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FuturePastNow
May 19, 2014


Platystemon posted:

The video embedded on that page is from “recreational casting and bracing” enthusiasts.

:wiggle:

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Cartoon Man
Jan 31, 2004


ekuNNN
Nov 27, 2004

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Woozie66 posted:

A dude on TikTok is trying to wirelessly transmit electricity.

Demo

Explanation

I couldn't think of a better place to share it than this thread.

I support this mad scientist :patriot:

Sentinel
Jan 1, 2009

High Tech
Low Life



Hey man no kink shaming.

Kibayasu
Mar 28, 2010

Wireless electricity seems like the kind of thing that would make those “wireless networks are killing us” conspiracies true.

Aramoro
Jun 1, 2012




Kibayasu posted:

Wireless electricity seems like the kind of thing that would make those “wireless networks are killing us” conspiracies true.

We already have wireless electricity in loads of places, induction chargers for phones and toothbrushes etc. It's just.... Not a great idea at distance.

There are high power versions, 1 kilowatt +, for charging cars. People have had the idea for running cars this year for over 100 years, charge the road and run electric cars on it. It's just always been way too inefficient. But they're getting better.

But that's boring near field, or non radiative power transfer. What you want is far field, radiative transfer, where you can beam power over kilometres using microwaves.

Aramoro fucked around with this message at 00:21 on Oct 25, 2020

HelloIAmYourHeart
Dec 29, 2008
Fallen Rib

Platystemon posted:

The video embedded on that page is from “recreational casting and bracing” enthusiasts.


I thought it looked suspiciously fetishy.

Zopotantor
Feb 24, 2013

...und ist er drin dann lassen wir ihn niemals wieder raus...

glynnenstein posted:

Is there a good german word for impressed and horrified at the same time?

beeinschreckend

buh-INE-shrek-and

not (yet) a real German word


e: On second thoughts, that would be "impressive and horrifying". "Impressed and horrified" would be beeinschreckt.

Zopotantor fucked around with this message at 03:59 on Oct 25, 2020

Zopotantor
Feb 24, 2013

...und ist er drin dann lassen wir ihn niemals wieder raus...

Suddenly the story of Constantine V Kopronymos makes a lot more sense.

The Bloop
Jul 5, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

This was the best scrolling down buildup image I've seen in a while

Azathoth
Apr 3, 2001

Zopotantor posted:

beeinschreckend

buh-INE-shrek-and

not (yet) a real German word


e: On second thoughts, that would be "impressive and horrifying". "Impressed and horrified" would be beeinschreckt.

"terrible" as in "Ivan the Terrible" is a semi-close word that already exists in (admittedly archaic) English

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS
‘tremendous’

e: ‘awestruck’ is a grammatical fit.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!
Malexcellent? Calamitous?

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.

Aramoro posted:

We already have wireless electricity in loads of places, induction chargers for phones and toothbrushes etc. It's just.... Not a great idea at distance.

There are high power versions, 1 kilowatt +, for charging cars. People have had the idea for running cars this year for over 100 years, charge the road and run electric cars on it. It's just always been way too inefficient. But they're getting better.

But that's boring near field, or non radiative power transfer. What you want is far field, radiative transfer, where you can beam power over kilometres using microwaves.

Just connect the mains supply to the russian woodpecker. I'm not sure what would happen but it sure would be interesting.

mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

System Metternich posted:



1919: The double eagle, symbol of the Austro-Hungarian empire, is removed from the main tax office in Meran in South Tyrol shortly after the region being annexed by Italy

The Real Amethyst
Apr 20, 2018

When no one was looking, Serval took forty Japari buns. She took 40 buns. That's as many as four tens. And that's terrible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuQUZ9VbfiI

Cartoon Man
Jan 31, 2004


https://i.imgur.com/JXww1ce.mp4

starkebn
May 18, 2004

"Oooh, got a little too serious. You okay there, little buddy?"

Hope they don't have to go downhill. Or brake reliably.

Slugworth
Feb 18, 2001

If two grown men can't make a pervert happy for a few minutes in order to watch a film about zombies, then maybe we should all just move to Iran!
Honestly thought the driver was gonna use the windshield to gently push the guy upwards.

priznat
Jul 7, 2009

Let's get drunk and kiss each other all night.

The OSHAawwwww :3: thread

Empty Sandwich
Apr 22, 2008

goatse mugs

my best friend in high school was the head of theater tech. whenever the stage lights needed to be adjusted, they'd send me up a 20' wooden ladder (placed along the wooden seats) to poke at them with a broom handle.

several people would hold the ladder, since it was missing one of four key bolts

it was a different time

ekuNNN
Nov 27, 2004

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_qik5ymWPHG1w5pr9j.mp4

McGavin
Sep 18, 2012


Ohhhhh, I'm supposed to lift with my shoulder rear end.

Cartoon Man
Jan 31, 2004


:nws: for OSHA porn:

https://imgur.com/gallery/Cruojzf

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!

"Isometric exercise! Care to join me?"

EvenWorseOpinions
Jun 10, 2017

Ak Gara posted:

Just connect the mains supply to the russian woodpecker. I'm not sure what would happen but it sure would be interesting.

Apparently when powerlines would originally go up, farmers would lease their land for the towers surprisingly willingly, but then the lines would show unexpectedly high losses. Power companies would stop by and find farmers had tons of wire wrapped around in their houses to leech power from the transmission lines for their own houses

Sounds kinda dubious to me but it's a fun story

other people
Jun 27, 2004
Associate Christ

Everyone is a gas pumper until the real gas pumper shows up.

Bad Munki
Nov 4, 2008

We're all mad here.


Gaspumpler

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

https://twitter.com/studyofsport/status/1320107918075768834

Marcade
Jun 11, 2006


Who are you to glizzy gobble El Vago's marshmussy?

When it comes to foundation repair, accept no substitutions.

LifeSunDeath
Jan 4, 2007

still gay rights and smoke weed every day
The other joist is held up by a copy of Falling Down. The house is an incel.

repiv
Aug 13, 2009

DR FRASIER KRANG
Feb 4, 2005

"Are you forgetting that just this afternoon I was punched in the face by a turtle now dead?

Tom Berenger is the substitute. Treat Williams didn't start playing the role until the sequel

Son of Thunderbeast
Sep 21, 2002
But since Treat replaced Tom, wouldn't that make him the real substitute?

HarmB
Jun 19, 2006



EvenWorseOpinions posted:

Apparently when powerlines would originally go up, farmers would lease their land for the towers surprisingly willingly, but then the lines would show unexpectedly high losses. Power companies would stop by and find farmers had tons of wire wrapped around in their houses to leech power from the transmission lines for their own houses

Sounds kinda dubious to me but it's a fun story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JGbT6m3Vv0
Definitely a thing that works.

I'd believe with large enough coils farmers could power useful loads. Really just making a DIY transformer at that point.

Bad Munki
Nov 4, 2008

We're all mad here.


I have a similar situation toward the back of my hay field and I’ve thought about trying to power something small like a raspi from it, I figure the hardest part would be getting a consistent and correct voltage, but that shouldn’t be TOO hard, just need some good filtering I imagine.

sinky
Feb 22, 2011



Slippery Tilde
Do the 3d walkthrough on this property to see a disgusting living area turn into an actual amazon resellers warehouse*. It is a cave of wonders :stonk:






*Someone got shot there recently, and the owners were recently arrested for selling stolen property

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!
Could've legit fallen out of the back of a truck, the way their OSHA's done.

ekuNNN
Nov 27, 2004

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

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By popular demand
Jul 17, 2007

IT *BZZT* WASP ME--
IT WASP ME ALL *BZZT* ALONG!


That came very close to being a stupid way to die. So close.

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