TIL: Today I Learned

[Josu]

TIL pine processionary can be used to combat Asian Hornet plague

 

[hobbsyoyo]

If it came in at a very steep angle, could it actually hit the ground before it burst?

Yes.

TIL that the 'teakettle engines' (resistojets) used in real-life geostationary communication satellites and in The Expanse were invented by a Canadian engineer named Yvonne Brill. I didn't know of her five minutes ago but now she's one of my heroes.

 

[Synobun]

Yes.

TIL that the 'teakettle engines' (resistojets) used in real-life geostationary communication satellites and in The Expanse were invented by a Canadian engineer named Yvonne Brill. I didn't know of her five minutes ago but now she's one of my heroes.

Changing your tune on poly marriages, huh?

 

[hobbsyoyo]

She's dead, Jim

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

She's dead, Jim

Necromancy

 

[Berzerker]

A steeper angle would have seen it get closer to the ground before it burst. As it happened, it exploded at a very high altitude so the worst of the shockwave only broke glass instead of leveling buildings.

Okay, I was assuming identical blast points with the only difference being angle of descent. I've seen simulations of airblasts and steeper angles produce different trajectories of the bow waves and compression of heated air in front of the rock. I remember watching a video from the ~1970s from the American NW I think of a rock skipping off the atmosphere back into space. It was a fairly good sized chunk, very visible from maybe ~25-35 miles away.

 

[MaryKB]

TIL that my therapist is as into MBTI as I am, and she's the same type as me. That's really not terribly surprising, considering how well we get along, but it's still really neat to learn.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

TIL that the gastrocolic reflex is why you sometimes need to use the bathroom right after eating. The stomach tells the colon to get rid of the old crap so it can make room for more.

 

[Takhisis]

TIL that my therapist is as into MBTI as I am, and she's the same type as me. That's really not terribly surprising, considering how well we get along, but it's still really neat to learn.

I have to ask what MBTI means.

 

[MaryKB]

I have to ask what MBTI means.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.

 

[Takhisis]

…

 

[Synobun]

…

It's astrology-lite.

 

[MaryKB]

It's astrology-lite.

It's psychology.

 

[Synobun]

It's psychology.

Insomuch as exposing bias and being a fun game, sure.

 

[Takhisis]

It's astrology-lite.

It's psychology.

…

 

[MaryKB]

Insomuch as exposing bias and being a fun game, sure.

You know nothing, Jon Snow.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

…

Here's the Wikipedia page so don't have to listen to the old married couple anymore

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator

 

[Takhisis]

I already have, which is why I stopped posting.

 

[Lemon Merchant]

It's psychology.

It's rubbish, not psychology.

 

[Imaus]

TIL that there were three Custers, and the most infamous one dragged his two brothers with him to their collective deaths.