Wisdom (and sometimes the cereal guy): 03/01/2024

26.3.24

Take it to the bridge!

b1-66er: With video!

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/26/baltimore-francis-scott-key-bridge-collapses-after-boat-collision

D4rw1n: Note the several cars on the deck as it's going down

66: Yeah. That's one you're not expecting... It's full-on Cloverfield.

...The way the lights wink out on the bridge (and the small balls of flame flourish!) is really something.

D4: It's very dramatic

Also how slow gravity looks when it's a huge structure seen from far away

b1-67er: Also the extent of damage from a low speed boat. It really shows how heavy of a battering ram that boat really is.

Seeing red

b1-66er: "Jack Black's Mom Helped Design the Abort System That Saved Apollo 13 Astronauts"

b1-67er: Are we talking about the duct tape and plastic bag solution to the carbon dioxide scrubber? That kind of makes sense.

21.3.24

Take a second and play for the millionth

b1-66er: I just learned about this 'concept' (I guess that's what it is)...

"5 second films"

https://youtu.be/ApNrBGquM9k?si=wH5dQ154utZZX54N

https://youtu.be/UiyDmqO59QE?si=9suUrYCehdSnf0ea

b1-67er: That may be the funniest movie in history in terms of humor per minute.

D4rw1n: I liked Whoppenheimer okay. Extra credit for the title. Missing would get 5 stars. But a 5 second film i guess can only get a max of about 0.0006944 stars (assuming in average film is about 120 minutes long). So Whoppenheimer gets 0.001388 stars from me, and Missing gets a full 0.006944 stars

19.3.24

The eyes have it

b1-66er: Hong Kong Security Laws

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/19/world/asia/hong-kong-security-law-article-23.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

b1-67er: So maybe it's not two systems one country?

66: Not anymore.

D4rw1n: Nah they all look pretty Chinese to me, meaning sadly raising a hand to vote unanimously for something they either do not understand or do not believe in, knowing that a "no" vote might subject them to banishment or death