Mildly interesting

[Mik]

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@Mik Ain't math great?

[Mik]

Handy stuff, those numbers.

[Copper]

More pizza in half the slices.

[Copper]

[jon-nyc]

Think of the days before weather forecasting. When it started raining you had no idea if it was going to blow by in an hour or destroy your home.

[Mik]

People were far more vulnerable in almost any way you can think of.

[George K]

[mark]

Highest-Resolution Atomic Image Ever Captured

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-the-highest-resolution-atomic-image-ever-captured/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHelilleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRao7eWFATvV2RJ7J6e6C4NyfatZ693_snvyZFTf0KzM16FsnHE5bzTBpQ_aem_ly4tdiFZ1HecKNnzFNOiZg

[jon-nyc]

That guy must be using an iPhone 17 prototype.

[jon-nyc]

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[jon-nyc]

American battleship USS Indiana (BB-58) arrives home after the war. Taken from the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Bay, on 29 September 1945.

[LuFins Dad]

[LuFins Dad]

@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

American battleship USS Indiana (BB-58) arrives home after the war. Taken from the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Bay, on 29 September 1945.

Man, how would you like to have to pilot one of those Kingfishers? That plane catapult does not look very long… That’s 0-60 in what? 60’? That looks rougher than taking off in a fighter on a nice long 700’ runway…

I assume they landed on the water and were hoisted back onto the catapults?

[jon-nyc]

I don’t know but I’ll bet Jolly and/or Bach do.

[LuFins Dad]

@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

American battleship USS Indiana (BB-58) arrives home after the war. Taken from the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Bay, on 29 September 1945.

My guess was isolation, but in the thread somebody mentioned male to female ratios (men seem to commit suicide at higher rates), and somebody else brought up altitude. Apparently, there are studies supporting that theory… This is worth it’s own thread.

[jon-nyc]

Altitude, fewer mental health resources and/or reluctance to use those you have, M/F ratio, % Native American, gun ownership rates.

All mentioned, all probably factors.

[LuFins Dad]

@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

Altitude, fewer mental health resources and/or reluctance to use those you have, M/F ratio, % Native American, gun ownership rates.

All mentioned, all probably factors.

I was curious as to whether the altitude issue was overblown, maybe a result of bias without looking at other factors (altitude generally leads to higher male per female and greater isolation) so I looked up Denver. A high altitude city, but well populated, 50/50 male to female, and moderate gun ownership. Damned if it doesn’t have one of the highest suicide rates in the country…

[Copper]

High altitude brings fatigue and confusion, maybe more suicidal accidents.