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sharrrper t1_jeb28v5 wrote
Reply to TIL Margaret Knight (1838-1914) invented a machine to mass produce flat-bottomed paper bags and, after winning a lawsuit against a fraudster who copied her design, the patent was issued in 1871. Her first invention was when she was 12 years old (and began working in a factory). She had 87 patents. by WonderWmn212
For a second I thought she had 87 parents and was wondering how that worked.
sharrrper t1_jckdehc wrote
Reply to “The Face of Judgment” by me. by Molech999
Instantly reminded me of this for some reason.
sharrrper t1_jae4glp wrote
So I had heard about RRR when it got brought up on a couple random "best of" lists and it was on Netflix so I decided to give it a try.
I'd never actually seen a Bollywood/Tollywood movie before but I was familiar with the over the top-ness that's common and music and dance numbers.
I watched the first hour, and frankly was kind of bored. There were a couple of the crazy action sequences I was expecting but it felt like not much was happening and taking forever to get anywhere. I turned it off and went and did something else.
Couple days later was looking for something to watch and decided to fire RRR back up and give it a second chance picking up where I left off. Ten minutes later was the Naatu dance sequence. I was like, "Alright movie, that was a lot of fun, you got me back in" and then overall I will say I ultimately enjoyed the movie. I do think it's too long still, but yeah, overall solid film.
sharrrper t1_jae3c5s wrote
Reply to comment by jamesneysmith in Oscars: “Naatu Naatu” From India’s ‘RRR’ To Be Performed During Ceremony by impeccabletim
For a professional performance I don't think it would be too difficult to get some dancers out there to do it. If they don't they are seriously fucking up.
sharrrper t1_jadmzhy wrote
Reply to TIL Last year 93yo actor James Hong became the oldest person ever to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has over 600 acting credits spanning 70 years. by n3xus-7
Damn, I knew he'd been around, I had no idea he was that old
sharrrper t1_ja9yn22 wrote
Reply to Mr. Krabs’ shell is red, implying he was once caught and boiled alive but survived. by jsw9000
Or maybe he's just one of the varieties of naturally red crabs
Lobsters are only red after being cooked. For crabs that isn't necessarily the case.
sharrrper t1_j6hqivn wrote
My favorite suggestion I ever heard was they should announce a sequel and then just re-release the original.
sharrrper t1_j6gqx1y wrote
Reply to comment by thecaledonianrose in Eli5....can you dig a well anywhere and hit water...and how did the early ranchers in the West know where to dig for water. Especially in the really dry areas? by pinkshrinkrn
I said hard, not impossible. I have no doubt there are individual places that have had difficulty getting a well going. That doesn't change the fact that most of the time you can drill wherever and likely hit something. Historically speaking especially.
sharrrper t1_j6ghp71 wrote
Reply to Eli5....can you dig a well anywhere and hit water...and how did the early ranchers in the West know where to dig for water. Especially in the really dry areas? by pinkshrinkrn
>can you dig a well anywhere and hit water
Just about. Usually just a question of how deep. This is how "water dowsers" usually work just FYI. They don't actually do anything it's just kind of hard to fail.
sharrrper t1_j63cuyt wrote
Reply to AP Stylebook includes 'The French' in list of 'general and often dehumanizing 'the' labels. by wewhomustnotbenamed
Here's my universal translator. Unfortunately it can only translate into an obscure dead language.
Hello?
Bonjour!
Crazy gibberish!
sharrrper t1_j5odikx wrote
sharrrper t1_j578s6a wrote
Oh, so now you're saying we can't even trust dictators? What's the world coming to!
sharrrper t1_j444lq6 wrote
Reply to comment by gheiminfantry in Companies Are Adding Sesame to Foods. It's an Unintended Consequence of a New Allergen Label Law by Kodiak01
The article is about allergens. Maybe you should work on YOUR comprehension.
sharrrper t1_j423gke wrote
Reply to comment by gheiminfantry in Companies Are Adding Sesame to Foods. It's an Unintended Consequence of a New Allergen Label Law by Kodiak01
>They don't want to have any inconveniences
"I might die" is a LOT more than an "inconvenience"
sharrrper t1_j422zze wrote
Reply to comment by gheiminfantry in Companies Are Adding Sesame to Foods. It's an Unintended Consequence of a New Allergen Label Law by Kodiak01
Hey asshole, you realize that people literally DIE from food allergies right? This isn't a minor inconvenience issue. This is "Please don't put my personal equivalent of cyanide into my food without telling me."
sharrrper t1_j41yyno wrote
Reply to Companies Are Adding Sesame to Foods. It's an Unintended Consequence of a New Allergen Label Law by Kodiak01
Heard all about this from my brother over Christmas. He has a 4 year old with a pretty significant sesame allergy. At first they were excited when this passed because sesame being officially a "major" allergen meant it would be required on food labels explicitly rather than potentially just part of "seasoning" or whatever.
The problem however, is that in order to not have to put sesame on the label, the companies are required to thoroughly clean production lines between different runs to ensure no cross contamination of sesame into products that don't contain it. Their solution to this has apparently been "fuck it, sesame is in everything now" and have just done things like add 15% sesame flour into their bread recipe and mark it on the label.
So now my nephew can eat almost nothing commercially produced safely.
sharrrper t1_j2e1lna wrote
Reply to ELI5: What makes the rust on a rusty nail different from the rust on shaving razors to where one needs an immediate tetanus shot and the other happens daily by DrySyllabub2563
Nothing. The idea that rust itself causes tetanus is a misconception.
Tetanus doesn't come from rust, it comes from things being dirty. It lives in soil. The idea of a "rusty nail" is more indicative that it's been out there in the environment a long time and may have picked up contamination. The rust itself is incidental.
If you get a puncture wound from a non-rusty nail or anything similar out in a field you should also probably get a tetanus shot for that as well.
sharrrper t1_j1m6rlm wrote
Reply to Carl Sagan's vision of today's world by Jeff_Souza
>I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time -- when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness...
>The dumbing down of American is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance
Would need a time machine to get the prediction more accurate
sharrrper t1_j1k0ci0 wrote
Reply to Are people in the international space station experiencing time faster than us? by [deleted]
Short answer is yes, but not enough to matter to a human. Tiny fractions of a second per year.
Interestingly though, it is enough to throw off GPS calculations which have to be VERY precise. GPS satellites have to include compensation for time dilation in their calculations or they wouldn't work.
sharrrper t1_iz139lq wrote
Reply to comment by frontbuttt in Scientists have analyzed the specific labor costs for producing a 1 carat diamond in mines and through artificial synthesis. The work of human turned out to be more effective: 26 minutes versus 2-3.5 hours. by Skoltech_
To be fair, in the full study they do mention that ecological impact on the site of the mines is something that should be considered but is not part of this paper.
They had a specific thing they wanted to measure, it isn't meant to be a holistic evaluation of one method vs the other.
sharrrper t1_iz12t75 wrote
Reply to comment by Worst_username_eu in Scientists have analyzed the specific labor costs for producing a 1 carat diamond in mines and through artificial synthesis. The work of human turned out to be more effective: 26 minutes versus 2-3.5 hours. by Skoltech_
The measurement is "carats per hour" not "diamonds per hour".
So one 5 carat diamond pulled out of the ground and five 1 carat diamonds pulled out of the machine would be equal production in this study.
sharrrper t1_iwxahkk wrote
Reply to TIL in response to infamously high suicide rates at Mapo Bridge in Seoul, South Korea, the bridge was adorned with suicide prevention messages and uplifting photos. These measures weren't enacted by the government, however, instead the entire project was financed by Samsung's life insurance division by evilclownattack
Reportedly a good way to lower suicide rates is just to put some fences on a bridge. A surprising number of people will not find an alternative if their first option isn't available.
It doesn't stop everyone but just making or harder does in fact stop some people from going through with it. Like they get there and are all prepared to jump and then there's a fence in the way, it's not easy to climb, and now the moment has kind of passed, guess I'll just carry on for now.
If someone really wants to kill themselves they will. But just throwing a speed bump in their path will buy a lot more time for them to get better than you might think.
sharrrper t1_iwlzqah wrote
Reply to With Christmas Day Massacre approaching, it’s time for a new generation to see this gem. by OneWayReturns
It's basically Chuck Norris jokes but with George Washington
sharrrper t1_iug36ow wrote
Reply to The muscles in your jaw are probably strong enough to shatter your teeth, but the brain just won't let it happen. by soulsista04us
Biting through a finger is only slightly more difficult than biting through a carrot but your brain won't let you chomp your own if you're aware at all.
sharrrper t1_jef8r40 wrote
Reply to I finally crossed running a marathon off my bucket list by bog-doggie-46
Twenty-six miles? What's the big deal? I've run that!
Not all at once, but if you add it up over my lifetime that sounds about right.