Stuff you didn't know and probably don't care about

[sdifox]

It is possible to have a forum that has 0.99999 uptime

 

[Red Squirrel]

5 nines is good, right?

 

[sdifox]

5 nines is good, right?

High availability - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

ATOT is probably at one nine...

 

[GodisanAtheist]

I think I might regularly visit this reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/

TIL about graphics card frame generation there.

-Gotta be careful with a lot of that stuff, there is a lot of wrong information stated with too much confidence on Reddit the internet.

 

[Kaido]

I think I might regularly visit this reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/

TIL about graphics card frame generation there.

Seriously tho, some of the posts on that subreddit are GOLD! Like short-form "For Dummies" books!

 

[IronWing]

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Arab map from 1193AD. The map made total sense to me from the first glance.

Book of Roads and Kingdoms - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

This one did as well.

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Another one for @lxskllr

 

[lxskllr]

I'm trying to figure out what the purpose of that "map" is. It's certainly attractive, but it doesn't even meet the standard of "$country's over there" while waving your arm in a vague general direction.

Are we in India?
:shrugs: Lets ask that guy over there eating those weird circular rice patties. That other dude with the sword doesn't look friendly...

 

[IronWing]

I guess the Rott Meer is the Red Sea and not the Devil’s Taint as I assumed.

 

[Kaido]

Stratolaunch Celebrates First Powered Flight of TA-1 Test Vehicle

/PRNewswire/ -- Stratolaunch, LLC is pleased to announce it has successfully completed the first powered flight of the Talon-A test vehicle, TA-1. This first...

www.prnewswire.com

 

[Charmonium]

There are currently 15 "active" supervolcanoes on planet Earth. The US has 5 all by itself. Four are West of the Sissimippi and one is in lower Alaska near the Yukon territory.

Chile has 3 that look conjoined on a map.

Japan has 2, one in the North and one in the far South.

Indonesia has 2, also at opposite ends of the country.

The three remaining are in Italy, Ruskiland and NE China.

 

[KMFJD]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1781216410309439513

it was such a interesting time

 

[KMFJD]

i have never tried Emirati, Saudi Arabian, Finish, Norwegian cuisine

 

[stargazr]

A loaf of bread with a stamped imprint found in Herculaneum and dated back to the first century AD, bears the name of its baker. Unearthed in 1930, this sourdough loaf was baked on the morning of August 24th, 79 AD. Turned to carbon and preserved by the oven it was baked in, the loaf endured the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, remaining intact through the ages.

 

[snoopy7548]

A loaf of bread with a stamped imprint found in Herculaneum and dated back to the first century AD, bears the name of its baker. Unearthed in 1930, this sourdough loaf was baked on the morning of August 24th, 79 AD. Turned to carbon and preserved by the oven it was baked in, the loaf endured the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, remaining intact through the ages.

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"How's the bread?"
"Oh, it's a tad dry. Nice and crispy, though."

 

[IronWing]

Screech owls and elf owls bring home live thread snakes (blind snakes) to eat parasitic larvae in their nests. The chicks of owls that bring home the snakes experience significantly faster growth than the chicks of owls that don't.

 

[mikeymikec]

https://imgur.com/a/E4roHd1

 

[William Gaatjes]

Fun to know, Dyneema fiber has a tensile strenght versus weight several times over steel.

Long ago, i read this in a physics news magazine while still at school :
Kevlar is strong but this stuff is tough enough that even a knife with a diamond edge or diamoind saw can not cut this material.
Can you imagine that ? Tougher than diamonds ?
The only way to process it, is by use of a laser or heat.
The material has a very low melting point at around 150 degrees celcius.
At least that is what i read at the time.
Anybody know if that is actually true ?

Anyway what we all love, similar material like this stuff can possible be found in nature.
Like for example in the legs of crickets or the front paws of shrimps like the pistolshrimp AKA snapping shrimp, or the mantis shrimp. Maybe the stretchy material ?
Just an interesting thing to think about.


But i just read now in this day and age of sustainability , a biobased version has also been developed :

Bio-Based Dyneema® Fiber

Bio-based Dyneema® fiber is the world’s first-ever bio-based HMPE fiber. Learn how it delivers the same high performance as Dyneema®, with a far lower carbon footprint.

www.dyneema.com

General site :

Dyneema® | The World's Strongest Fiber

A fiber that’s 15 times stronger than steel, yet light enough to float on water. Think it sounds too good to be true? Think again.

www.dyneema.com

Tools to cut dyneema fibers.

Dyneema Composite Fabric | ULS it-us

Laser Cutting Dyneema Composite Fabric it-us

www.ulsinc.com

 

[lxskllr]

Melting point is about right. Dunno about having to burn through it to cut. Maybe in large diameters, but I have dyneema throwline, and can cut it fine with a knife. The throwline is 1.8mm, and has a breaking strength of 1k#

 

[William Gaatjes]

Melting point is about right. Dunno about having to burn through it to cut. Maybe in large diameters, but I have dyneema throwline, and can cut it fine with a knife. The throwline is 1.8mm, and has a breaking strength of 1k#

I did found out that there are several Dyneema versions. Perhaps there is over the counter consumer material ?
And perhaps also industrial material or even army material ?

Amazing, 1.8mm diameter ! And about 1000 pounds of breaking strength or 1000 kg of breaking strength ?

 

[lxskllr]

1,000 pounds. It's "professional" line. Not like they check ID to buy it or anything, but you can't walk into homedepot and find it. You have to get it online, or from an industry specific vendor. That's the only dyneema I personally use AFAIK, but it's also popular for light weight winch lines. 9mm amsteel has a breaking strength of 19,600 pounds...

Amsteel Blue Winch Line - 9mm (3/8")

Details10mm (3/8") AmSteel-Blue winch line with a eye spliced around a steel thimble to protect the eye. This is the perfect, lightweight tow-line for your winch. We are happy to custom-splice winchlines for your needs, please contact us for a quote. Specifications AmSteel-Blue 10mm (3/8")...

www.wesspur.com

 

[William Gaatjes]

1,000 pounds. It's "professional" line. Not like they check ID to buy it or anything, but you can't walk into homedepot and find it. You have to get it online, or from an industry specific vendor. That's the only dyneema I personally use AFAIK, but it's also popular for light weight winch lines. 9mm amsteel has a breaking strength of 19,600 pounds...

Amsteel Blue Winch Line - 9mm (3/8")

Details10mm (3/8") AmSteel-Blue winch line with a eye spliced around a steel thimble to protect the eye. This is the perfect, lightweight tow-line for your winch. We are happy to custom-splice winchlines for your needs, please contact us for a quote. Specifications AmSteel-Blue 10mm (3/8")...

www.wesspur.com

Amazing that that stuff can be so incredibly strong.