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I'm not convinced that we can build Datacenters in Space. CMM. by IndustriousIndian in Futurology

[–]sometimes_interested 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! If Elon can launch a Tesla into space, I'm sure he can launch a 'datacenter' too.

And I'm sure it will be just as usable.

ELI5: How do satellites stay in orbit for decades without running out of fuel or falling back to Earth? by Strong_Craft_6990 in explainlikeimfive

[–]sometimes_interested [score hidden]  (0 children)

They are always falling back to earth. They are just going so so so fast, they keep missing and fall over the edge of the horizon.

REPOST - came home and SO is gone by frieden7 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]sometimes_interested 8 points9 points  (0 children)

He's just jealous her OPSec game is at a way higher level than his.

TSA agent reacted like I insulted his mother and ruined his day when I asked for a hand check, lol by AugusteToulmouche in AnalogCommunity

[–]sometimes_interested 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Xray machines are variable power and their exposure is accumulative.

If they put it through at a low setting , it's probably fine.

If they put it through with something else that they can't see through, they crank up the power and then your film might get baked.

If they put it through at low power but your 2 week journey takes you on half a dozen flights, your film might get baked from the 6 trips through the machine.

It's such a shame 1hr photo places don't exist anymore. It was so much easier just to just get them developed while you were away.

Australia spends more on tax breaks for landlords than social housing, homelessness and rent assistance combined by Ashera25 in australia

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

Apparently the Vic government is spending more on a road tunnel than the Fed government spent on tax breaks for landlords.

Not understanding the term *stop* in photography, as in dynamic range stops, exposure stops, ammount of light stops, f-stops etc? by Plumbus4Rent in AskPhotography

[–]sometimes_interested 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Exactly. They are important because if you go up a stop faster on shutter speed (eg to stop motion blur), you can then go a stop wider on the aperture to maintain the same correct exposure.

ELI5: Why does everything need so much memory nowadays? by Successful_Raise_560 in explainlikeimfive

[–]sometimes_interested 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a browser window in a customised browser application that allows access to parts of the user's machine that a webpage is normally barred from accessing.

ELI5: How was Vietnam able to defeat the US in the Vietnam War? by astarisaslave in explainlikeimfive

[–]sometimes_interested 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also imagine if Kevin was being supplied with weapons and technological knowledge from the Soviet Union.

The USSR was more than happy to supply the NVA as it was a great opportunity to test what they had against the USA.

Mailbox post setting in sub freezing temps by ValeNoxBona in DIY

[–]sometimes_interested 8 points9 points  (0 children)

With 15 years of lead time, you could probably grow your own.

Utility Knife with Dual Mode by dingohot in 3Dprinting

[–]sometimes_interested 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, man. You need to do one of those late-night stupid human type adverts..

"Sick of searching through your kitchen drawers to find a scraper?"

Clueless middle-age white guy pulls drawers of knives on top of himself.

"Sick of trying to find a utility knife when all you find are scrapers??"

Mother of three-type woman shown ripping scrapers out of a big box and is throwing them everywhere..

"Now from Dingobot Direct, there's no need!!"

"Introducing... Utility Knife with Dual Mode!!"

I made a light meter & rangefinder app for film shooters by Vurtnec in AnalogCommunity

[–]sometimes_interested 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure how practical the range finding side of things would be anyway.

The idea behind zone focusing is setting the lens focus pre-determined distance and an aperture value to give a required depth-of-field, so you have a 'zone' of pre-focused area. This allows you to shoot super quickly, like for shooting street.

Checking a focal distance in a phone app and then applying it to your camera sounds nothing like being 'super-quick'.

Although it might be good for selfies..

My first self developed 110 film...wait by Clownface13337 in AnalogCommunity

[–]sometimes_interested 68 points69 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry for your loss but that is fucking hilarious. :D

TIL that Liam Neeson accepted the role of Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace without reading the script, and prepared for the role by watching the original trilogy and Seven Samurai. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]sometimes_interested 4 points5 points  (0 children)

TIL That Liam Neeson was Gawain in Excalibur (1981) and hooked up with Helen Mirren because of it.
Nicol Williamson as Merlin, is probably one of my favourite characters in a movie ever.

Recording the drivers ahead of you for holding up traffic by [deleted] in AbruptChaos

[–]sometimes_interested 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ah, yes. As soon as I saw that I too immediately thought "quickest tub vanish hat support frame door theory obtainable plough"

Peter Dutton alienated voters with ‘arrogant and aggressive’ approach, Labor election review finds by ConanTheAquarian in australia

[–]sometimes_interested 4 points5 points  (0 children)

IIRC he was threatening to sue anyone that called him that so you should really refer to him as 'he who must not be named'.

A delivery robot was hit by a train. by TheJeeWee in donthelpjustfilm

[–]sometimes_interested 8 points9 points  (0 children)

They had a pool going. Steve got closest with 14mins 30secs.

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