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Post by Dr. Rumak on Jun 29, 2021 22:06:14 GMT -5
I keep meaning to start this thread.
TIL that minor league baseball instituted a rule that in extra inning games each team starts the inning with a player on second base.
I guess the idea is to speed up the end of the game, but since it impacts both teams evenly, it certainly did not help speed it up in the game I was at (both teams just scored 1). I left after 11 innings, because I have to work tomorrow.
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Post by pantsgoblin on Jun 30, 2021 9:46:49 GMT -5
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Post by liebkartoffel on Jun 30, 2021 10:21:27 GMT -5
I keep meaning to start this thread. TIL that minor league baseball instituted a rule that in extra inning games each team starts the inning with a player on second base. I guess the idea is to speed up the end of the game, but since it impacts both teams evenly, it certainly did not help speed it up in the game I was at (both teams just scored 1). I left after 11 innings, because I have to work tomorrow. The MLB's been doing this since last year, ostensibly for COVID reasons. I'm agnostic, but I'm annoyed that they're still stubbornly resistant to stuff that would actually speed up the pace of play, like pitch clocks and electronic strike zones. |
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Post by Desert Dweller on Jun 30, 2021 23:30:50 GMT -5
I keep meaning to start this thread. TIL that minor league baseball instituted a rule that in extra inning games each team starts the inning with a player on second base. I guess the idea is to speed up the end of the game, but since it impacts both teams evenly, it certainly did not help speed it up in the game I was at (both teams just scored 1). I left after 11 innings, because I have to work tomorrow. The MLB's been doing this since last year, ostensibly for COVID reasons. I'm agnostic, but I'm annoyed that they're still stubbornly resistant to stuff that would actually speed up the pace of play, like pitch clocks and electronic strike zones.
MLB tested pitch clocks during the Arizona Fall League several years ago. It may still be in place, but I don't know because we haven't had a Fall League in a couple years.
When I attended and saw this, the way it was implemented allowed the batters to mess with the pitcher's timing, because the pitch clock kept going even when the batter wasn't in the box. Several hot prospect pitchers got called for violating this, even thought the batter didn't get into the box until the last couple seconds.
So, MLB would need to be sure to update that policy if they implement it.
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Jul 1, 2021 8:00:40 GMT -5
Today I learned that the chorus to "It's Tricky" by Run DMC matches "Mickey" by Toni Basil.
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Post by Dr. Rumak on Jul 17, 2021 20:32:21 GMT -5
TIL that "Black Magic Woman" was originally a Fleetwood Mac song, and the Santana version is a cover.
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Post by nowimnothing on Jul 19, 2021 15:17:34 GMT -5
TIL that there were no humans in New Zealand until very recently. It was one of the last major landmasses to be populated. Evidence points to about 700 years ago as when the first humans started to live there.
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Post by pantsgoblin on Jul 21, 2021 16:53:29 GMT -5
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Post by Ben Grimm on Aug 13, 2021 7:28:48 GMT -5
So apparently Patrick Duffy and Julia Duffy aren't related to each other.
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Post by liebkartoffel on Aug 13, 2021 11:46:55 GMT -5
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ABz B👹anaz
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Post by ABz B👹anaz on Aug 13, 2021 13:07:00 GMT -5
TIL (well, yesterday but it WAS new to me), thanks to the Shoutbox, that birds are unaffected by capsaicin, so some birdseed mixes are coated with it or have hot peppers mixed in to deter other animals from eating it.
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Post by pantsgoblin on Aug 13, 2021 13:11:25 GMT -5
TIL (well, yesterday but it WAS new to me), thanks to the Shoutbox, that birds are unaffected by capsaicin, so some birdseed mixes are coated with it or have hot peppers mixed in to deter other animals from eating it. Yeah, a good friend has a blue macaw named Pyewacket who absolutely lives for jalapeno seeds. |
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Post by Dr. Rumak on Aug 27, 2021 19:24:04 GMT -5
TIL that Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name" was originally written for Bonnie Tyler under the title "If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)" with different lyrics.
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Aug 31, 2021 10:12:34 GMT -5
TIL the architect is named Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and not Miles van der Rohe like I thought.
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Post by The Stuffingtacular She-Hulk on Aug 31, 2021 11:28:19 GMT -5
Ohhhhhhhh my god. Bless poor Selma Blair; she must have been so freaked out. |
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Aug 31, 2021 11:46:10 GMT -5
Ohhhhhhhh my god. Bless poor Selma Blair; she must have been so freaked out. That's so pathetic. Good for Selma but yeah I would have been pretty freaked out in her shoes too. |
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Post by The Stuffingtacular She-Hulk on Aug 31, 2021 11:49:16 GMT -5
Ohhhhhhhh my god. Bless poor Selma Blair; she must have been so freaked out. That's so pathetic. Good for Selma but yeah I would have been pretty freaked out in her shoes too. Like, either he totally forgot it's still posted on his site, or he has absolutely no awareness and still thinks he "won" without knowing how insane it makes him sound. I really hope it's the former. |
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Post by liebkartoffel on Aug 31, 2021 20:14:48 GMT -5
That's so pathetic. Good for Selma but yeah I would have been pretty freaked out in her shoes too. Like, either he totally forgot it's still posted on his site, or he has absolutely no awareness and still thinks he "won" without knowing how insane it makes him sound. I really hope it's the former. Fun fact: Kevin Smith was a 31-year-old man when he wrote these words. |
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Post by The Stuffingtacular She-Hulk on Sept 1, 2021 8:13:43 GMT -5
Like, either he totally forgot it's still posted on his site, or he has absolutely no awareness and still thinks he "won" without knowing how insane it makes him sound. I really hope it's the former. Fun fact: Kevin Smith was a 31-year-old man when he wrote these words. Thanks, I hate it. |
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Post by pantsgoblin on Sept 1, 2021 8:26:53 GMT -5
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210831131407.htm"Mechanical energy -- such as the kinetic energy of wind, waves, body movement and vibrations from motors -- is abundant," says Michael Dickey, corresponding author of a paper on the work and Camille & Henry Dreyfus Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at NC State. "We have created a device that can turn this type of mechanical motion into electricity. And one of its remarkable attributes is that it works perfectly well underwater."
The heart of the energy harvester is a liquid metal alloy of gallium and indium. The alloy is encased in a hydrogel -- a soft, elastic polymer swollen with water.
The water in the hydrogel contains dissolved salts called ions. The ions assemble at the surface of the metal, which can induce charge in the metal. Increasing the area of the metal provides more surface to attract charge. This generates electricity, which is captured by a wire attached to the device.
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Post by Dr. Rumak on Sept 1, 2021 12:05:33 GMT -5
The heart of the energy harvester is a liquid metal alloy of gallium and indium. The alloy is encased in a hydrogel -- a soft, elastic polymer swollen with water.
Do you want T-1000s? Because that's how you get T-1000s. |
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Post by Prole Hole on Sept 1, 2021 15:03:35 GMT -5
The heart of the energy harvester is a liquid metal alloy of gallium and indium. The alloy is encased in a hydrogel -- a soft, elastic polymer swollen with water.
Do you want T-1000s? Because that's how you get T-1000s. And the problem with that is...? |
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Post by MyNameIsNoneOfYourGoddamnBusin on Sept 8, 2021 19:29:36 GMT -5
In the 1930s, the (Philadelphia) Eagles briefly had a starting quarterback named Glenn Frey.
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Post by pantsgoblin on Sept 10, 2021 8:31:16 GMT -5
The singer Taylor Dayne's real name is Lesley Wunderman, which frankly is a much better pop star moniker.
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Post by The Stuffingtacular She-Hulk on Sept 10, 2021 13:59:55 GMT -5
Grammarly can and will correct you on a misspelling of "schmuck."
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Sept 28, 2021 14:25:44 GMT -5
TIL the reason Spain loves pork so much is because fuck the Jews and Muslims, that's why. (It's a short, interesting read, but basically: it was a reaction to the Crusades.) |
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Post by Celebith on Sept 28, 2021 14:37:08 GMT -5
TIL that Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name" was originally written for Bonnie Tyler under the title "If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)" with different lyrics. But, she definitely released a song with that title, and different music. |
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Post by Dr. Rumak on Sept 28, 2021 15:04:23 GMT -5
TIL that Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name" was originally written for Bonnie Tyler under the title "If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)" with different lyrics. But, she definitely released a song with that title, and different music. Pretty much the same music. |
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Post by Dr. Rumak on Oct 1, 2021 18:22:33 GMT -5
TIL that Peter Graves was the younger brother of James Arness (who played Marshall Dillon on Gunsmoke).
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Post by Post-St. Patty's Day Bloat on Oct 4, 2021 13:34:31 GMT -5
Apparently Emily Ratajkowski isn't Mary Lynn Rajskub.
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