theroastedtoaster

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[–] theroastedtoaster@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Just gonna leave this work of art here:

The Manual of Military Marvels https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eb_a7u3K8Bo

[–] theroastedtoaster@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

French AMX-30 AuF1 by the looks of it

[–] theroastedtoaster@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It looks to be a shot off of the Sir Issac Brock Bridge on Bathurst Street looking west towards Liberty Village

[–] theroastedtoaster@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It might be some sort of survey benchmark. If there's one on each end of the bridge, it could be for measuring alignment of the movable section against the stationary section

[–] theroastedtoaster@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Or just pronounce it "lawn" like all my calculus instructors did

[–] theroastedtoaster@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

"And all the vampires walkin' through the valley move west down Ventura Boulevard"

Tom Petty - Free Fallin'

[–] theroastedtoaster@lemmy.world 37 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Making brand new ones from raw sand/ore isn't great when you consider the need to mine and refine those into something useable. Lots of energy and effort goes into that part. The difference is that glass and aluminum are essentially infinitely recyclable, while plastic is often not. It takes way less effort and minimal input of new resources to recycle a glass bottle. Hell, with a robust bottle return system you can skip over the recycling part entirely - just send them back to the bottling facility to be cleaned and refilled.

[–] theroastedtoaster@lemmy.world 140 points 9 months ago (8 children)

Fibonacci/Golden ratio = 1.618 Kilometres in 1 mile = 1.609

Conversion is off by less than 1%, not bad at all