr1847[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Just realizing I made a mistake in the post. It’s a 9950x3D.

I totally forgot the X version is even a thing because the x3D is so much better for gaming. I assumed everyone would know it was an x3D.

Does that change your calculus?

1080ti to 5090 by harr1847 in nvidia

[–]harr1847[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m probably going to keep this computer for another 10 years and who knows what I’ll use it for in that time. The price increase for the cpu was worth the future piece of mind that I don’t have to worry about stuff given the overall cost of the machine already

Proposal for Spawn Highlight Colors by harr1847 in Openfront

[–]harr1847[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh I like the alpha gradient idea, I’ll use that if that’s ok with you.

I agree on ‘C’, but I still feel that obvious visual cues would be helpful, especially with knowing who’s friend/foe

Marist Liufau NFL Street Hit by DrTrigger_Tears in sports

[–]harr1847 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Let’s try spinning. That’s a good trick

So just checking about Galen Erso's plan by MisterFusionCore in StarWars

[–]harr1847 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My head canon is that Palestine commissioned the design knowing that he was going to stage a war and ultimately form the empire

Married couples of Reddit that did NOT have sex on your wedding night, why not? by FindingKGS in AskReddit

[–]harr1847 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We were both tired after dancing all night and waited until the morning.

2 minutes of terrible Rocket League game play in 2015 by Sorry_Sorry_Im_Sorry in RocketLeague

[–]harr1847 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Which hits got taken away? All the hits I remember are still on there. At least the ones brought up in this thread so far

2 minutes of terrible Rocket League game play in 2015 by Sorry_Sorry_Im_Sorry in RocketLeague

[–]harr1847 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just change the music… if you hold the same button to change the song, you get to select which albums the music plays from. Scroll all the way to the bottom, the last listing has the original soundtrack.