The Awesome Videos Thread (with Extra Sauce!)

[Celt Z]

I think the confusion is rooted in Keltsy's malformed sentence



Is that supposed to be "the kryptonite turned into him AS a woman," or "the kryptonite turned HIM INTO a woman?"

"Him into". I really need to learn to stop replying on my phone.

 

[GasBandit]

"Him into". I really need to learn to stop replying on my phone.

Keltsy cannot into space.

 

[GasBandit]

 

[PatrThom]

That's the flashiest Carhartt's logo I've ever seen.

--Patrick

 

[drifter]

Carhartt doesn't have the same blue-collar rep in Europe and is more of a streetwear brand there. For example:

The Euro line is sold as Carhartt Work in Progress in NA.

 

[GasBandit]

 

[PatrThom]

Let's bust again, like we did last Summer.

--Patrick

 

[Dei]

 

[Dave]

Your definition of awesome and mine are vastly different.

 

[GasBandit]

 

[PatrThom]

Kristen Bell dressed up as Magnum, P.I.? I don't even have to play the video before rating it.

--Patrick

 

[Dave]

Kristen Bell dressed up as Magnum, P.I.? I don't even have to play the video before rating it.

--Patrick

Yeah that was fine, but the song itself was god awful, especially when she started trying to sing hard core rock. It was just...bad.

 

[figmentPez]

 

[PatrThom]

Sure beats having to rely on embedded bits of decaying radioactive material plus detection hardware.

EDIT: Oh hey, they actually mention that in the video.

--Patrick

 

[DarkAudit]

Love Tom's stuff. He did one on the PRT system at WVU. He was far more impressed with it than any of the students ever were.

 

[Eriol]

Same guy, best video I've seen in YEARS:

I've had to account for all of this except Gregorian/Julian, and Leap Seconds in code I've had to maintain. LAST WEEK!!! No shit, I fixed a bug on this stuff last week in our product because MICROSOFT has a bug in one of its functions relating to this that we were relying on.

I'm actually surprised he didn't mention something about relativistic effects and accounting for THAT. I do like the stinger and mentioning "smearing" time. I'd read about that as well.

 

[Denbrought]

I've had to account for all of this except Gregorian/Julian, and Leap Seconds in code I've had to maintain. LAST WEEK!!! No shit, I fixed a bug on this stuff last week in our product because MICROSOFT has a bug in one of its functions relating to this that we were relying on.

I hate dealing with time so much. I'm very fond of Jon Skeet's (PBUH) NodaTime, but even then it's like pulling nails.

Relevant xkcd:

 

[Eriol]

The whole video is fascinating, but the particular time index I put in there is just funny:

 

[WasabiPoptart]

Stuff like this makes me have a pang of regret over not pursuing a marine biology degree.

 

[PatrThom]

Stuff like this makes me have a pang of regret over not pursuing a marine biology degree.

You can always have someone else crush a cup for you.

The whole video is fascinating, but the particular time index I put in there is just funny:

Hey, back in the day, X10 was seen as one step below Demon Seed.

—Patrick

 

[GasBandit]

Hey, back in the day, X10 was seen as one step below Demon Seed.

—Patrick

Back when they were one of the worst perpetrators of unwanted e-mail spam. I excoriated a close friend for buying an X10 camera, likened it to financially supporting immorality.

 

[figmentPez]

@LittleKagsin , because she recently discussed this on her podcast.'

 

[filmfanatic]

 

[PatrThom]

Hey, I liked Bubbles.
EDIT: I think I still have some of those cassettes.
EDIT2: I'd like to know how he accumulates his research. He seems very thorough and it looks like he's searching stuff that wouldn't be available to everyone, at least not in any kind of easy-to-browse format.

--Patrick

 

[Bubble181]

Hey, I liked Bubbles.


--Patrick

 

[GasBandit]

 

[Eriol]

Somehow this video manages to be both horrifyingly "real" and also funny.

Honestly, I'm probably laughing instead of crying.


And yes I just recently discovered Tom Scott's videos. They're great.

 

[DarkAudit]

And yes I just recently discovered Tom Scott's videos. They're great.

He was here a while back to do a video on the PRT. He was far more impressed than anyone who has actually had to use the thing on a regular basis.

 

[Eriol]

He was here a while back to do a video on the PRT. He was far more impressed than anyone who has actually had to use the thing on a regular basis.

PRT?

 

[DarkAudit]

PRT?

 

[PatrThom]

Somehow this video manages to be both horrifyingly "real" and also funny.

It's especially poignant if you're someone who has an interest in the Singularity.

--Patrick

 

[figmentPez]

Somehow this video manages to be both horrifyingly "real" and also funny.

Too horrifying for me to find "funny", but entertaining, yes.

 

[HCGLNS]

Host "Apparently I'm the only one to work with wolverines this closely in the entire world...OW! OW! OW!"

Cameraman "I wonder why..."

 

[figmentPez]

I'm laughing entirely too hard at this:

 

[GasBandit]

I'm laughing entirely too hard at this:

At first I was all "This? This is 15 years ago, why..." and then the ending. Haaaaaaa