crp Posted May 9, 2021 Author Share Posted May 9, 2021 Interesting and nice art work , https://www.tnemec.com/about/tankoftheyear/ 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 That one reminded me of the Australian Silo Art Trail, a breathtaking series of gigantic art works painted on wheat silos, water tanks, and other features in country towns spread right across Australia. It takes a drive of over 8,000 kilometres to visit them all. I've seen a few of them and they really are beautiful to behold, often in a town amongst thousands of hectares of flat grain producing country. https://www.australiansiloarttrail.com/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 (edited) From Earth to orbit with Linux and SpaceX Neat article on how penguins are leading the space race. Quote So, thanks in part to Linux, we've returned to manned spaceflight in the US. And, this it seems penguins can fly, with sufficient rocket power behind them. Amazon's Satellite Internet Service, Project Kuiper, Gets a Launch Partner I have been following the internet in space stuff since it was first mentioned and find it fascinating. Quote Project Kuiper is poised to compete with Starlink, the satellite internet system from SpaceX. To launch the initial batch of satellites, Amazon plans on using the Atlas V rocket from United Launch Alliance. Starlink: Here Are the Download Speeds You Can Expect Across North America Quote In the US during Q1, the median download speeds for Starlink users ranged from 40Mbps to 93Mbps depending on the location, according to data from Ookla's SpeedTest. There are other companies offering space internet at the moment and lots of stories and articles too. Tested: SpaceX's Starlink Satellite Internet Service Is Fast, But It'll Cost You Edited May 13, 2021 by abarbarian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Meet the mystery woman who mastered IBM’s 5,400-character Chinese typewriter Quote The IBM Chinese typewriter was a formidable machine—not something just anyone could handle with the aplomb of the young typist in the film. On the keyboard affixed to the hulking, gunmetal gray chassis, 36 keys were divided into four banks: 0 through 5; 0 through 9; 0 through 9; and 0 through 9. With just these 36 keys, the machine was capable of producing up to 5,400 Chinese characters in all, wielding a language that was infinitely more difficult to mechanize than English or other Western writing systems. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlim Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Great article! I have a question for Corrine. Did you ever eat at the Cathay Pagoda? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Corrine Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 On 5/29/2021 at 11:20 AM, zlim said: Great article! I have a question for Corrine. Did you ever eat at the Cathay Pagoda? Sorry, no. When I was working in that vicinity, 99% of the time we ate in one of the cafeterias (yes, there were several in the complex.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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abarbarian Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 On 6/14/2021 at 2:30 AM, crp said: I can remember some epic games of marbles from when I was a nipper. Had a collection of 321 including 32 giant size ones. By ek them wer the days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted June 18, 2021 Author Share Posted June 18, 2021 https://treeved.com/resource/76787-how-trees-bend-the-laws-of-physics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 On 6/18/2021 at 10:56 PM, crp said: https://treeved.com/resource/76787-how-trees-bend-the-laws-of-physics Super science Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Scientists convert plastic waste into vanilla flavoring Worried about all the plastic waste swamping the planet. There is a solution at hand. Quote In the future, your vanilla ice cream may be made from plastic bottles. Scientists have figured out a way to convert plastic waste into vanilla flavoring with genetically engineered bacteria, according to a new study. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlim Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Sounds dangerous. Plastic bottles and genetically engineered E. coli bacteria. If something goes wrong do we end up with food poisoning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 2 hours ago, zlim said: Sounds dangerous. Plastic bottles and genetically engineered E. coli bacteria. If something goes wrong do we end up with food poisoning? I recon they are trying to change us all into robots. Then they would not have to spend so much on healthcare. An workers could work harder and longer. It is a plot definitely a plot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted July 3, 2021 Author Share Posted July 3, 2021 even if you never were or no longer a baseball fan, this was quite amazing - https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/jackie-bradley-jr-double-play/7wauybkgtt0a18qfy11c4meaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted July 13, 2021 Author Share Posted July 13, 2021 https://www.digitaltrends.com/news/tesla-issues-stark-warning-to-drivers-using-its-fsd-mode/ Wonder which forum automobile computer topics should be located. Security? Mobility? hardware? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted July 16, 2021 Author Share Posted July 16, 2021 (edited) Now do Pluto - https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/the-conversation/sdut-scientists-reclassify-brontosaurus-as-donosaur-2015apr07-htmlstory.html Edited July 16, 2021 by crp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Man in Iron Man-like flying gear earned three Guinness World Record titles in one day. I would love to have a go with this kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted July 19, 2021 Author Share Posted July 19, 2021 good news, robots can be fired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted July 20, 2021 Author Share Posted July 20, 2021 Amazon is changing how disputes are handled, in a way that I think is better for consumers. https://www.amazon.com/conditionsofuse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 How Belgian brewers are turning waste into taste Very neat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Whole Milk Mounts Its Triumphant Comeback Quote “I think consumers were fed this lie by what I call the Goop Industrial Complex that if you cut dairy from your diet you will have more energy, clearer skin, and you will never ever fart ever again. But the case against dairy ignores many of the complexities of our food system, and I think people are starting to realize that.” Yeah well I was never suckered into buying skimmed milk I have always used full milk.An I have always used real butter too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 I always buy whole milk, also. Unfortunately, compared to the milk I grew up with in the 60s, today's "whole milk" is so watered down, it's almost skim milk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 On 9/4/2021 at 4:02 PM, V.T. Eric Layton said: I always buy whole milk, also. Unfortunately, compared to the milk I grew up with in the 60s, today's "whole milk" is so watered down, it's almost skim milk. Must be an American rip of then as we can still get proper full cream milk. I think in the supermarkets we have about five or six different types of milk with varying amounts of cream taken out. 'Stargate' to help colonize other planets Not the tv series. Quote Relativity Space's success or failure will ride on its Stargate system: the largest metal 3D printer on Earth, according to Ellis. It's designed to be the core technology that enables printing big rocket parts. Fabulous stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete! Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 (edited) It might be the result of modern processing. They separate the cream, and add it back later to meet the specification for the product. For whole milk the cream is reintroduced until the fat content reaches 3.25%. Depending on your former source, it may have come out of the cow(s) with a higher percentage. Source: https://milk.procon.org/how-milk-gets-from-the-cow-to-the-store/ (Scroll down to "Separation") Edited September 7, 2021 by Pete! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 42 minutes ago, Pete! said: It might be the result of modern processing. They separate the cream, and add it back later to meet the specification for the product. For whole milk the cream is reintroduced until the fat content reaches 3.25%. Depending on your former source, it may have come out of the cow(s) with a higher percentage. Source: https://milk.procon.org/how-milk-gets-from-the-cow-to-the-store/ (Scroll down to "Separation") Pretty much the same here. https://www.dairyuk.org/our-dairy-products/ Quote Most milk is also homogenised. All homogenisation does is to break up the fat globules in milk so that it mixes and doesn’t separate and rise to the top. Homogenisation is done by passing milk under pressure through very fine nozzles which evenly disperse the fat globules. Milk is also standardised, so that your whole milk, semi-skimmed and skimmed milks have the right amount of fat in them. This is done by removing the cream and then adding it back in, in precise amounts, to make whole milk (3.5% fat or more), semi-skimmed (1.5-1.8% fat) and skimmed milk (up to 0.3% fat). Some brands also offer a 1%-fat milk and a rich Channel Island milk, which comes from Jersey and Guernsey cows, containing 5% fat that has a visible cream line. Others offer milk that is not homogenised. Organic milk comes from organic farms, which must be registered and regularly inspected by an organic certifier. I grew up next door to a farm. One of my tasks was to take a jug to the farm and bring home two pints of milk taken from the bulk tank every evening. This stored and chilled fresh milk from the cows that had been milked a hour or so ago. So it was not pasteurised or filtered or mucked about in any way. I can not recall anyone in the family or on the farm ever getting ill from drinking this fresh milk. It were a delicious drink specially matched with fresh bread made by my dad and luverly home made strawberry jam. Ah them were days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted September 13, 2021 Author Share Posted September 13, 2021 seems creepy to me , https://dailytechnewsshow.com/2021/09/12/sunday-science-supplement-for-september-12-2021-dth/ watching through a key hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 5 hours ago, crp said: seems creepy to me , https://dailytechnewsshow.com/2021/09/12/sunday-science-supplement-for-september-12-2021-dth/ watching through a key hole. Bond would love to have one of those gadgets. The above is based on this science, Seeing Around Corners Using Lasers and Imaging "Captures images of objects around corners and behind obstacles Light scattered back off of hidden target used to reconstruct a 3D model of the target Involves scattering laser light off of surrounding objects onto a hidden target Many potential benefits for autonomous vehicles, public health, and medical imaging A direct line of sight between an object and a camera or detector is typically needed for every imaging application except for extreme cases such as light bending due to gravitational lensing in astronomy. But for the most part, imaging applications are limited to light propagating in a straight line. However, that is starting to change as some cutting edge research is opening up possibilities to image around corners and around obstacles. A combination of lasers, sensitive cameras, and computational reconstruction methods can be used to detect objects hidden by obstacles by scattering light off of surrounding objects." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 The disastrous voyage of Satoshi, the world’s first cryptocurrency cruise ship A fascinating story for cruisers or crypto currency fans. Quote Then, in October 2020, it seemed his dream might finally come true, when three seasteading enthusiasts bought a 245-metre-long cruise ship called the Pacific Dawn. Grant Romundt, Rüdiger Koch and Chad Elwartowski planned to sail the ship to Panama, where they were based, and park it permanently off the coastline as the centrepiece of a new society trading only in cryptocurrencies. In homage to Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym of bitcoin’s mysterious inventor (or inventors), they renamed the ship the MS Satoshi. They hoped it would become home to people just like them: digital nomads, startup founders and early bitcoin adopters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Music and physics. It's not real but one can believe anyway: https://imgur.com/gallery/LVgAORb 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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