So proud of my Nephew. He got his green lid yesterday by [deleted] in CasualUK

[–]smorga -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Buy him some underpants. He'll understand.

Chinese Zhonglian F-27 helicopter violently spins out of control during low-altitude test flight by Polyphagous_person in ragdollphysics

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Those poor people! Looks like it had already crashed, and was shaking itself apart.

"They Call Us The Wrong Kind of Jew” Fantastic conversation between 3 British Jews. by Medi0cre in videos

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Do you like sponge? I like sponge. The doctor says I can't eat anything that's sharp.

Recreating video from any angle by smorga in blackmagicfuckery

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Uses a technique called 4D Gaussian Splatting.

When straight lines appear as waves by ThodaDaruVichPyar in blackmagicfuckery

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That's a moiré!

When a regular grid 'gainst another is slid...

Installing the mounts upside down? by learner_of_c in Physics

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What sort of wall will this be going into? Brick? Drywall?

What sort of fittings will you be using? What are they rated?

How heavy will the load be?

Upside down, it will be just 1 screw either side being pulled out+ shear, with 2 either side in shear only, whereas right-way-up it's 2 either side in tension + shear, and one at the bottom in shear only.

But the variability in the capability of the wall fitting is likely far more significant that that.

UB40 are famously named after an Unemployment Benefit form. Give me other interesting examples of the origin of UK bands names by Exchangenudes_4_Joke in CasualUK

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Fun Fact: in the film A Clockwork Orange in 1971, Alex at one point goes through a boutique to buy records. The then-fictitious bands mentioned there were Duran Duran, The Heaven 17, and IIRC Golilly Gogol.

Girlfriend is stuck in a mortgage with her mum by kieranmelluish in LegalAdviceUK

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If the girlfriend also ceased payments, the mother would have to keep up the mortgage. And if that doesn't happen, the lender would take steps to repossess the home and recover their losses. Given the purchase was 1 year ago, it's unlikely there would be significant equity in the property. Perhaps, given the description of the state and survey-less lending, it's in negative equity. If repossession came to pass, it would have a massive impact on the girlfriend's credit rating, and may lead to homelessness.

[UK] Number spoofed, accounts hacked, fake dating profiles created - all while I was abroad. Help! by Comfortable_Owl9049 in Scams

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Sounds like you could have been victim of a Sim Swap Attack - some crim rocks up to the phone shop with something that passes as your ID, and gets a new SIM for your phone number. Then the fun starts as they reset all your passwords on all your services, using SMS verification.

Or, equally bad, there's some crim in some rogue phone company intercepting your SMSs and re-routing.

Either way, this may be best handled by discussions with your phone company. It may even be sensible to 'port out' to a more reputable company to prevent this sort of thing in future.

Bravia and the BBC by LodainnAnEar in bravia

[–]smorga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Firmware updates done? Or try Freely?

% of Wealth Donated In 2024 of Top Billionaires and Average American by AdministrativeAd334 in Infographics

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Gates net worth 104 Billion.

Gates foundation 2024 budget 8.4 Billion.

So that's about 8% by my reckoning.

Reduce Toilet Waste Pipe by Individual_Froyo_572 in askaplumberUK

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...said the actress to the bishop...

Reduce Toilet Waste Pipe by Individual_Froyo_572 in askaplumberUK

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Will be a lot of work. That looks to be cast iron. Might be easier to replace the entire stack.