KernelSlanders posted:

What happened to the old one? Did it get gassed or did I close it by mistake?

Say Nothing posted:

Fonzarelli posted:

why isn't this totally wrecking his thumb?

Say Nothing posted:

Sentient Data posted:

It's not a bank if I can't make deposits


Maybe there's a display on the handle?

flosofl posted:

Hm, spider discussion... Liveleak link... I think I'll let someone braver than me click that one.

IPCRESS posted:

How the hell do you go about getting the operator out of the skid steer at this point? Just have them lower the forks and try to fold the tank down, or would you need to try to cut it?

Mikl posted:

Math time!

"A couple drops" = half a milliliter, give or take. Given a density (according to Wiki) of 2.96 grams per milliliter, that's about 1.5 grams. About 87% of that is pure mercury, so 1.3 grams, or 1,300,000 micrograms.

Toxic dose (according to the article) is about 50 micrograms per liter (in blood), which is 250 micrograms total (about 5 liters of blood in an average adult), 0.02% of the amount she absorbed. That amount wouldn't have been absorbed had it been normal mercury, but dimethylmercury's nasty.

quote:

Mercury is highly reactive with selenium, an essential dietary element required by about 25 genetically distinct enzyme types (selenoenzymes).[20] Among their numerous functions, selenoenzymes prevent and reverse oxidative damage in the brain and endocrine organs. The molecular mechanism of mercury toxicity involves its unique ability to irreversibly inhibit activities of selenoenzymes, such as thioredoxin reductase (IC50 = 9 nM).[21] Although it has many additional functions, thioredoxin reductase restores vitamins C and E, as well as a number of other important antioxidant molecules, back into their reduced forms, enabling them to counteract oxidative damage within body cells.[22] Since the rate of oxygen consumption is particularly high in brain tissues, production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is accentuated in these vital cells, making them particularly vulnerable to oxidative damage and especially dependent upon the antioxidant protection provided by selenoenzymes. High mercury exposures deplete the amount of cellular selenium available for the biosynthesis of thioredoxin reductase and other selenoenzymes that prevent and reverse oxidative damage,[23] which, if the depletion is severe and long lasting, results in brain cell dysfunctions that can ultimately cause death.

Staryberry posted:

Manlius posted:

Performing for kids counts as a job, right?


http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d30_1432358146

Boat posted:

So on a scale of 1 to , how badly do you think the person in the car's arm got wrecked?

Phanatic posted:

it was due to toxic gas being produced when the LN2 reacted with the chlorinated pool water.

JB50 posted:

Im pretty sure the BATFE has laws against things that fire from remote control.

Samuel posted:

the courts did post a guard and the dudes DID manage to bypass him when he was distracted

The Mentalizer posted:

One of the most incredible sounds I've ever heard was made by (accidentally) dropping a 9 foot Steinway piano on the floor. The combination of the crash and just about every hammer striking at the same time was one of the most unique things I've ever heard (as well as being a bit panic inducing, seeing as how it was a rental) and I wish I had a recording of it.

Lurking Haro posted:

He's falling for about 5 seconds and Wolfram Alpha tells me that's 125 meters/410 feet with an impact velocity of 177 kph/110mph

-fake edit-
News articles say it was 120 meters/390 feet.

Pingiivi posted:

That has to be so loving hot. Why are the dudes hanging around that?

zedprime posted:

I don't know much about tiger logistics, but we were told to be this huge blue tarp monster with the weedwhacker and try to be scary and make loud noises. That just made him angry. You could say he got tiger rage, so we retreated.

Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:

It was probably a case of "Well do you have a better idea?"

Nierbo posted:

But why doesnt that heat source ever cool down? If it never cools down that means its a source of perpetual energy?

zedprime posted:

Somewhere, grover is kicking himself for not installing load bearing bus bars the length of the wall.

Cat Hatter posted:

Internet lunatic Colin Furze has posted part 3 of his bunker building video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1t7r3SKT2o

Click here to skip directly to his song about ladder safety at 2:40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1t7r3SKT2o&t=160s

Cat Hatter posted:

A knife that can be opened by flicking the wrist (more centripetal force than gravity). They (and assisted opening knives, where you push the blade open a little bit and a spring opens it the rest of the way) are legal in the U.S. because they don't have a button do the work for you.

Trabisnikof posted:

Or we'll open up 3 new mines in North America (2 for Tesla alone).

Three-Phase posted:

I remember hearing that some chemotherapy drugs (drugs that go into your bloodstream) need to be stored in glass because they will eat through a plastic container.

Carbon dioxide posted:

Acetone dissolves contact lenses. If you don't wear eye protection and get acetone into your eyes while wearing contacts, the contacts will partially dissolve and fuse to your cornea. You'll then need to have them surgically removed.

Cat Hatter posted:

...because you frequently get acetone in your eyes?

Drone_Fragger posted:

This one is the best because the implication is that russia could only win a war against the US if they did a surprise attack while disguised as a civilian vehicle.

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Lurking Haro posted:

I like how this implies that there are no inner doors in those elevators.