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June 9th, 1934
"Donald Duck waddles into pop culture, debuting in Disney’s "The Wise Little Hen." In it, the irascible quacker and his pal Peter Pig try to avoid work by faking stomach aches until Mrs. Hen teaches them the value of labor."
Via history.com
May 8, 1835, Hans Christian Andersen published a volume of fairy tales titled "Eventyr, fortalte for børn" which translates to "Tales, Told for Children." It was one of the first collections of stories aimed at young readers in a modern Western context.
Before "Tales, Told for Children," children's stories were mostly moralistic in nature and not tailored for children's comprehension.
Danish folktales and the collective works of the Brothers Grimm inspired Andersen. His stories took elements of oral tradition and mixed with his own original ideas. Andersen's tales often featured common protagonists facing relatable challenges, a big change from the noble higher class heroes of earlier literature.
Source: EBSCO.com
April 26th, 1986
The Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor in northern Ukraine (at the time, part of the Soviet Union) exploded
On this day, April 14th, 1912, the RMS Titanic hits an iceberg at 11:40pm off Newfoundland
The most famous ship sinking of all time, the RMS Titanic was the largest ship afloat in the world when it hit an iceberg and sank on April
On this day, April 14th, 1865, US President Abraham Lincoln is shot in the Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. by John Wilkes Booth.
US President Abraham Lincoln was the first of four presidents to be assassinated. The other three were James Garfield (1881), William McKinl
January 28th is National Blueberry Pancake Day!
Antoinette monoplane piloted by the Count of Robillard-Cosnac prepared for a flight during an aviation event in the Picardy region of France
French vintage postcard
January 15th is National Strawberry Ice Cream Day!
January 15th is National Bagel Day!
On this day, January 14th, 1784
US Congress of the Confederation ratifies the Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, ending the American Revolutionary War, and forwards it to the British government
On this day, January 14th, 1641
Dutch East India Company conquers the city of Malacca, killing about 7,000 people
For the curious, this chap is processing flax, then spinning it into cordage, then twisting those cords into rope.
when you’re at the end of your rope but must carry on regardless
This is from Eugenio Monesma, a man who has dedicated his life to making documentaries about all the living traditions and craftsmen that still live in Spain, is not the first time I’ve seen his stuff uncredited on Tik Tok, which is a shame because he has over 20 years worth of videos of his work for free on his channel.
Even if you don’t understand Spanish do give it a look please, very interesting stuff, you’re sure to find something interesting across his 1000+ videos.
Luckyly this video comes with subtitles so please enjoy seeing the process more in depth
June 9th, 1973
Secretariat wins Triple Crown.
"Secretariat becomes the first horse since Citation in 1948 to win America’s coveted Triple Crown: the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes. In one of the finest performances in racing history, Secretariat, ridden by Ron Turcotte, completed the 1.5-mile race in 2 minutes and 24 seconds, a dirt-track record for that distance.
Secretariat was born at Meadow Stables in Doswell, Virginia, on March 30, 1970. He was sired by Bold Ruler, the 1957 Preakness winner, and foaled by Somethingroyal, which came from a Thoroughbred line known for its stamina. An attractive chestnut colt, he grew to over 16 hands high and was at two years the size of a three-year-old."
Via history.com
Have you ever wondered how tech technicians recover data from faulty flash and memory whose data cannot be recovered by normal methods.
this is necromancy
Okay but what does it actually *do*? I is anyone down to explain this in detail?
So this flash drive was made in the form of a single monolithic element (why the spider board says "for monolith"). This means that, unlike other forms of memory storage devices, it cannot be unsoldered and read on a particular hardware reader. [Tangent: USB flash drives and SD memory cards may or may not be monolithic, but all MicroSD flash drives are.]
To connect to a memory chip on monolithic flash drives, data recovery specialists need to strip the printed circuit board of the flash drive and connect to the necessary contacts using a special PC-3000 Spider Board device.
The PC-3000 Spider Board is designed to perform switching with technological outputs of drives in monolithic memory cards. Data can be recovered with the Spider Board from a variety of damaged memory cards, including Monolithic USB Flash Drive, MicroSD, SD, and others. The PC-3000 Flash Spider Board Adapter is an all-purpose way to safely restore monolithic data without tedious soldering.
The PC-3000-Flash software reads the ROM (read-only memory) of the device that is having its data recovered by directly accessing NAND chips. [Tangent: Flash memory is an electronic non-volatile computer memory storage medium that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed. It is a semiconductor that stores data and is used in smartphones and many other electronic devices around us. The two main types of flash memory, NOR flash and NAND flash, are named for the NOR and NAND logic gates. KIOXIA invented the world’s first NAND flash memory in 1987 and remains one of the leading companies conducting flash memory development and manufacturing.] The connection is carried out through the PC3000 Spider Board adapter, which allows connection to the process pins of the NAND Flash chip without soldering due to 25 movable needle contacts.
My sources (which I quoted verbatim as well as paraphrased):
Our engineers use a vast range of tools to recover data successfully. Spider Board is the type of hardware used for monolithic devices.
Concert Stage Effects
Today, I was curious about the different kinds of stage effects that have been used. There's fog and pyrotechnics, but that's all I knew of. So here's a neat list of different concert stage effects.
Pyrotechnics are often used to punctuate climactic moments in a performance. Pyrotechnics can include high-shooting fireballs, raining sparks, and intricate music-synchronised firework displays.
Entertainment Effects, my information sources for this post, lists these pyrotechnics as available for purchase through their business:
Comets: Shooting bursts of light, designed to look like shooting stars.
Gerb Fountains: A jet of sparks to create a dazzling plume. These can be used both indoors and outdoors to create spectacular concert special effects.
Mines: Similar to comets, mines release small bursts of light. They spread out, creating fan-shaped pyrotechnics effects.
Sparkulars can be operated in close proximity to performers – and unlike traditional pyrotechnics – the sparks themselves are not flammable. With a cold fallout that creates a dazzling visual element, there are a number of sparkular special effects that are popular in concerts:
Sparkular Machines create non-hazardous effects that look exactly like traditional fireworks or pyrotechnics.
Sparkular Cyclones displays the amazing spark jet but up to an impressive 10m! It is an ideal choice for large productions, concerts, music festivals and outdoor events.
Sparkular Falls create a stunning silver waterfall effect.
G Flames, or propane flames, light the stage with controlled bursts of fire. These flames can dance and flicker in synchronisation with the music.
CO2 jets release plumes of white, billowing fog that cover the stage and crowd.
Confetti can be used in a variety of ways at a concert.
Entertainment Effects, lists these confetti systems as available for purchase through their business:
A powerful confetti blaster can blast a wave of confetti up to 25 meters high. Blasters can have an automatic feed, be used wirelessly anywhere on the stage.
When loaded full, a confetti swirl fan can be launched for around 2 minutes on full power and up to 8 minutes when it’s controlled with a dimmer.
Information Source:
Entertainment Effects's article, "Top 5 Most Dazzling Concert Special Effects"
why are star wars planets more boring than earth and our solar system like sure we’ve seen desert, snow, diff types of forest, beach, lava, rain, but like…
rainbow mountains (peru)
red soil (canada/PEI)
rings (saturn’s if they were on earth)
bioluminescent waves
northern lights (canada)
salt flats (bolivia, where they filmed crait but did NOTHING COOL WITH IT except red dust?? like??? come ON)
and cool fauna like the touch me not or like, you know, the venus flytrap.. and don’t get me started on BUGS like… we have bugs cooler than sw aliens
BASICALLY like???? come on star wars you had one (1) job where are the cool alien species
I KNOW!! I did a report on filming locations in Star Wars last year and just made a list of places that looked so surreal they could make a convincing other planet. You covered some on my list but if I could just add a couple more:
Tsingy di Bemaraha, Madagascar
Zhangye Danxia, China (similar to the Rainbow Mountains in terms of appearance)
Chocolate Hills, Philippines
Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland
So many missed opportunities with cool ass things on Earth, Lucasfilms smh…
Earth is effing amazing!
Quebrada de Humahuaca, Argentina
Lake Retba, Senegal
Tepui, Venezuela
Tianzi Mountains, China
these would make amazing Star Wars planets OR fantasy material:
Tsingy du Bemaraha, Madagascar again (but a different part)
(those are razor-sharp, if you were wondering. very little of this area has been explored because YIKES)
Lake Natron, Tanzania
(looks cool, but is alkaline enough to Kill Your Shit)
Lake Baikal, Russia
(the deepest lake in the world, seriously)
and I’ll wrap it up with Son Doong Cave, Vietnam, the largest cave in the entire world.
it puts anything Dagobah has to offer to absolute shame:
(seriously, the largest chamber is 660 feet high. you could jam a fucking skyscraper in there and still lose it)
anyway I really like caves thanks for coming to my ted talk
If I’m ever gonna make a movie with cool weird alien features I’m first gonna ask the internet for weird, wonderful places on earth to look at for inspiration.
I’d like to contribute!
Namib-Naukluft Park in Namibia
Cave of Crystals, Mexico
Socotra Island, Yemen
Crooked Forest, Poland (look at their funky little trunks they look like they’re doing the Michael Jackson lean)
I cant believe this tweet is how I find out
Edit: Now that we're talking about it, look. There is all the countries ratification dates, along with considerations for their laws.
And you can check the convention here.
Edit 2: For those in the US who want to check their state's laws compliance to the convention, there is this site.
Edit 3: The map source btw. Its from wikipedia.
Thank you people in the notes for the info and image desc.
Yikes
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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (commonly abbreviated as the CRC or UNCRC) is an international human rights treaty which sets out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children.
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From the above "Edit 3" Wikipedia link.
