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China has a spacelab/module that is out of control and WILL crash. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/sep/21/chinas-tiangong-1-space-station-out-of-control-crash-to-earth A few choice quotes: quote:McDowell said some parts, such as the rocket engines, were so dense that they wouldn’t burn up completely. quote:Wu Ping, the space official, told reporters the lab – which was launched into space amid great fanfare in September 2011 – had made “important contributions to China’s manned space cause” during its four and a half years of service.
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Mithaldu posted:From the familiarity of the tape i'd actually guess germany, but well... pixels. The wall in the back says ABTO... which is probably Cyrillic script ("AUTO...").
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 I sometimes get sent out to building projects as part of my job. I've never had any training or anything and don't have any safety equipment. Occasionally I see things like this. Not as bad as most of the poo poo in this thread, but still.
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So you guys wanted an update on my job at the airport. I mainly drive a jet fuel tanker with badly leaking brake pressure (positioning around multimillion dollar jetliners.) Well the other day an electronic safety failed preventing me from refueling the tanker. They promptly sent mechanics and fixed the issue. I was a bit annoyed that they deal with issues preventing operation but ignore issues with safe operation. I topped off late last night for what would turn out to be the last flights that tanker would fuel tomorrow. Everyone had left for the night and only a tug with no headlights and a dying battery was left. I called my supervisor and he told me no one was coming out so just take the tug with no headlights. As I'm driving across the busiest taxiway of the airport with no lights I realize my supervisor doesn't care one bit about my safety. I submit yet another equipment inspection form for my tanker noting brakes that leak so much they require frequently revving the engine during operation (without turning it off.) I also mention a warning sound going off constantly (had for months.) Today the engine caught on fire destroying the tanker:  Not on my shift, but no real mystery what happened. The tanker had to have oil added recently because the warning light was on. Must have happened again but the day shift fueler didn't notice the warning light and ignored the warning buzzer because it's ALWAYS ON. Low oil, a hot day plus constantly revving the engine to regain brake pressure, this was the result. So today they ask me to use a different type of tanker I'm not trained to use. I refuse so they have me do hydrant, headlights are broken (I notified them of this 3 months ago.) I tell my supervisor I don't feel safe driving at night with no headlights and ask if he can get another tug. He didn't do poo poo, so tomorrow I'm calling in sick, calling my union rep, and start looking for a new job in the event nothing gets resolved. But don't play pokemon while driving around the airport you guys  
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Good move on finally making the decision to get the hell away from there. I've worked for people who did not give the slightest gently caress about my safety (but thankfully nothing as bad as driving around an airport at night with no lights) and it's a horrible experience I will never repeat. Telling someone to their face, "If I have to keep doing this I. Will. Die." and watching them not care in the slightest and just walk off without a word like I was nothing is sobering to say the least.
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A friend actually paid someone to do this. He fixed it himself. 
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Just this weekend I had to repair a setup that looked almost exactly like that at my mother in law's place. Every time she used the disposal a huge splash of ground up food and fetid water would splash up into the pot sink. There's a reason they include those black tail pieces with new disposals. I'll never understand how these people keep getting hired for jobs.
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Sanctum posted:So you guys wanted an update on my job at the airport. I mainly drive a jet fuel tanker with badly leaking brake pressure (positioning around multimillion dollar jetliners.) Something to remember too sadly, often you are the sole proprietor in the "I don't want my head to turn into chunky salsa" corporation while at work 'cause as mentioned manager don't give a gently caress.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E12nnpWc5c This does not seem like something you should be doing if you need to watch a Youtube vid to learn how to do it
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goddamnedtwisto posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E12nnpWc5c The original version was worse.
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This is the de facto "public infrastructure breaking in interesting ways" thread, right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqjQ4hQ5qXg Walking home from work, I saw water streaming out onto the road. Then I noticed a crack in the road itself, with water coming out, and started taking a video. Then, while I'm shooting, I noticed holes all along the edge of the road with water bubbling up out of them. So... hopefully there isn't a
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Forer posted:Something to remember too sadly, often you are the sole proprietor in the "I don't want my head to turn into chunky salsa" corporation while at work 'cause as mentioned manager don't give a gently caress. Personally i don't see much difference between a manager who doesn't care, and a manager who is actively trying to kill you.
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Hyperlynx posted:This is the de facto "public infrastructure breaking in interesting ways" thread, right? Do you have a city public works/411 type phone number you can call to alert someone? Cuz that'll be a massive sink hole before too long.
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Hyperlynx posted:hopefully there isn't a
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Sirotan posted:Cuz that'll be a massive sink hole before too long. No it won't. If burst water mains led to sinkholes, 90% of the US urban landmass would've fallen into sinkholes by this point.
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Sirotan posted:Do you have a city public works/411 type phone number you can call to alert someone? Cuz that'll be a massive sink hole before too long. Yeah, I looked up who does the water infrastructure for that area and gave them a ring. The thought did occur to me that tomorrow when I go to work there might be a huge freakin' pit in the way...
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dis astranagant posted:The original version was worse. The original version singled out a guy who killed himself by following extremely unsafe advice from another youtube video. Apparently his next of kin complained and Clive took that video down, because learning from the fatal accidents of others is insensitive.
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Clive wasn't even disrespectful in the original version, and I think that it would have been beneficial to have more "yes this can definitely kill you" warning on the video.
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BattleMaster posted:Clive wasn't even disrespectful in the original version, and I think that it would have been beneficial to have more "yes this can definitely kill you" warning on the video. While there is definitely some benefit in the shock value, I think he did a very good job of conveying just how bloody dangerous that would be It's something of a rarity in the Youtube video - usually the most you can get is a 'don't try this at home' before showing you how to gargle napalm.
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Hyperlynx posted:Yeah, I looked up who does the water infrastructure for that area and gave them a ring. The thought did occur to me that tomorrow when I go to work there might be a huge freakin' pit in the way... Well, no gigantic sinkhole this morning. I must confess I'm a little disappointed. The thought also occurred to me that the cracks in the road were probably already there to begin with, rather than caused by water forcing its way to the surface. Much less dramatic.
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Hyperlynx posted:Well, no gigantic sinkhole this morning. I must confess I'm a little disappointed. Yeah assuming it's not a catastrophic pressure-main failure (and you loving know when those happen, it's biblical) it's just finding its way out through the existing cracks. It will eventually undermine the road but it'll get fixed before that's likely to be an issue. The bigger problem is when they fix it in a hurry and don't let the substrate dry before relaying the road so the ground settles under the (new/well-repaired) pipe and causes it to crack further on. Then they fix that in a hurry, rinse, repeat, and find out why there's been at least one lane closed of the road outside my house for the last loving year.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3OZ-OIuZ6g&t=380s Everything went according to plan. 
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Good Dog posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3OZ-OIuZ6g&t=380s Holy poo poo...That could have gone from seriously bad to deader than fried chicken quickly.
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Unsurprisingly, not their first oopsie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPxJ7IFnb6I&t=198s
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Good Dog posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3OZ-OIuZ6g&t=380s I seen to recall that abandoned silos are so full of nasty hazardous stuff that you should wear hazmat suit when walking in them. Bathing in water from inside them doesn't seem a smart move
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Generally everything related to military rocketry is bad news for your health, even if it's not a missile being fired at your wedding. For the Titan II specifically, both the fuel (hydrazine) and the oxidizer (N2O4) are toxic as well as corrosive. Civilian rockets mostly use liquid oxygen and kerosene or liquid hydrogen which are relatively benign but require a whole bunch of preparation immediately before launch. If you want to store your missiles ready to launch for extended times you're going to end up with some rather nasty chemicals. So yeah, stay away from debris or abandoned missiles unless you know what you're doing and have proper protective equipment.
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Bistromatic posted:Generally everything related to military rocketry is bad news for your health, even if it's not a missile being fired at your wedding. For the Titan II specifically, both the fuel (hydrazine) and the oxidizer (N2O4) are toxic as well as corrosive. I always thought it would be ridiculously cool to own a missile silo. Reading Command and Control quickly cured me of that.
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Why is there water in the silo?
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Pingiivi posted:Why is there water in the silo? Where do you think rain goes? Or what a sump pump is for?
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Pingiivi posted:Why is there water in the silo? That was our secret weapon. Fill the Silos with water so the red commie scum can't get their hands on em'! Or sump pumps, yeah.
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Bistromatic posted:Generally everything related to military rocketry is bad news for your health, even if it's not a missile being fired at your wedding. For the Titan II specifically, both the fuel (hydrazine) and the oxidizer (N2O4) are toxic as well as corrosive. Also if hydrazine and N2O4 come into contact they will instantly explode.
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Pingiivi posted:Why is there water in the silo?
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Also the ground/rain water that's been sitting in that silo is probably going to be toxic as gently caress.
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So basically in normal, not left for crazy dudes with too much money, use these silos would've also collected some water and they needed to be pumped out regularly?
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Pingiivi posted:So basically in normal, not left for crazy dudes with too much money, use these silos would've also collected some water and they needed to be pumped out regularly? That's the natural state of deep holes in the midwest.
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