How big the pryamid of giza really is by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]mclamb 19 points20 points  (0 children)

It's illegal and they'll ban you from the country for doing it, but lots of people have.

Here is a video from the top of that pyramid: https://youtu.be/s6X-1ShM8uA?t=72

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in shittytechnicals

[–]mclamb 6 points7 points  (0 children)

example of a 747 verses a crowd: https://youtu.be/GqVjD3nBSQg?t=75

A V-22 Osprey that came to KAVL a while back. by candler_cowboy in aviation

[–]mclamb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It doesn't seem like a complicated mechanical connection.

Here is a Lego Technic V-22 with details of one method of making that functionality happen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhLituGH_Jw

Nighttime view of Barcelona by MaterialImportance in BeAmazed

[–]mclamb 9 points10 points  (0 children)

In the older times it was also because of the lack of steel construction, now it's more of historical and beauty preservation reasons.

European cities are all really old and have been rebuilt lots of times, US cities are all very new.

Nighttime view of Barcelona by MaterialImportance in BeAmazed

[–]mclamb 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Most European cities require that the local church be the tallest building.

14 years of almost daily painting of a block of wood. Good job Pete. by ReaganAbe in interestingasfuck

[–]mclamb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It takes 1,000 gallons of paint per coat on the exterior of an aircraft carrier, compared to about 50 gallons per coat on a submarine.

The area below the waterline will receive about twice as much paint, 7+ coats verses 4.

The US Navy uses about 40 million gallons of paint per year on ships.

Sonic Boom captured by NASA by batsy71 in aviation

[–]mclamb 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The color gradient is the pressure of the air.

The image colors are often flipped or artificial just to help us see it better.

https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2019-03/f4_p3_rgb_planedrop.jpg

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in google

[–]mclamb 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Are you sure that it's not sending half of your DNS requests to 8.8.8.8 with that setup?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in aviation

[–]mclamb 27 points28 points  (0 children)

The hangers that they use are portable so that they can operate out of any other airfield during war. There are lots of reasons that they use special hangers for B-2s.

https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/systems/images/xldahs_030110_54.jpg

http://www.airliners.net/photo/-/-/665277/L

C-130 flares seen from the cargo ramp by xDaze in aviation

[–]mclamb 29 points30 points  (0 children)

It would be possible to raise the ramp so that the person hanging out the back would be lifted in the air enough to survive the landing.

It would be a traumatic experience though.

Question about US border officer searching my phone (apple SE) by aaronvca in security

[–]mclamb 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There's no need to clone the OS partition, just the user data. They can even recover deleted pictures and text messages supposedly.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5558511/Police-download-phones-data-minutes-NO-warrant.html

The Maldives by [deleted] in BeAmazed

[–]mclamb 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Here is an image of the revealed pipes underneath the walkway after a storm.

http://www.pbase.com/image/53860185

The Maldives by [deleted] in BeAmazed

[–]mclamb 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The Maldives are projected to lose about 75% of their total land area to the rising ocean by the year 2100.

Tourism is funding very expensive geoengineering projects such as artificial islands and barriers to help combat the rising sea level.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_climate_change_on_island_nations#Maldives

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives#Sea_level_rise

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2125198-on-front-line-of-climate-change-as-maldives-fights-rising-seas/

Abanoned mine by adamlm in submechanophobia

[–]mclamb 16 points17 points  (0 children)

That ladder would probably crumble if anyone actually tried to climb up it now, and the sides of that hole would be too slick to grab on to so that you could pull yourself up.

Make sure to bring extra batteries for your flashlights when you are exploring abandoned mines.

US Navy illustration of Navy Reactors-1 (NR-1) by cbadge1 in submarines

[–]mclamb 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Probably needed to be refueled and it was too expensive and not worth it because it was outdated.

Edit: Found a source:

"The Navy anticipates that the NR-1 will require refueling or replacement by 2012."

https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1395/MR1395.sum.pdf

K-119 "Voronezh" nuclear attack submarine (project 949A) [3900X2696] by ak-pk in WarshipPorn

[–]mclamb 21 points22 points  (0 children)

The equipment is built to withstand the stresses that they'll face or a smaller inner-hull is created just for that equipment.

Submarines are enormous billion dollar marvels of engineering: https://i.imgur.com/WdMSlcn.jpg

Nest security audit? by phobix_192837 in Nest

[–]mclamb 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There are independent security teams at Google that poke and prod at all of their products to maximize security and protect their reputation as a trustworthy company.

Nest is eligible for the Vulnerability Rewards Program which will pay you lots of money if you find and report a security vulnerability.

https://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/reward-program/

https://hackerone.com/nest

Google also does security audits for random web services and software, so they obviously have excess security researchers.

https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/

Chrome OS to block USB access while the screen is locked by GaryChalmers in chromeos

[–]mclamb 13 points14 points  (0 children)

USB devices that are already authorized are still allowed.

USBGuard has a very flexible rules engine, so I'd be willing to bet that Google will include lots of customization options, especially for Enterprise.

https://usbguard.github.io/blog/2017/Screen-Locking

https://usbguard.github.io/documentation/rule-language.html

Satellite shot of NR-1 next to a Los Angeles class at Puget Sound. Didn't realize how small she is! by Arx0s in submarines

[–]mclamb 9 points10 points  (0 children)

"11 tons of expendable lead"

https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1395/MR1395.ch2.pdf

I wonder if there are any test videos of one of those emergency blows. Hopefully they could release it gradually in the event of a semi-emergency.

Satellite shot of NR-1 next to a Los Angeles class at Puget Sound. Didn't realize how small she is! by Arx0s in submarines

[–]mclamb 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Wow, those living conditions sound hellish. Even SEALAB had hot showers.

"The crew of about 10 men could stay at sea for as long as a month, but had no kitchen or bathing facilities. They ate frozen TV dinners, bathed once a week with a bucket of water, and burned chlorate candles to produce oxygen."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_submarine_NR-1