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Worst Choir ever?

Hanging out at the movie set when...

Tesla Predicts a 2 Car Crash Ahead of Driver

nock says...

I think this is correct, but it's impressive that it was tracking both the car immediately in front of it as well as the car in front of that car.

eric3579 said:

Predicting a car crash seems a bit much. The alarm would have sounded regardless of a crash i'm guessing. I imagine it's an alarm based on the closing rate of the Tesla and objects in front of it. That's my guess. Anyone know for sure?

Up In Teh Asshole Of Timo

Working Miniature V8 Paper Engine

nock says...

Energy is neither created nor destroyed. A V8 converts gasoline into CO2, water and heat which increases pressure within a cylinder and in turn propels a piston that moves the car. This uses air to move a piston (and could be used to move a car). Gas = air in this example.

What Pixar Animators Do In Their Spare Time

nock says...

They messed up a little bit. Hand wound pocket watches don't tick in the traditional sense as they have a balance spring that causes the balance wheel to oscillate at a resonant frequency typically much greater than once per second (usually at least 4 beats per second). Only quartz watches have the classic tick/tick/tick sound each second. Those only came out in the late 1960's and don't require winding.

The Marvel Symphonic Universe

nock says...

An original score and AC/DC aren't the same thing...IMO, John Williams is the most consistent and memorable cinematic composer alive today. Scores for ET, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter, Goonies, Indiana Jones are all evocative.

Need Surgery? Make Sure Your Surgeon is a Specialist

nock says...

Depends on the surgery. You don't need a specialist to do your acute appendectomy or cholecystectomy, but you DO need a specialist to do your knee replacement or ICA aneurysm clipping.

Also, I assume the risk reductions presented are relative - e.g. if mortality from a non-specialist surgeon procedure is 5% and a specialist surgeon mortality has a 4% risk, the relative risk reduction is 20% (absolute risk reduction is only 1%), which sounds really high and may be statistically significant, but in the real-world does not matter all that much. This would be called statistically significant, but likely not clinically significant.

A Mesmerizing Line Of Caterpillars

Extreme Dinghy Racing in Australia

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Bernie is not backing down

nock says...

Ummm...No. This is not a valid point. Sitting presidents generally support the presumptive nominee of their party. Obama actually exercised a lot of restraint by waiting this long, especially since Bernie's chances at the nomination have been dismal for weeks.

notarobot said:

@10:00 "It's inappropriate for a sitting president to give his support to someone who is running for a nomination."

Lady has a point.



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