Month: July 2018

Speaking of the incident in the cave, where meditation and a Buddhist coach helped the children survive (and ultimately, of course, the rescuers). I once read an interesting book by Alain Bombard, “Adrift by Choice”.

It starts with the fact that people who suffer shipwrecks die not from hunger or thirst, but from fear and loss of hope. 90%

of the victims die within the first three days, although a person can generally survive up to two weeks without water. So, this guy decided to row across the Atlantic in a lifeboat, and – he made it in 1952, in two months.

This is to say that being in a flooded cave is a problem of roughly the same magnitude. And the fact that the kids spent nine days there and survived is thanks largely to the coach. Though, the fact they ended up there at all is on them too.

“We had a thermonuclear warhead, tens of tons of missile fuel, and a wrench. Of all these, only the wrench was a concern. There is nothing more helpless, irresponsible, and depraved than servicing a strategic missile with a wrench from the wrong system. But we knew that soon we’d come to that too.”

https://warhead.su/2018/07/12/yadryona-mat-i-gaechnyy-klyuch-kak-ustroit-feyerverk-s-yadernoy-petardoy

Watching Big Bang Theory. And here’s something interesting – the show is already 11 years old, everyone knows it, but the main characters haven’t really made a mark elsewhere. Sure, they act, but it’s unclear in what. For instance, Kaley Cuoco, who plays Penny, is second in the ranking of the highest-paid TV actresses, yet she takes minor roles in mediocre TV shows. Look, in “Why Him?” (a fun little movie), she played the voice of a virtual assistant. Simon Helberg, who is Howard Wolowitz, also has something indescribable on his “resume”. The Indian guy got a voice role in Ice Age, and that’s the peak of his career. And Jim Parsons, who is, actually, Sheldon Cooper, hasn’t made his mark elsewhere either.

It’s interesting how things turn out – every dog on the street recognizes you, you seem to have money, people seem to love you, but major roles just don’t come your way.

Another bicycle invented. What do you think, will it take off?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9gQ1KRhesM&feature=youtu.be

How intriguing. For Google and Yandex, “Novichok” almost exclusively signifies a poisonous substance. The word, which denotes a person who has recently become acquainted with something, has nearly perished in search engine usage. Google Translate still renders it as Newbie, but, I sense, it will soon translate it as Novichok…

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS780US780&{google:acceptedSuggestion}oq=%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BE%D0%BA&{google:instantFieldTrialGroupParameter}sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BE%D0%BA

On the beach stands an unknown contraption resembling an alien spaceship. Turns out, it’s a World War II bunker. Two-meter-thick concrete walls and ceiling. 20 rooms. Artillery battery (like a tank roof, 6″ caliber, 360°). Previously unnoticed, it has now been “exposed” by erosion and water. Nearby, there are observation towers from which coordinates were transmitted to target this device.

http://www.artificialowl.net/2008/10/abandoned-cape-may-giant-concrete-ww2.html

Yesterday I went to the sea, and there, as usual, planes were flying with advertisements. I wonder how much a massage parlor needs to earn in order to afford their ad to be carried through the sky by ten planes back and forth?

In the background are the remains of an experimental CONCRETE ship. It says it sank because of weight.

Jokes aside, the material about concrete ships is interesting https://masterok.livejournal.com/168747.html

🚲45km, from Mount Vernon to the Pentagon and back. On the way back, I rode in the dark, and unsurprisingly, I only encountered one other cyclist: the area around the marshes is swarming with gnats, and you occasionally crash into their dense swarms. Thank God, at least they don’t bite.

I bought a bike holder and now the possibilities have expanded;)

Americans flinch from cyclists on the road and don’t know what to do when they encounter someone on an electric longboard. Always wanted one, but riding on the highway feels daunting.