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Atticus_1354 posted:It's more at risk of breaking or falling, but you'd be surprised how long they can last like that. The leaves and outside are still living and often don't show much negative effect until its pretty advanced. I had to cut down an 80-YO ash tree in my yard after I hit the base of the trunk with the lawnmower & a big chunk of bark fell off, exposing this:  At the time I covered up my arm & gloved up, and reached up into the hole; I could not find the top.  It went up about six feet, and at least half of the base of the trunk was compromised.  I have no idea why it didn't snap in high winds. The extension service noted that the rot had been going on probably for decades, and that the thickening at the bottom 4-feet of trunk was the tree's efforts to restore structural stability. PainterofCrap fucked around with this message at 14:47 on Oct 16, 2022 |
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To go back to the topic from a few pages ago, of starting fires using petrol, back in 2006 the owner of a failing restaurant decided that an insurance fire was his best way out. Note that this picture was taken from the first floor (US: second floor) of the building across the street:  They found his body in the rubble and his car in the alley behind the restaurant, with the keys still in the ignition.
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Dirt Road Junglist posted:Just keep a Leatherman in your DJ bag/guitar case like a goddamn grownup I mean, I never get searched but I imagine security wouldn't be too happy to see my EOD Tool come out.
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instant beach https://i.imgur.com/v4oGOyq.mp4
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Mister Speaker posted:I mean, I never get searched but I imagine security wouldn't be too happy to see my EOD Tool come out. I was about to ask what security? why would they care? but then I remembered that most of the shows I've been to/helped at were put on in the back of a pizza restaurant by a friend of mine for a few dozen fans and, later, at a bar run by that friend's bandmate. No one gave a gently caress. And were probably OSHA sites...
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Mister Speaker posted:I mean, I never get searched but I imagine security wouldn't be too happy to see my EOD Tool come out. It's a tool for disabling bombs. You'd think they'd be happy to see it!
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I got stopped by a show's security once for having a micron pen and a mechanical pencil in my pocket. safety
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PainterofCrap posted:I had to cut down an 80-YO ash tree in my yard after I hit the base of the trunk with the lawnmower & a big chunk of bark fell off, exposing this: I had this water oak that was well over 6ft wide in some places removed a few days ago: 
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Dirt Road Junglist posted:Just keep a Leatherman in your DJ bag/guitar case like a goddamn grownup Yeah but as I recall you're a soundperson, not a loving DJ. I thought Mister Speaker was too but now I'm not so sure. DJs - not even once.
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I found this on tumblr and thought it was cute.  quote:Komatsu D155W Amphibious Radio-Controlled Bulldozer edit: https://www.tumblr.com/cetaceous is a good follow for "images of technology" HelloIAmYourHeart fucked around with this message at 18:30 on Oct 16, 2022 |
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Is that thing for bulldozing the sea floor?
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I wonder how many pairs of sunglasses that thing dredges up.
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Karate Bastard posted:Is that thing for bulldozing the sea floor? You can see from the cartoon that it has a chimney and air intake so it obviously can't dive that deep. would 70s tech even suffice for building a deep diving wireless bulldozer?
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By popular demand posted:You can see from the cartoon that it has a chimney and air intake so it obviously can't dive that deep. :blink: it's still the sea floor if it's only like 20 feet under. it sure looks to me like it's designed for driving underwater
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LifeSunDeath posted:instant beach Cowabunga.
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https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_rju5mmbY2t1r0uzl6.mp4 wear your seatbelt https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_rjtx24n1OI1vmay6q.mp4 https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_rju3za3XHg1r0uzl6.mp4
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drat trees are magic. Also reminds me of a popscience video that explains how trees move water up so high by using "negative pressure" (i probably need to rewatch the video, but apparently liquids can have negative pressure??)
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PhazonLink posted:drat trees are magic. "Negative pressure" just means "The pressure is lower than the surrounding area." Hospitals can use it in ventilation to prevent contamination - if Something Bad Happens in an area that stores Bad Things What Make You Sick, air naturally rushes into the area, the only place the Bad Things What Make You Sick can go is through air vents set up with filters. For tree, part of it is capillary action, part of it is like... The water evaporates off the leaves and that creates the negative pressure - like what you can do yourself when you drink from a straw.
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Nah its actual negative as in below-vacuum pressure,
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Negative pressure is what you get when you keep filling a volume with antimatter
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Tunicate posted:Nah its actual negative as in below-vacuum pressure, But that can only be achieved at below absolute zero temperature
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Yeah, its several mechanisms, chiefly capillary action since the xylem acts like a bundle of very thin straws, and waters surface tension pulls it upwards. Thorny devils exploit the same principle so they can drink water without losing sight of their surroundings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRF-6iKuEqc&t=52 Video doesnt show it but they can also just stand in water and it will snake its way up to their mouth.
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SyNack Sassimov posted:DJs - not even once. 
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Another fine example of negative pressure right there. Please note the pumping hand motions.
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mobby_6kl posted:But that can only be achieved at below absolute zero temperature Or with something that yanks on water harder than a vacuum. It's an interesting effect, and answers one of those gotcha questions of "so 1 atmosphere of pressure is equivalent to 33 feet of water, so how do trees fet taller than that?"
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It's easy to see if you think of a tree as a 40 foot straw with your mom on top of it or Nickelback I guess
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Rigged Death Trap posted:Video doesnt show it but they can also just stand in water and it will snake its way up to their mouth.
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Hollow tree tales: my grandfather was an old time logger in Revelstoke, BC, where they would regularly have massive snowfalls and cold winters. One winter he was out in the woods with his sledge and draft horses and he felled a hollow tree. Out of it flew a black cloud of millions of mosquitoes!!!
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modern day people with science knowledge : [this is how trees work and its possible some animals just live inside the tube] dumb people past and present : devil tree. lord of the flys
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PhazonLink posted:modern day people with science knowledge : [this is how trees work and its possible some animals just live inside the tube] Both can be true.
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Beelzebub is real and strong and forklift-certified
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Like, it does kill the tree. It's a failure mode for them. Some animals may well live in them but the tree will eventually rot enough to fall over. It's also gross. Rotten poo poo water.
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Drone_Fragger posted:Like, it does kill the tree. It's a failure mode for them. Some animals may well live in them but the tree will eventually rot enough to fall over. It's also gross. Rotten poo poo water. Our first attempts at plumbing were also pretty crude. Give the squirrels a break.
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 Be sure to use ppe and whole organic eye of newt.
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SyNack Sassimov posted:Yeah but as I recall you're a soundperson, not a loving DJ. I thought Mister Speaker was too but now I'm not so sure. I do both, actually. And I'm a pain in the rear end guitaist/vocalist. Just the worst. That said, I can't recall there ever being security at the kind of gigs I've been a part of, but then again they're the kind of gigs that happen in bingo halls, regularly involve homeless people performing, and often require that I run around telling people not to get so high they can't keep track of what's going on. I'm not sure if that's more or less OSHA.wav than working at venues that want to make sure you're not carrying a Sawzall with your Ibanez.
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