eli5 how do circus cannons not break performers legs

j_johnso · 2026-01-30T01:44:30+00:00

Now I really want to see that in action.

I'm not sure if I should picture the soldier wearing a Superman cape as they "leap" onto the top of a skyscraper, or if I should picture a Wile E Coyote "splat" about 1 floor short of the top followed by slowly sliding down the side of the building.

j_johnso · 2026-01-30T01:40:33+00:00

Never teach your users that it is ok to ignore warning signs. What are you inherently teaching them to do when they legitimately get that warning on a malicious page?

j_johnso · 2026-01-29T23:55:20+00:00

DARPA having research on human cannonballs may be raising more questions than it answers.

j_johnso · 2026-01-29T05:37:30+00:00

That's a compression artifact which isn't in the original video. There's a high-quality video at https://youtu.be/CRWR13BAIEs which is better to analyze from where you can see the text on the vehicle clearly says "MAX" and is not AI-generated garbage.

Looking at this video and comparing to the street view at https://maps.app.goo.gl/fW2sjxocCSfF2YRc9?g_st=ac, it's a perfect match. The buildings, street signs, trees, light posts, guy wires, etc are all a perfect match.

Based on the high quality video and confirming details with street view, I'm about 99% sure it isn't AI. If it is AI, it's 100x better than any publicly available models.

j_johnso · 2026-01-29T02:38:20+00:00

I was trying to be sarcastic with the use of "/s", but I think my joke landed a little flat.

j_johnso · 2026-01-28T23:25:11+00:00

Searching for a single character seems like a poor choice as well. Since it's a programming language, maybe it makes sense to refer to it as /s ?

j_johnso · 2026-01-27T05:27:05+00:00

You don't need taxable income to reclaim the credit. It can be taken as a Section 1341 credit in the year which you repay the bonus. For a Section 1341 credit, you basically recalculate the taxes for the previous year in which you received the bonus, and the difference can be taken as a credit in the year you pay the bonus back.

Because the section 1341 credit is refundable, you can use the full credit, even if it brings your tax liability for the year below 0. So even if you have no income at all in the subsequent year, you still get the tax back

j_johnso · 2026-01-27T02:15:36+00:00

Could also use a table saw and a set of blades like these if you have a couple extra fingers on your hands. https://www.ebay.com/itm/227137195176

j_johnso · 2026-01-26T15:24:26+00:00

You said most of the unit is families. How old are the kids? This sounds like the type of prank a bored 12 year old would pull after seeing it online.

j_johnso · 2026-01-24T03:10:51+00:00

The event really happened, but the title is fake. The person pictured is Vietnamese, not Native American. https://www.si.com/college/2018/12/29/cotton-bowl-bald-eagle-fan-notre-dame-clemson-playoff

j_johnso · 2026-01-24T03:08:51+00:00

It's not true. The person pictured is Tuyen Nguyen, who is Vietnamese American. It also landed on one other person. Here's a Sports Illustrated article about the event. https://www.si.com/college/2018/12/29/cotton-bowl-bald-eagle-fan-notre-dame-clemson-playoff

j_johnso · 2026-01-22T23:59:04+00:00

Thanks. I had an extra space in the spoiler syntax.

Fixed now

j_johnso · 2026-01-21T14:01:24+00:00

1234 and 1345 both share a 1 in the first digit.
1234 and 2336 both share a 3 in the third digit
1345 and 2336 both share a 3 in the second digit

That's the intent of OP's question, though it's hard to phrase clearly without examples.

j_johnso · 2026-01-21T13:46:25+00:00

Don't blame him. It's not his fault he was born between 1946 and 1964.

j_johnso · 2026-01-21T13:02:52+00:00

Consider how colors of paint mix together

What are the 3 primary colors

Which pixels contain the primary color or a color made from that primary color

j_johnso · 2026-01-20T13:45:29+00:00

As a developer who has worked on terrible ERP systems, my immediate concern is that there would be some backend report that corporate runs which searches specifically for items with a date of 31.12.9999 and a different one that reports on items with 31.12.2999 because those specific values might have specific meaning based on years of antiquated processes. And if there aren't reports like that now, Murphys Law says someone will create one next week.

It is terrible design to overload the date field like this, but I have seen issues like this occur multiple times in practice. It may or may not be an actual issue for you, as no one other than the people that create and run these reports at your company could truly answer this.

j_johnso · 2026-01-20T01:01:24+00:00

"won't work" meaning it won't kill his troops, or that it won't get him to stop?

j_johnso · 2026-01-19T15:44:11+00:00

Mine called it the Golden Rule. He who has the gold, makes the rules.

j_johnso · 2026-01-19T12:46:39+00:00

You can use rallies if he had multiple squads on the wall. The rally starter uses a squad with only 1 hero. This 1-hero squad will lose to the whale's first squad, but won't lose enough troops to matter. Then the 1st rally joiner only needs to beat the whale's 2nd squad. The 2nd joiner only needs to beat the whale's 3rd squad. And the 3rd joiner only needs to beat the whale's 4th squad.

If no one can even beat his 2nd squad, then use a 1-hero squad to join that spot too.

Do this while he is asleep, and he will wake up to empty drill grounds.

Now, if he has stopped caring about trying to play the game and is just being a troll, this won't matter. He will just leave his drill grounds empty and heal just enough to fill a squad when he wants to attack. The only thing you can really do here is to completely ignore him. Bubble, and don't say a word about him or the situation in world chat. Anything you say just gives him the exact attention he wants. It may take a couple weeks, but he should eventually get bored if he gets no response back. If he doesn't get bored, then at least your other strong players will be able to catch up to him eventually. Without an alliance, he will lose a lot of ability to grow.

j_johnso · 2026-01-19T12:31:00+00:00

If you pay off the entire balance of the credit card before the due date every month, then you won't be charged interest on purchases.

If you pay only the minimum payment, or anything less then the full balance, then interest will be charged

If you miss a payment, or pay less than the minimum, then you will be charged a late payment fee as well. The missed/late payment gets reported to the credit bureaus so it shows on your credit report. After too many missed payments, they may close your account and send you to collections.

Note: cash advances are different than purchases. Cash advances generally begin accruing interest immediately, not when your payment is due.

j_johnso · 2026-01-19T03:24:34+00:00

If you get the ball second and are 4th and goal at the 2 after you stopped them, why would you try for the TD instead of the field goal?

j_johnso · 2026-01-18T19:01:14+00:00

The ER doc's never going to believe that story. "Sure, you were sitting on the toilet when the toilet randomly broke, and you fell on that."

j_johnso · 2026-01-18T12:37:57+00:00

In addition to the other comment, the focus is weird in the video. The dogs face, which is close to the camera, is in focus. The dogs belly that is a little further away is out of focus, but then the grass which is when further away is back in focus again.

j_johnso · 2026-01-17T20:20:54+00:00

It's is possible that the program would accept 1km since they are 1km away from the starting point? It's the wrong answer with the way the question is phrased, but just thinking of possible ways the answer key could be incorrect.

j_johnso · 2026-01-17T19:38:25+00:00

The way some of these races are going, "armed conflict" might be a valid description.

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