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24gttghhon Colorized and upscaled footage of a snowball fight filmed in 1896

because it wasn't until like 1888[0] or the early-mid 1890's[1] that a "movie camera" became something real.

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundhay_Garden_Scene

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie_camera#History

24gttghhon Into the looking glass: Post-viral syndrome post COVID-19

Cabin fever is a real thing.

24gttghhon The Airline Industry's Meltdown

Why only focus on the main polluter and not... all of the sources? They all have to be cut back to zero asap.

24gttghhon Microsoft's underwater data centre resurfaces after two years

Yeah. I can't see just using the MTBF for the drives and not having any spares. Shit happens.

24gttghhon Sir David Attenborough makes stark warning about species extinction

What state is/was this? It sounds highly illegal and that person should be prosecuted. Make it have an impact by reporting them.

NY for example:

"Thus, for example, even a spill of a gallon of oil into a ditch is covered."

https://ag.ny.gov/environmental/oil-spill/oil-spills-homes-a...

California:

"California Penal Code 374.3 makes illegal dumping on public and private property punishable by a fine up to $10,000. Also, pursuant to Section 117555 of the California health and Safety Code, a person who dumps illegally is punishable by up to six months on jail."

https://pw.lacounty.gov/epd/illdump/penalty.cfm

Calcycle page on illegal dumping:

https://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/illegaldump

24gttghhon Microsoft's underwater data centre resurfaces after two years

5 years planned with no maintenance (e.g. no storage disk failures to replace). I wonder how many spare drives were slapped in that tube to make that feasible?

24gttghhon Why ‘Civilization’ is a political masterpiece

That's why you just make sure you get 3-5 artillery units able to move into position and attack a city on the same turn, and have shielding melee units. Don't give the NPC civ's time to fight back.

24gttghhon Goes-West – Sector View: Pacific Southwest

I think it stands out better in band 6.

https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector_band.php?sat=G1...

24gttghhon The US Army spent millions developing giant, six-legged walking trucks in 1980s

This is a good example of the range of equipment I have seen:

https://www.mainecustomwoodlands.com/maine-custom-woodlands-...

Only thing non-tracked that goes off the gravel logging roads would be the Skidder (it literally drags bunches, or 'hitches' of trees to the transport vehicles). And even that might be partially or fully-tracked.

The feller, slasher, excavator, bulldozer, etc. are all tracked from what I've seen.

Mandatory? Doubtful. But they are most practical in the rough terrain.

24gttghhon Could a tree help find a decaying corpse nearby?

Yesterday I Learned? Or it's just a T(oday)IL typo.

24gttghhon Fertilizing the Ocean with Iron (2007)

I highly doubt ranchers would turn to grinding up beef herds just to make more feed. They would just grow more forage/feed crops. But they really wouldn't since it's the beef that needs the absurd volume of feed, so ideally they would just go out of business.

24gttghhon The Pentagon has ordered Stars and Stripes to shut down

NPR gets 1% of it's funding directly from the Feds:

https://www.npr.org/about-npr/178660742/public-radio-finance...

Local PBS radio stations do get more funding through the CPB (corporation for public broadcasting), but that seems to be only about 12% from local/state/federal sources.

The CPB itself seems to get about $450 million a year from Congressional apportionment.

https://www.cpb.org/appropriation/history

However, most of the funding PBS/NPR gets are from private and corporate donations.

24gttghhon Fertilizing the Ocean with Iron (2007)

Yes I should have pointed that out too. Thank you.

24gttghhon Fertilizing the Ocean with Iron (2007)

Maybe not the best overall, but definitely the cheapest and easiest thing a consumer can do, right now, today, is eat less red meat.

24gttghhon Fertilizing the Ocean with Iron (2007)

I was about to say most of the plains are used for growing corn and not grazing land but I was wrong, partly. Its mostly cropland in the Northern/Central plains, but mostly grazing/pasture land otherwise.

https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/major-land-uses/maps-...

24gttghhon FEMA Spends More Preparing for Terrorism Than Hurricanes

I do mind. I found your thought experiment to be patronizing.

24gttghhon Nitrokey

I used a hand-held label printer to make labels for mine. It's only on the one I have labeled as my "backup" so it doesn't get beat up too much though.

24gttghhon FEMA Spends More Preparing for Terrorism Than Hurricanes

yes, all of the embarrassing/horrendous things the current admin is doing/has done...certainly embarrass them to a majority of the population. They really should be ashamed, but of course they aren't.

24gttghhon FEMA Spends More Preparing for Terrorism Than Hurricanes

actual guesses:

W Bush, Also W Bush, Obama, and...Clinton?

Pretty close on the last one. It was the end of HW Bush's term in '92.

24gttghhon The Clean Network – United States Department of State

Time may be money to some, but my time is fresh air and not supporting wasteful transport systems if I can avoid it.

24gttghhon The Clean Network – United States Department of State

I do this anyways. Why would I pay postage to have something brought to a distribution center 20 miles away, wait a few days, then brought back to my town to get delivered to town hall when I can literally walk there and drop it off for free?

24gttghhon The Clean Network – United States Department of State

"CleanNetwork_NewCleans-300x169.jpg"

300x169, blown up to at least double that size.

24gttghhon That UPS you bought for your home server may not be as useful as you think

What is a 95% panel? Solar cell efficiency is generally in the 20-30% range.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cell_efficiency#/media/F...

24gttghhon Scientists rename human genes to stop MS Excel from misreading them as dates

Just change the data type of the column in question??

In the article it even mentions this and links to how to change it:

>Excel doesn’t offer the option to turn off this auto-formatting, and the only way to avoid it is to change the data type for individual columns.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SppKiKIdCkI&feature=youtu.be

24gttghhon Dam built by robots? Japan's Obayashi tests it out

Where exactly is this dam under construction? "Mie Prefecture" is pretty big, and there are a lot of rivers...

24gttghhon Signal app downloads spike as US protesters seek message encryption

It's called the 5th amendment and it is 100% our right to remain silent.

"[...]nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself[...]

24gttghhon The US Navy Admits UFO Videos Are Real

Article is from 2019

24gttghhon US Senators Introduce Resolution to Allow Remote Voting During Emergencies

This was the first comment on the article and I responded before reading that it was about senators voting. Not everyday citizens/residents voting.

24gttghhon US Senators Introduce Resolution to Allow Remote Voting During Emergencies

I said that before realizing the article was about literal senators voting remotely. My bad.

24gttghhon US Senators Introduce Resolution to Allow Remote Voting During Emergencies

Security, fraud, and lack of a physical paper trail.