OorPancake
OorPancake t1_jd97jst wrote
Reply to comment by Ugo777777 in TIL that mosquitos can be a nuisance for everyone but not for the people in Iceland. Simply because they don't exist there: by bringmeturtles
To be fair, he linked an article from 2017 and they probably didn't know what they'd contracted could be almost as bad as mosquitoes at the time.
OorPancake t1_jd6xku8 wrote
Reply to comment by HomeAl0ne in TIL that mosquitos can be a nuisance for everyone but not for the people in Iceland. Simply because they don't exist there: by bringmeturtles
That's true, but according to the Iceland Monitor they've had a problem since 2015.
I was surprised myself that they weren't seen as a problem before. (Maybe a different not so bitey species?)
-edit- That's what it is, the native species are non biting midges.
OorPancake t1_jd6umy0 wrote
Reply to TIL that mosquitos can be a nuisance for everyone but not for the people in Iceland. Simply because they don't exist there: by bringmeturtles
Midges invaded Iceland in 2015 and are already proving as much of a nuisance as they are in Scotland.
OorPancake t1_jaeu31e wrote
Reply to My bell pepper had no seeds. by Troooper0987
GM Pepper
OorPancake t1_ja9on6x wrote
Reply to This road has dots and recommends you keep a two dot distance between vehicles by Planejet42
The dots are chevrons in the UK.
OorPancake t1_ja9lx0r wrote
The royal arms.
OorPancake t1_ja20911 wrote
Reply to TIL of the 1955 Le Mans disaster. French driver Pierre Levegh crashed into a crowd of spectators. The crash, explosion and subsequent fire killed 84 and injured more than 120. It is still the deadliest car race crash ever. by triviafrenzy
There's a good documentary called Deadliest Crash: The Le Mans 1955 Disaster the BBC made about it, it was horrific. (14 of the casualties were decapitated.)
OorPancake t1_j9lpsav wrote
They might be seeing so far that they're looking at the back of their own heads 13.5Bn years ago.
OorPancake t1_j8z9tcg wrote
Reply to comment by somenemophilist in Our dog’s reaction to bringing home our tiny human by drscurvy
Why is he wearing a hat in the house? Do I need one?
OorPancake t1_j8yj2ex wrote
Am I the only one hearing this?
OorPancake t1_j8fgoky wrote
Reply to TIL that Sugar Ray Robinson had won all but one of his previous 132 fights, when he was defeated by unknown British boxer Randolph Turpin in 1951. Turpin became the first Brit to hold the middleweight championship since 1891 by VengefulMight
Sounds like he was a bit of a ladies man, if his nickname is anything to go by.
OorPancake t1_j6phq2z wrote
Reply to i have so many questions by tiredbanana
It's weird that it's purpose is to protect the least valuable bit of a chicken for anything but the chicken.
In that respect though it's #1 in the CPS market.
OorPancake t1_j6pgh9p wrote
Some cheap fancy dress outfits for children sold in major stores in the UK were found to be extremely flammable until there was a a campaign about it.
I think there was a loophole that was being exploited.
OorPancake t1_j6p7oj4 wrote
Reply to comment by Skvora in Ordered a space archaeologist, received a space mummy... by Skvora
Oooh, you unwrapped it. 😬 (😁)
OorPancake t1_j6p4sk4 wrote
Is it though?
OorPancake t1_j6ojtt6 wrote
OorPancake t1_j52hetf wrote
Reply to comment by invenio78 in TIL that cheap, un-shielded USB drive enclosures drastically reduce Bluetooth range by SomeGuyNamedJay
It's not.
2.4GHz suffers from less attenuation (it penetrates walls better) due to the longer wavelength, but the cost is a reduction in data rates. That's why it's seen as a legacy standard these days..it's low(frequency) and slow(data rate). But I'm not saying you should disable it on your home router though, it's fine as a fallback (maybe split your SSID's though).
In Enterprise deployments though, it's all about coverage with 5GHz
OorPancake t1_j5297hh wrote
Reply to comment by HotPocket_Consumed in TIL that cheap, un-shielded USB drive enclosures drastically reduce Bluetooth range by SomeGuyNamedJay
Did you understand my first post?
(If you'd been to a Cisco Live conference at any time in the last 5 years or so, you'd know they don't even make 2.4GHz available.)
OorPancake t1_j528ncd wrote
Reply to comment by HotPocket_Consumed in TIL that cheap, un-shielded USB drive enclosures drastically reduce Bluetooth range by SomeGuyNamedJay
Did you read my first post?
OorPancake t1_j527vq0 wrote
Reply to comment by invenio78 in TIL that cheap, un-shielded USB drive enclosures drastically reduce Bluetooth range by SomeGuyNamedJay
Short answer: You are probably confusing Range with Attenuation.
For pure LOS, 5GHz has a 6dB loss over 2.4Ghz but is more than compensated by increased maximum permitted power levels, and obviously higher throughput via modern protocols.
[My day job is surveying, troubleshooting and planning wireless networks...almost 20 years now.]
OorPancake t1_j51kz0b wrote
Reply to TIL that cheap, un-shielded USB drive enclosures drastically reduce Bluetooth range by SomeGuyNamedJay
There's no real excuse for relying on 2.4Ghz Wifi these days except in extremis, it's a legacy standard.
OorPancake t1_j2f12kd wrote
Reply to My dad's banjo collection by sadieperson
Has he been playing since he was an embryo?
p.s. I'm saying nothing about The Horn or Hairy Banjo's as it might lower the tone of the conversation somewhat. :)
OorPancake t1_j2epgmw wrote
Reply to TIL a "bum gun" is a type of bidet that resembles a garden hose with a hand-spray nozzle. They're so commonly found in Thailand (both Western-style and squat toilets) that politicians were outraged upon learning their parliamentary building didn't have what some refer to as "ass blasters". by Torley_
You use a Shattaf to blast the shitaff.
[or, if your my mum, for washing your hair in the sink.]
OorPancake t1_j2emqkx wrote
Reply to In the Netherlands garbage bins are closed off around NYE to prevent people from throwing fireworks into them. by PM_YOUR_SMILE_2ME
Or bombs? (Which is why in some areas of some cities there are none.)
OorPancake t1_jdeua0h wrote
Reply to comment by TheStoneMask in TIL that mosquitos can be a nuisance for everyone but not for the people in Iceland. Simply because they don't exist there: by bringmeturtles
That's what happens when you start direct flights from Glasgow to Reykjavik. :)