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Zopotantor posted:May I point you all to the pseudoscience thread? It could use some love at the moment. Oh yeah, we're all punching the illegal herpes vaccine trials that Southern Illinois U and Peter Thiel got tied up in.
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Keiya posted:Make them sell it and get an automatic. Because they'll just have someone else do the buying.
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Oh god. Just look at how stupid Americans got when you try to say "maybe men who beat their wives nearly to death shouldn't be allowed to buy guns." Now turn that up to eleven for "maybe people who drive drunk constantly shouldn't be allowed to buy booze."
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Wall Balls posted:wrap it up, sphere cucks  Now trying spinning the tennis ball at 0.0007 RPM.
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Proteus Jones posted:So basically, a super-sized version of this, but with super hot steam. What could go wrong? I just stumbled across an article with a pic and... HOLY poo poo HE TOTALLY IS  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-earth-is-flat/
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Proteus Jones posted:I just... I've sometimes wondered what the actual ratio is between real true believer flat-Earthers, and joker/troll/"ironic" flat-Earthers. I suspect it's fairly low, but you never know...
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Platystemon posted:
Also, to accurately represent the depth of the world's oceans, the layer of water adhering to the tennis ball needs to be 8/10,000" thick.
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Sagebrush posted:Also, to accurately represent the depth of the world's oceans, the layer of water adhering to the tennis ball needs to be 8/10,000" thick. Also, you need to do this in microgravity. Ask
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haveblue posted:Absolutely none, dowsing is pure woo. I remember reading a book that had a section on dowsing when I was a kid. It wasn't a "how-to", it was more of an explanation of how it works. It's not supernatural, it's purely an external way that your subconscious can signal your conscious. If you have no experience in finding water, it doesn't work. When your experience tells you that water should be here, the rods cross. Some people use a plumb-bob, some people use a crooked stick. Sometimes your conscious mind gets in the way and wants you to believe that water is in place "X" when your gut is screaming at you that it's in "Y". Many, many years ago, my great-grandfather could not find a place to drill a well on our farm. He'd drilled all over the place and found nothing. It made no sense, but water was not to be found in the usual places. He finally hired a Witch and he found water on the first shot in a bizarre rear end location. The well is in a place that makes absolutely no sense. It's not paranormal, it's just skill. Dowsing for pipes is ridiculous, it's just guessing based on where you'd put them if it was you.
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mostlygray posted:I remember reading a book that had a section on dowsing when I was a kid. It wasn't a "how-to", it was more of an explanation of how it works. It's not supernatural, it's purely an external way that your subconscious can signal your conscious. If you have no experience in finding water, it doesn't work. When your experience tells you that water should be here, the rods cross. Some people use a plumb-bob, some people use a crooked stick. Sometimes your conscious mind gets in the way and wants you to believe that water is in place "X" when your gut is screaming at you that it's in "Y". mostlygray posted:Dowsing for pipes is ridiculous, it's just guessing based on where you'd put them if it was you. holding both these positions at once seems, uh, inconsistent.
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Dowsing is like the placebo effect: surveying edition.
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Prav posted:holding both these positions at once seems, uh, inconsistent. It's entirely consistent. Groundwater generally produces (subtle) clues on the surface - soil consistency, vegetation thickness and colour, the like. Unless they've been leaking for a long time (or burst under pressure) you're not going to have any surface clues for a pipe's location.
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GotLag posted:It's entirely consistent. Groundwater generally produces (subtle) clues on the surface - soil consistency, vegetation thickness and colour, the like. Unless they've been leaking for a long time (or burst under pressure) you're not going to have any surface clues for a pipe's location. That depends on the treatment applied to the surface after the pipe has been laid in. If it's a shallow pipe and the trench was just refilled with dirt, there will probably be some subtle subsidence indicating where the pipe is. I imagine that these water company guys look at maps before they go out, then look at the area, and before they pull the dowsing rods out they already have a pretty solid idea as to where the pipe should be. Also, dowsing for water is easy. Aquifers tend to be pretty big, and no matter where you are, as long as you go down far enough you'll hit water. It might not be in the first 100 feet, but it's there.
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I used to work for a gas company, and while I didn't field the Dial Before You Dig calls, I sat across from the person who did, and if what I heard is any indication they're hard as gently caress to find, unless you're operating a backhoe and not looking for pipes.
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GotLag posted:I used to work for a gas company, and while I didn't field the Dial Before You Dig calls, I sat across from the person who did, and if what I heard is any indication they're hard as gently caress to find, unless you're operating a backhoe and not looking for pipes. ...and if you think of using the backhoe to look for pipes, that's how you find fiberoptics.
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GotLag posted:I can't find anything detailed because it's from so long ago, but there's an LA Times article that mentions it: http://articles.latimes.com/1998/sep/24/local/me-26013 Thanks!
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Someone find the YouTube of that, it's so much better with the running commentary
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Anyone have that pic of cabling wrapped around a big old drill like spaghetti wrapped around a fork because someone hosed up?
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"The system is given off a warning saying that hundreds of tonnes oil are being pumped out the emergency release valve into the river. " "Thats impossible, it must be an error, the only way to open the valve is by hand and there is noone in the area, can you disable the warning system?"
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Applebee123 posted:"The system is given off a warning saying that hundreds of tonnes oil are being pumped out the emergency release valve into the river. " Sloths need jobs, too. https://gfycat.com/ElectricAgitatedHorse Lurking Haro fucked around with this message at 02:31 on Nov 24, 2017 |
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Memento posted:Someone find the YouTube of that, it's so much better with the running commentary Now that I'm back non-phone-posting, here's the video I meant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBxSntGGm8U Also, this looks like a fun workplace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvqDj3me37o
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Proteus Jones posted:I just stumbled across an article with a pic and... I've been on this website too long, because I look at that picture and think, "what is that man doing to his anus?"
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I really want to know what the pass/fail criteria are. From the speed that thing is moving, I'm guessing radioactive release is pretty much a given, so maybe just data for one point safety simulations? Proteus Jones posted:I just stumbled across an article with a pic and... Don't worry, he's got DJ Safety looking after him.
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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PittTheElder posted:I really want to know what the pass/fail criteria are. From the speed that thing is moving, I'm guessing radioactive release is pretty much a given, so maybe just data for one point safety simulations? I don't man. It really felt like DJ Safety was mailing in his last set at the club when I saw him.
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PittTheElder posted:Don't worry, he's got DJ Safety looking after him.
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Wanna pierce those bottles to drain milk out the side.
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cakesmith handyman posted:Wanna pierce those bottles to drain milk out the side. I didn’t see the locks at first and thought they lost the caps and slid covers on in lieu of them.
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ahahahaaha holy poo poo i love that its all the same product too, can you imagine the fights that had to lead to this solution?
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I think it's contaminated and being stored for testing or something
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Keiya posted:I think it's contaminated and being stored for testing or something It's in the break room of a police station, the photo was taken by an officer in training https://twitter.com/WYP_PC3220Sharp/status/873906403597004801
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All I can see is good lockout procedures.
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What kind of lovely workplace doesn't just use petty cash to bay the buck or two it would take to buy milk for everyone?
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GotLag posted:What kind of lovely workplace doesn't just use petty cash to bay the buck or two it would take to buy milk for everyone? why does one of them have infection tape all over it there's so much to speculate about 
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why are they all the same kind? is semiskimmed like 1% or 2%? if its canadian milk why isnt it in bags
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https://twitter.com/bbcworld/status/934023366104813568
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Former DILF posted:why are they all the same kind? is semiskimmed like 1% or 2%? if its canadian milk why isnt it in bags That's Halifax in West Yorkshire.
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