TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML)
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@Gąska said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
TIL Scottish mythology has literal furries, who change from humans into animals by putting on a suit.
Multiple in fact. In the See also section also
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@Gąska said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
TIL Scottish mythology has literal furries, who change from humans into animals by putting on a suit.
The æsir and Vanir did as well.
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All automotive gasoline has been unleaded since 1996, but TIL that aviation gasoline (for piston engine aircraft) is not. It is higher octane (100) than automotive gasoline (typically 87 for regular and up to 94 for premium), and practical gasoline formulations with an octane rating that high haven't been available without using lead. However, a group that has been working on developing unleaded avgas just announced they're ready to help any petroleum refiner that wants to make it start doing so, and some certification group (aircraft manufacturers?) are ready to start approving fuel produced according to their formulation. (I didn't get the details, as I'm not familiar with any of the groups involved, except the EPA and FAA.)
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@Carnage said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@Gąska said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
TIL Scottish mythology has literal furries, who change from humans into animals by putting on a suit.
The æsir and Vanir did as well.
Yeah. Junk animals mostly. Veles turned into a damn dragon, Slavs ftw.
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@Gribnit said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@Carnage said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@Gąska said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
TIL Scottish mythology has literal furries, who change from humans into animals by putting on a suit.
The æsir and Vanir did as well.
Yeah. Junk animals mostly. Veles turned into a damn dragon, Slavs ftw.
Hamnskiftare could pretty much become what they wanted, for instance the dvergr Fafnir.
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@Carnage said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@Gribnit said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@Carnage said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@Gąska said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
TIL Scottish mythology has literal furries, who change from humans into animals by putting on a suit.
The æsir and Vanir did as well.
Yeah. Junk animals mostly. Veles turned into a damn dragon, Slavs ftw.
Hamnskiftare could pretty much become what they wanted, for instance the dvergr Fafnir.
On the other hand, bjeerka ujskortik mjarnnol ffipstus plaar lunkwajt.
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@HardwareGeek said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
All automotive gasoline has been unleaded since 1996, but TIL that aviation gasoline (for piston engine aircraft) is not. It is higher octane (100) than automotive gasoline (typically 87 for regular and up to 94 for premium), and practical gasoline formulations with an octane rating that high haven't been available without using lead.
My understanding is that the reason isn't so much that a practical gasoline formulation wouldn't be available, but that it requires some changes to the engine (including, but not limited to, catalytic converter). But most aircraft engines were designed in the '60s, the designs didn't change since except sometimes for conversion to fuel injection, and most of the engines themselves are pretty old too.
@HardwareGeek said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
However, a group that has been working on developing unleaded avgas just announced they're ready to help any petroleum refiner that wants to make it start doing so, and some certification group (aircraft manufacturers?) are ready to start approving fuel produced according to their formulation. (I didn't get the details, as I'm not familiar with any of the groups involved, except the EPA and FAA.)
If they manage to find a new formulation that does not produce even bigger shit without a catalytic converter, does not foul the spark plugs more than the leaded stuff does, does not corrode anything in the ancient fuel systems and has the required octane rating … good luck breaking even given how small batches of the stuff are being produced.
A more sensible way going forward is to prefer diesel engines in new aircraft. They are a bit heavier, but are more efficient, so the weight is offset by needing to carry less fuel, and they run on the same stuff the turbines use, which is a big advantage now that everything in aviation over 300 kW is turbines. They are also more reliable and less maintenance intensive and simpler to operate. Basically the only reason they were not used much earlier is that it used to be too hard to make them sufficiently light, but now we have the materials for it and they seem to finally work pretty well for Diamond.
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TIL about "carbonated tea".
What the shit...
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@Tsaukpaetra said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
TIL about "carbonated tea".
What the shit...
I see no problem with that. Now, if you found some artisanal yerba matę or some fartwater sold in stores, sure.
I've been known to brew tea, then add 1/2 carbonated water. Has the [fake] refreshing feeling of pop without [so much] sugar and all the other stuff. And look at me!Filed under: No, you drink it
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JNIL about "dick nipples".
There really is a fetish for just about anything, isn't there?
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Must.....not.....google......
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@Applied-Mediocrity said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
matę
You mean stale cigarette juice
Yeah, that’s the hipster drink version of the emperor’s new clothes.
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@Gąska said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
Must.....not.....google......
No need, your imagination is more than sufficient!
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@Bulb said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@HardwareGeek said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
All automotive gasoline has been unleaded since 1996, but TIL that aviation gasoline (for piston engine aircraft) is not. It is higher octane (100) than automotive gasoline (typically 87 for regular and up to 94 for premium), and practical gasoline formulations with an octane rating that high haven't been available without using lead.
My understanding is that the reason isn't so much that a practical gasoline formulation wouldn't be available, but that it requires some changes to the engine (including, but not limited to, catalytic converter). But most aircraft engines were designed in the '60s, the designs didn't change since except sometimes for conversion to fuel injection, and most of the engines themselves are pretty old too.
@HardwareGeek said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
However, a group that has been working on developing unleaded avgas just announced they're ready to help any petroleum refiner that wants to make it start doing so, and some certification group (aircraft manufacturers?) are ready to start approving fuel produced according to their formulation. (I didn't get the details, as I'm not familiar with any of the groups involved, except the EPA and FAA.)
If they manage to find a new formulation that does not produce even bigger shit without a catalytic converter, does not foul the spark plugs more than the leaded stuff does, does not corrode anything in the ancient fuel systems and has the required octane rating … good luck breaking even given how small batches of the stuff are being produced.
A more sensible way going forward is to prefer diesel engines in new aircraft. They are a bit heavier, but are more efficient, so the weight is offset by needing to carry less fuel, and they run on the same stuff the turbines use, which is a big advantage now that everything in aviation over 300 kW is turbines. They are also more reliable and less maintenance intensive and simpler to operate. Basically the only reason they were not used much earlier is that it used to be too hard to make them sufficiently light, but now we have the materials for it and they seem to finally work pretty well for Diamond.
Iirc the "boxer" design does not tolerate knock well at all. Gas engines probably have legs here. Rotary or turbine could get where piston gas can't for power-to-weight. Don't modern helicopters use gas turbines?
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@Applied-Mediocrity said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@Tsaukpaetra said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
TIL about "carbonated tea".
What the shit...
I see no problem with that. Now, if you found some artisanal yerba matę or some fartwater sold in stores, sure.
I've been known to brew tea, then add 1/2 carbonated water. Has the [fake] refreshing feeling of pop without [so much] sugar and all the other stuff. And look at me!Filed under: No, you drink it
Hot coffee plus cola is kinda similar, maybe, and much more robust in all aspects imo.
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@Gribnit said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
Iirc the "boxer" design does not tolerate knock well at all.
I personally prefer to avoid anything knocking me around the boxer area, yes.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
JNIL about "dick nipples".
There really is a fetish for just about anything, isn't there?
Have you found the shitting variety as well?
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@Carnage said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@Tsaukpaetra said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
JNIL about "dick nipples".
There really is a fetish for just about anything, isn't there?
Have you found the shitting variety as well?
I found the vaginas they're supposed to go into, so I'm certain that's not far behind...
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@Gribnit said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
Iirc the "boxer" design does not tolerate knock well at all.
No piston design tolerates knock at all. It tends to knock the cylinder heads off. See also
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OkAHHXG1TI
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@Bulb said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
Fatal crash B-17 Nine-O-Nine NTSB docket – 03:48— Probable Cause: Dan Gryder
That's a channel I watch occasionally. Interestingly, he had his own accident recently (not related to engine knocking — stuck flaps, apparently — no injuries, fortunately) at the Aviation Content Creator Awards.
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TIL about the existence of a city in Brazil called Uberlândia:
And here I thought all the Übermenschen emigrated to Argentina instead.
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@HardwareGeek said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@Bulb said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
Fatal crash B-17 Nine-O-Nine NTSB docket – 03:48— Probable Cause: Dan Gryder
That's a channel I watch occasionally. Interestingly, he had his own accident recently (not related to engine knocking — stuck flaps, apparently — no injuries, fortunately) at the Aviation Content Creator Awards.
Yes, I watched that too. Now he can brag that he did handle an emergency well himself and be even more unbearable
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For the nine-o-nine crash I should have, however, linked the blancolirio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3dD98IqEUk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HNsQuLrOqg&t=0s
that actually explain what happened (they thought they have a problem with #4, because they had problems with ignition there before, but actually #3 started knocking and blew itself apart). Dan is mostly just rambling about how it was caused by neglect of safety and procedures on both the part of the operator and the FAA oversight.
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@Bulb I watch blancolirio more often than Probable Cause (I don't subscribe to either, but I watch enough similar channels that they pop up in YT's suggestions frequently, often within a few hours of uploading a new video), so I probably watched his videos, possibly both, but I definitely remember the fouled-looking spark plugs.
FWIW, by far my favorite aviation-related channel is https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt0m3zjCj_oC6d-kUkk6zmw. It's called "Missionary Bush Pilot", and he flies into remote mountain and jungle airstrips in Papua New Guinea. I like it not only for the aviation content itself, which can be spectacular, but also for his emphasis on safety (the videos typically start with his pre-flight checklist), and especially for the reason he flies in PNG.
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@HardwareGeek Yeah, I know that one too. Gets a bit repetitive over time though.
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@Bulb It can, yeah. It's definitely more interesting when he includes on-the-ground content (which he often does for Patreon supporters, but occasionally for the public YT channel).
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Idly listening to the olympics and I hear "The phrase 'from Russia with love' had to be removed because controversy" and I'm like "Goddamn, phrases..."
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@Tsaukpaetra said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
Idly listening to the olympics and I hear "The phrase 'from Russia with love' had to be removed because controversy" and I'm like "Goddamn, phrases..."
In phrases goddamn you
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@HardwareGeek said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
he flies in PNG
There's an image format joke here, but I could not think of one in a jiff-y.
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@Applied-Mediocrity said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
I could not think of one in a jiff-y.
probably because you mispronounced it with a hard G
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Sometimes actors are accidentally method...
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@Tsaukpaetra said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
Sometimes actors are accidentally method...
That's legitimately impressive. You don't get a lot of this anymore. I blame this on the reduction in Orange Catholicism.
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There's a beauty product called
fond du teint
. I don't speak French, or know what it's for, so I'm going withtaint frosting
.Consider whether you want to ruin this for me, before correcting this, please.
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@Gribnit said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
Consider whether you want to ruin this for me,
🤔
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TIL:
the euphemism "self-loading cargo" for airline passengers. Used jokingly to distinguish passenger flights from freight flights.
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TIL: Glenn Danzig was almost Wolverine, instead of Hugh Jackman, so for a short period of time X-Men had the chance not to be pretty much just about homosexuality.
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TIL that Hebrew has no absolute tense and that tenses are relative to the other verbs in the context (source: the first answer to https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/66642/is-there-a-justification-for-a-prophetic-waw-consecutive-imperfect-as-suggeste). This is unlike English (or any other language I happen to know enough about to say), where tenses are relative to the speaker's present time.
So if, in Hebrew, I were talking about a sequence of past events like "he opened the door and the cat ran out" (both past tense in English), I'd say something like (translated into English literally) "He opens the door, and the cat will run out." (focusing on the door first) or "the cat runs out because he opened the door." Both indicate that the door opened before the cat ran out, but tell you nothing about when (relative to the speaker) this happened (or will happen in the future).
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The Laguna Garzón Bridge is a bridge famous for its unusual circular shape. It is located in Garzón, Uruguay, and was designed by renowned Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly.
It is designed in a circular shape to force drivers to slow down, and allows for pedestrian access along the one-way circular route, including crosswalks that allow pedestrian access to either the inner or outer sidewalks of the circle.
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@Zecc said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
The Laguna Garzón Bridge is a bridge famous for its unusual circular shape. It is located in Garzón, Uruguay, and was designed by renowned Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly.
It is designed in a circular shape to force drivers to slow down, and allows for pedestrian access along the one-way circular route, including crosswalks that allow pedestrian access to either the inner or outer sidewalks of the circle.
How fast would have to hit the yellow divider to launch the car into the water? And how long before some idjit does that? If it didn't already happen...
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@Carnage said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
How fast would have to hit the yellow divider to launch the car into the water? And how long before some idjit does that? If it didn't already happen...
Nothing of value would be lost…
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@dkf said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@Carnage said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
How fast would have to hit the yellow divider to launch the car into the water? And how long before some idjit does that? If it didn't already happen...
Nothing of value would be lost…
No argument there.
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@Carnage said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
How fast would have to hit the yellow divider to launch the car into the water?
Depends on the car. Taking "the car" to mean KITT, you don't need any forward momentum.
And how long before some idjit does that?
What's idjotic about trying what's clearly an intended stunt jump?
If it didn't already happen...
Well of course it already happened. Some South Korean kid blew through all the cheevos within 24 hours of bridge construction.
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TIL gokarts are deliberately made so the inside rear wheel gets lifted off the road when cornering to compensate for lack of differential.
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@Gąska Huh. TIL also.
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@Gąska said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
TIL gokarts are deliberately made so the inside rear wheel gets lifted off the road when cornering to compensate for lack of differential.
Yeah, as someone that races motorcycles, gokarts are all wrong! You have to not lean in to go fast.
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TIL this about the Statue of Happiness in GTA IV.
In her hand is a hot cup of coffee, referencing the Hot Coffee cutscene from GTA San Andreas.
And her face
was modeled after a certain US senator at the time who tried to go after Rockstar and the video game industry because of it
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@hungrier said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
Hot Coffee cutscene
It was a mini-game rather than just a cutscene.
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At 3:44 he says "gyrocopic". This is probably the first instance of a .. "speecho".. I've ever heard in a high production video. (he otherwise correctly pronounces "gyroscopic" and "gyroscope")
I wonder why it wasn't edited out. Unless he actually thinks it's an actual alternate spelling due to the multitude of misspellings found in the wild, which I doubt.