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"Find something to believe in, and find it for yourself. When you do, pass it on to the future." The occasional ramblings of a college student with a focus on science, technology, video games, fandoms, nature, social issues, and the occassional silly photo.

[vicboss]

I did a video on how to hone your BS detector. Check it out and be armed with knowledge!

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I did a video exploring old websites from around the millennium. Check out this walk down memory lane.

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I did a video on the Last of Us and morality, check it out if you want.

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Check out part 4 of my playthrough of Resident Evil HD Remake. Parts 5 and 6 will go live soon!

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Uploaded a new video. A quickplay of Don’t Starve. Check it out!

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Uploaded a video on my Youtube channel discussing video games, art and Earthbound.

[carlboygenius]

[vicboss]

Neil deGrasse Tyson is so freakin awesome.

[science-junkie]

The science of why stepping on Legos makes you want to die

By Sonali Kohli

There are a few factors that come together to make this such a painful experience, wrote Karl Smallwood of Today I Found Out. First of all, the sole of the foot is highly sensitive to pain (and tickling), because of the many nerve endings there that convey information and help keep the body balanced.

And those plastic blocks are designed to be pretty astonishingly hard, with sharp corners to boot. You could apply 950 lbs, or stack 375,000 lego bricks, before one would crack. That means that as your foot stomps down on a block, the plastic doesn’t crack or crumble, its tiny evil ridges remaining intact as they dig into the ball of your foot.

The sharp corners also exacerbate the pain, New York University physics professor Tycho Sleator tells Quartz via email. Pressure is equal to the amount of force divided by the area to which that force is applied, he explains. “When you step on something with a sharp corner, the force from the corner is concentrated over a very small region of your foot.  This would result in a very high pressure on that small region of your foot.”

That also means that Lego encounters probably hurt you more than they do your lighter-weight kid, because the surface of the Lego matches the amount of pressure bearing down on it.

(via Quartz)

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[vicboss]

I laughed absurdly hard at this.

[witchymarisa]

[liberalsarecool]

Not everything is a popularity contest.

[science-junkie]

*This Last Year in Science 2014*

A list of 155 scientific discoveries made in 2014 all in one place for your enjoyment. Including items like the Comet Landing, Ebola Vaccines, Hybrid Stars, Hybrid Cars, Giant Diamonds and loads more. 

*Video*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSZlYZVKFb4

*Channel*

https://www.youtube.com/EsEinsteinium03 Thanks to I Fucking Love Science for supplying all the information.

[vicboss]

John Green, is that you?

(Does John secretly turn into an enormous green rage monster?)

[smithsonianmag]

Photo of the Day: Storm Break in Zion Canyon

Photo by Nick DeBarmore (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA); Zion National Park, Springdale, Utah, USA

[fuckyeahfluiddynamics]

What happens when you step on lava? (First off, don’t try this yourself.) Lava is both very dense and very viscous, so, as illustrated in the animation above, it does not give all that much under pressure. If you were to fall on it, you’d land, sink a little bit, and then get burned. It’s also interesting to note that the lava springs back after being indented. Basaltic lava like that found in Hawaii, where this clip originates, does have viscoelastic properties, which might explain the elasticity of the deformed fluid. (Image credit: A. Rivest, source video; via Gizmodo)

[floatypoe-blog]

The strength of interactive entertainment is in the things you remember ten or fifteen years later. Of course, people are moved by novels and films, but later they may only remember that they were moved, and forget the plot. Actions you take yourself stay vivid. It’s a totally unique sensation that has a different way of penetrating your consciousness.

Satoru Iwata (via floatypoe)

[vicboss]

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Nuclear Weapons (HBO)

America has over 4,800 nuclear weapons, and we don’t take terrific care of them. It’s terrifying, basically.

I understand that nobody really seems to care about nuclear weapons anymore, given how little attention is paid to them in the media. However, here is a very good argument for why you should. The fact that we almost destroyed North Carolina and the fact that we left six nuclear warheads unguarded out on tarmac for 36 hours should terrify you, it should inspire you to care. And if it doesn't... well I honestly don't know what else to say.