Imagined posted:

"sounds like nuclear" is some purestrain internet stupidity.

hambeet posted:

ruddiger posted:

Jack not name, jack job.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAb1LPPka64

redgubbinz posted:

I've seen people texting/talking while on bicycles. Naturally, their right hand is the one steering/braking so they've only got their rear brake to work with. You're already courting death cycling anywhere near a main road in the US, why not make it interesting!

evil_bunnY posted:

Do you understand the difference between being a danger to yourself and others, clarkson-avatared man?

Blue Moonlight posted:

Yes, because if you plow into a pedestrian on your bike while you’re texting, you both just bounce lightly off of each other and a jaunty tune plays. If you wipe out and fall into the lane of traffic with your phone to your ear, the cars will definitely all miss you and each other.

Chances are really good that if you shouldn’t do it while you drive, you shouldn’t do it while you bike, because while you might not be able to directly hurt as many people, you can still wreak havoc.

Powerful Two-Hander posted:

As an audiophile I find they have a warmer sound. People say you can't tell the difference between a proper artisan low oxygen nuclear weapon and an equivalent volume of regular explosives, but as we saw when the Russians lost the loudness war that just isn't the case.

Anyway so we're putting another $100bn on the procurement budget right? I know a really good maker of hand crafted big red buttons.

mobby_6kl posted:

Look, nobody knows more about nuclear the me – my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer at M.I.T.; good genes, very good genes, O.K., very smart, the Wharton School of finance, very good, very smart – you know, if you're a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, okay, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I'm one of the smartest people anywhere in the world – it’s true! – but when you're a conservative Republican they try – oh, they do a number – that’s why I always start off: "Went to Wharton, was a good student, went there, went there, did this, built a fortune”– you know I have to give my life credentials all the time, because we're a little disadvantaged – but you look at the nuclear explosion, the thing really bothers me

Platystemon posted:

Powerful Two-Hander posted:

As an audiophile I find they have a warmer sound. People say you can't tell the difference between a proper artisan low oxygen nuclear weapon and an equivalent volume of regular explosives, but as we saw when the Russians lost the loudness war that just isn't the case.

Anyway so we're putting another $100bn on the procurement budget right? I know a really good maker of hand crafted big red buttons.

I heart bacon posted:

I hooked up my speakers to my sound system with nuclear coat hangers. It's makes everything sound zestier.

Big Dick Cheney posted:

That explosion is awful but seeing and then hearing the shockwave was interesting

ACES CURE PLANES posted:

https://twitter.com/tyomateee/status/1157969753274642432

This could be a work truck, so close enough to count I think.

ACES CURE PLANES posted:

https://twitter.com/tyomateee/status/1157969753274642432

This could be a work truck, so close enough to count I think.

Big Dick Cheney posted:

That explosion is awful but seeing and then hearing the shockwave was interesting

Luneshot posted:

Any large explosion can create that kind of expanding vapor cloud (a vapor wave, if you like) as the pressure suddenly drops following passage of the shockwave and water in the air condenses. As long as it's humid enough - we associate it mostly with nuclear detonations because the US did a ton of nuclear testing in the Pacific, which provides a perfect hot and humid environment for the phenomenon.

Ornamental Dingbat posted:

Those explosives were jam-packed full of atoms.

Nuclear atoms.

Reign Of Pain posted:

Shamelessly stolen from another goons post because THERE IS NO LAW AND ORDER IN THE WORLD WE'RE ALL DOOMED AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Phanatic posted:

Compare to Sailor Hat, which was 500 tons of HE.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_5TEkEhQGA

PathAsc posted:

That's awesome though, and it's not some idiot swift driver that's going to jacknife over 4 lanes of traffic and get stuck under a bridge

I give it a solid "hell yeah"

Luneshot posted:

Honestly the Russia explosion today looks a fair bit larger than this, but it's pretty hard to tell scale without more information. Comparing with the video of the PEPCON explosion in '88, estimated at roughly 1 kt and with nearly the same ten seconds of delay between detonation and the sound arriving at the camera, my completely non-expert and internet-educated thought is at least a similar yield if not larger for the Russian one.

Minor Scale in 1985 was 4.2 kt equivalent (and Misty Picture a couple years later), but unfortunately I've never seen any sort of video of them. Also, being at White Sands Missile Range (same place the Trinity detonation took place) and thus in the middle of a desert, I expect the cool vapor cloud effect to be significantly diminished. Most of the nukes they tested at the Nevada Test Site didn't show the phenomenon either. (31kt example)

Reign Of Pain posted:

I used to drive a '77 Chevy "sports" Van and the roof was indeed solid AF but I dunno if it could handle that kinda weight...especially when when you go over another road at a intersection that has not been leveled properly....that gonna cause the roof to kerlapse and mush a fella!

FCKGW posted:

It's actually based on the true story of Spread Networks laying a nearly straight cable from Chicago to New York for high frequency trading. There was a chapter about it in the book Flash Boys.


https://www.wired.com/2012/08/ff_wallstreet_trading/2/

Microwaves are actually faster and straighter now.

Icon Of Sin posted:

I thought this was the radioactive decay diagram for Uranium/daughter products at first glance, but turns out its even more insane and hard to get through.

Proteus Jones posted:

https://i.imgur.com/iyRHfxj.gifv

Potential BFF posted:

No discussion of shock waves and cool vapor rings is complete without HOLY SMOKIN TOLEDOS.

Bloody Hedgehog posted:

I like that the logging industry uses the same "tip the whole fucker over" tactic with their ships.

Dirt Road Junglist posted:

I was boarding a plane, and the guy in front of me had the diagram for uranium decay tattooed on one tricep, and I geeked out pretty hard. He seemed flattered that someone recognized it. Didn't have much time to chat, tho, which was a bummer.

Sorta OSHA related, if you consider fish deaths an occupational hazard, but I once sat next to a guy whose job is doing fish forensics. He's apparently one of the foremost experts you call if fish are mysteriously dying and you want to untangle said mystery. Most unexpectedly fascinating plane chat I've had so far.

Dirt Road Junglist posted:

Sorta OSHA related, if you consider fish deaths an occupational hazard, but I once sat next to a guy whose job is doing fish forensics. He's apparently one of the foremost experts you call if fish are mysteriously dying and you want to untangle said mystery. Most unexpectedly fascinating plane chat I've had so far.