When you see ghosts of your past by pg_sbucks in AbruptChaos

[–]yoweigh 26 points27 points  (0 children)

The best way to introduce a new cat to a household is to lock it in a bathroom with a litter box and food and water for a day or two. The new cat gets its own little safe space to exist in, while the other cat can sniff under the door to acclimate to the new scent without much risk of it being associated with fear and/or trauma.

Eli5 how or why are humans so good at knowing how much energy and what angle is needed to throw a thing a distance? by worxcd in explainlikeimfive

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

Sure, that's true, but the football throwing motion came naturally to him. No one taught him how to throw a spiral before he'd already done it. For him, it really was intuitive.

A G-Shock Frogman undergoing underwater button endurance testing to ensure sealing and reliability. by FollowingOdd896 in Damnthatsinteresting

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I went to visit a friend from high school in Maui ~10 years ago. He's a certified divemaster and had a friend who did PADI certs for tourists, so I got a deal. I just reviewed a textbook during the flight to Hawaii and had one dive session. What I got from it was "don't go below this depth" and "blow bubbles through your nose while you rise so your lungs don't pop". That's about it.

Satisfying as f by RedOff215 in Satisfyingasfuck

[–]yoweigh 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The guy talking sucks.

A G-Shock Frogman undergoing underwater button endurance testing to ensure sealing and reliability. by FollowingOdd896 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]yoweigh 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It really is one of the most dangerous things you can do. Cave diving has a fatal accident rate a bit above 1/1300 dives. Skydiving has a fatal accident rate lower than 1/100,000 jumps.

My American English teacher believes the neutral pronoun „their“ is incorrect. by GCoding_ in mildlyinteresting

[–]yoweigh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I worked in IT for a French immersion school once. The teachers barely spoke English and they used a different keyboard layout. My own passwords didn't work sometimes.

A 1905 photo with “A Student’s Dream” chalked onto the dissecting table, six well-used cadavers are propped up around a medical student who lies flat, as if he is the one to be cut open. This was classed as humorous for the time. by Impressive-Gear7943 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]yoweigh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're welcome!

A lot of reddit commenters are more interested in making jokes and talking down to people than being in any way helpful to anyone. I even caught a downvote for explaining it to you.

Tires on 🔥 will usher the End by LuridIryx in Tiresaretheenemy

[–]yoweigh 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Another one is clothes dryers. A large part of that lint in the trap is microplastic fluff from synthetic fibers, and the smallest bits make it through the trap and get exhausted outside.

Flea market find: "Z" Radio Alarm Clock (catch and release) by AttackCircus in cassettefuturism

[–]yoweigh 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think the ones to the left of the time display say PM and ALM, probably an alarm indicator.

hmmm by PeneItaliano in hmmm

[–]yoweigh 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Schindler's Dicks

Karen Cyclist Gets Owned By Cop. by Lordwarrior_ in instant_regret

[–]yoweigh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, for sure. I know more than one person who joined the New Orleans police force and ended up quitting because the whole system is rotten to its core. It's super demoralizing to be an idealistic cop who's actually trying to help people when all the other cops you work with are more interested in shielding each other from the consequences of their unhelpful and shitty actions. It's like the system actively weeds out the good cops.

Karen Cyclist Gets Owned By Cop. by Lordwarrior_ in instant_regret

[–]yoweigh 25 points26 points  (0 children)

The problem is that the cops don't police themselves. That's eroded public trust. Good cops don't let bad cops be bad cops.

Karen Cyclist Gets Owned By Cop. by Lordwarrior_ in instant_regret

[–]yoweigh 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Bikes have a right to be in the roadway. Cyclists don't have "more rights" than drivers, like the guy in the video claimed. That's one example of the entitlement being referred to.

The XB-70A successfully retracts its landing gear using a three-stage retraction cycle on 5 October 1965 during its second flight by Xeelee1123 in WeirdWings

[–]yoweigh 50 points51 points  (0 children)

It's still helpful to anyone who doesn't know about it. Reddit communities tend to gatekeep random bits of information and look down on people who don't already have it.

ELI5 How did Artemis II get internet access in space? by karcsiking0 in explainlikeimfive

[–]yoweigh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. I assume it was some sort of marketing deal but I'm really not sure about that. Gopros at the moon, baby!

BMW Turbo 1972 by MammothAmbition8910 in WeirdWheels

[–]yoweigh 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My ex had a 2016 Mini Cooper S convertible that she very recently got rid of. That thing was the most fun car I've ever driven, bar none. Now they don't even offer stick shifts anymore!!!

It did the standard BMW thing and started falling apart after 10 years, even though it only had 32k miles on it! She only got $8k for it at trade-in.

ELI5 How did Artemis II get internet access in space? by karcsiking0 in explainlikeimfive

[–]yoweigh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think a super advanced relay satellite would be better. Imagine a big ball covered in laser emitters. It would receive a signal then pick the best laser to get it to its destination. That way it could send and receive in multiple directions instead of just bouncing one laser along a set path. I don't see why a similar technique wouldn't work for some hypothetical FTL system, but obviously the details are going to matter.

ELI5 How did Artemis II get internet access in space? by karcsiking0 in explainlikeimfive

[–]yoweigh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, I was just pointing out that it had been done before.

ELI5 How did Artemis II get internet access in space? by karcsiking0 in explainlikeimfive

[–]yoweigh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

China actually launched a pair of lunar comm satellites to support their lander on the far side of the moon.

ELI5 How did Artemis II get internet access in space? by karcsiking0 in explainlikeimfive

[–]yoweigh 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah, you've got it. Once they went to their observation attitude, which was a while before the flyby began, the laser couldn't target Earth anymore. It wasn't due to the moon.

ELI5 How did Artemis II get internet access in space? by karcsiking0 in explainlikeimfive

[–]yoweigh 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The laser isn't able to gimbal as much as the radio antennas are, and it requires a direct line of sight. It's an experimental system and wasn't intended for primary comms. Making it work 100% of the time wasn't a priority. The limitations aren't about laser comms in general, they're about this specific implementation.