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  • M Mik
    25 days ago

    Here it’s referred to as Greater Cincinnati.

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    LuFins Dad
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    @Mik said in Mildly interesting:

    Here it’s referred to as Greater Cincinnati.

    Outside of Cincinnati, it’s referred to as Cintucky.

    Seriously, though? In DC, the term is used to represent both the train system, and the general region, including areas that fall out side of the strict DC border… Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax County, Montgomery County, Prince George’s County are all considered to be part of the Washington, DC Metro Area.

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      The Kyoto International Conference Center (ICC Kyoto) features a visible seismic damper in its underground parking, engineered by Kajima Corporation, one of Japan’s leading construction firms. This red steel component is a hysteretic damper, designed to deform under seismic stress and convert kinetic energy into heat, reducing structural loads on the column.
      The damper forms part of Kajima’s Seismic Isolation System (KSI) technologies, developed after the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, which exposed critical weaknesses in mid-century concrete structures. These systems have since been widely adopted in public infrastructure retrofits across Japan.
      ICC Kyoto, designed by Sachio Otani and opened in 1966, is a key site for Japan’s architectural modernism. While the main brutalist structure remains intact, its annexes have undergone retrofitting to meet post-1995 seismic standards. Kajima’s decision to leave the device exposed supports inspection visibility and reflects Japan’s approach to seismic transparency in structural design.

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      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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        wrote 23 days ago last edited by
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        Locations of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution

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        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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            23 days ago

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            Doctor Phibes
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            @mark said in Mildly interesting:

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            I had a great Aunt who looked a lot like that

            I was only joking

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              Horace
              wrote 23 days ago last edited by
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              Link to video

              Education is extremely important.

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                Mik
                wrote 23 days ago last edited by
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                Never saw a sequence like THAT in basketball.

                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                  Wombats are the only animals on Earth that produce cube-shaped poop — a quirky mystery that puzzled scientists for years. But now, researchers have figured out how this Australian marsupial pulls off the feat. By dissecting wombats and analyzing the elasticity and stiffness of their intestines, scientists discovered that the wombat’s gut has uniquely structured regions with varying flexibility. These regions contract in an uneven rhythm during digestion, slowly molding the feces into distinct six-sided shapes. To confirm their findings, the team even built a 2D mathematical model that simulated how these intestinal contractions form cubes over time. Unlike other animals, whose intestines squeeze poop in smooth, uniform waves, wombats have sections of muscle that squeeze faster or slower depending on their stiffness, shaping sharp corners as digestion progresses. The evolutionary reason? Wombats mark their territory by placing their droppings on rocks and logs — and cube-shaped poop simply doesn’t roll away. Scientists believe this strange biological trick could inspire new engineering methods for shaping materials more precisely.

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                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                    73% of all women from every class survived the sinking of the Titanic.

                    Only 19% of men survived.

                    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                    -Cormac McCarthy

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                      22 days ago

                      73% of all women from every class survived the sinking of the Titanic.

                      Only 19% of men survived.

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                      Horace
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                      @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                      73% of all women from every class survived the sinking of the Titanic.

                      Only 19% of men survived.

                      Speaking of paleolithic emotions and medieval institutions. It's no wonder why young men might be looking around and wondering about these sorts of attitudes.

                      Education is extremely important.

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                        The blokes probably paid for the tickets so it's only fair.

                        I was only joking

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                          Horace
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                          The dead ones still earned more than the women.

                          Education is extremely important.

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                            jon-nyc
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                            The patriarchy was so terrible men even thought they were more worthy of freezing to death than women.

                            "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                            -Cormac McCarthy

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                              22 days ago

                              @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                              73% of all women from every class survived the sinking of the Titanic.

                              Only 19% of men survived.

                              Speaking of paleolithic emotions and medieval institutions. It's no wonder why young men might be looking around and wondering about these sorts of attitudes.

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                              @Horace said in Mildly interesting:

                              @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                              73% of all women from every class survived the sinking of the Titanic.

                              Only 19% of men survived.

                              Speaking of paleolithic emotions and medieval institutions. It's no wonder why young men might be looking around and wondering about these sorts of attitudes.

                              Especially when we are harangued about being sexists and patriarchs.

                              Swim, bitch, swim.

                              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                -Cormac McCarthy

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                                  "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                  -Cormac McCarthy

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                                    18 days ago

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                                    Mik
                                    wrote 18 days ago last edited by
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                                    @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

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                                    Marin County I get. But the Tetons and parts of western Colorado? An artifact due to low population density I suppose.

                                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                      "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                      -Cormac McCarthy

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                                        jon-nyc
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                                        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                        -Cormac McCarthy

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                                          Mik
                                          wrote 17 days ago last edited by
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                                          Well, it isn't the Visible V8, but still pretty cool.

                                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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