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klubai4
#18 1,400,000 mosquitoes? You haven't been to northern Sweden nor Finland. Our mosquitoes self-identify as apache attack helicopters
TheLesserOfTwoWeevils
TIL 1% of the population are Weasleys
squidmaster42
So it's anywhere between 6 dollars and 10 billion dollars?
actorsnonactors
#5 But an eerie 85% rise in children named Hurricane.
OhNoNotThatGuyQuickEverybodyHide
That first fact is a prime example as to how the military industrial complex is ripping us off.
Helmacon
You best believe there is some crazy tech in those helmets.
tedzilla
both my mom and my sister have red hair and blue eyes
ECUTrent
6-10 trillion dollars worth of resources you say?! As an American, here we come North Korea!
Zahnradfee
You're welcome: https://youtu.be/0tmCIsSpvC8
TheNearlyLastAirbender
Welcome to Costco. I love you
sonikkuruzu
#14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tmCIsSpvC8
IShatInYourKittyLitter
I'm pretty sure there's a sign right above the fact about no signs.
Drewscifer
#1 Given that the armed services have never passed an audit I'm gonna guess they cost more than $400K
themuttonisniceandlean
Red heads usually have blue or green eyes. While both recessive, they generally go together. Red heads with brown eyes are more unusual.
PrinceMoheezy
There was a 100% decrease in children named Isis after 2013
Leithoa
#19 probably not, the red sea is already a major spreading zone. It'd have to stall out first, which made the gulf of Aden & the rift valley
StrategicWeaponsPlatformNineAndThreeQuarters
Percussive maintenance isn't a scientific term, either.
PunkRock38
Fun fact: if you crash a F-35 into the ground a helmet isn't going to help at all.
fatimous
ugh costco has signs dude
stewartm0205
Everyone does integral calculus in their heads.
riceisdelicious
#20 when why can't I get a USB port attached to my body somehow to charge my damn phone. Or at least a qi patch just under the skin.
ElbowdeepinElmo
I assume it's the electricity of impulses in your brain, meaning your brain would essentially cease to function if you redirect all that.
riceisdelicious
Keep in mind all my body energy harvesting knowledge it based off the matrix, how about thermal pads, heat>>5volts 2.1 amps
tantallous
So, the normal state for most people I deal with at work?
UncleThursday
Red hair, blue eyes when born. Hair changed to blonde as I got older. Now it's somewhere between brown and blonde. Beard is red, though.
o11c
I was blond as a kid, and turned brown. My beard is a 50-50 mix.
FuseyTV
Cheetahs meowing omg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tmCIsSpvC8
cousteau
How does one avoid petting these?
letthisnotblindyoutowhatvirtuethereis
TIL: I am part of the 1%
idsej
You and 76 million others.
letthisnotblindyoutowhatvirtuethereis
I figure there are many considering blue eyes is more common now, just didn't realize that combo was such a small % of the population.
azazyel
#4 you can also just put food dye into their water.
jesusmcpleasus
Can you turn them green?
Campfirebacon
Maybe use invisible ink to turn them invisible.
Niggorai
Didn't know my wife worked on percussive maintenance
Wildzero
Your wife hits you?
Niggorai
*insert submissive bondage joke here*
LuftMeister
#15 I like how they try to make it seem so rare. 1% is still 76 million people.
Unfortunate2
Because that is rare... It only seems like a lot when you take away the point of reference.
FUNKAPUS
It depresses me that 76 million is 1%
creaothceann
http://www.">pulation">http://www.worldometers.info/world-population https://xkcd.com/1331
ILikeCuteGifsAndICannotLie
Can anyone give a valid reason for #1?
fpsnoob
It's a unique item that has to be made to very exact specifications, and it probably includes a long term warranty contract.
DROlD
It’s your augmented reality dashboard
cousteau
Because you touch yourself at night.
00000000011
It lets the pilot see through the plane. It is an incredibly advanced military VR helmet basically
geosynthetic
The future is now.
22ndCenturyTransient
Incredibly advanced+usual contractor gouging
BootsNCatsNBootsNCatsN
Not really, but it's more that just a helmet, it has a Heads-up Guidance System built into it. That connects the the ac and gives info
Imawakenow
HUGS. Kinda cute name for an accessory to a metal version of the Grim Reaper.
BootsNCatsNBootsNCatsN
HGS (and HUD) unfortunately
ilavalamp
Wouldn't be surprised if someone wanted the acronym HUGS but it wasn't manly enough so it got changed...
Manse84
Mil STd equipment, so it's built for - 40C conditions, high end tech, anti-counterfeit requirements drive material prices, 30 year life, etc
quicksinner
-40 C is cold as hell, experienced that this past December
afwink88
It's almost as cold as -40 F!
quicksinner
you stop that, google is amazing and so is the fact that -40 is where the two scales coincide.
Manse84
Yeah, it might even be lower than that. Depending what part of MIL-STD-810 they require, it could have a -60C storage requirement.
quicksinner
no thank you
hasdrubal
#13 Networking joke from the 1970s: "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of magnetic tapes hurtling down the highway"
malooooone
Not a joke, supposedly a saying coming from an actual occurrence. I think I read it in an old book from the 80's called "Computer Networks"
fawlayer
Shot a film for a company a few years ago, they asked for all the footage to be uploaded every day. Laughed and said "Not on hotel wifi..."
DeMechanist
Great bandwidth, but it's a bit bursty.
hasdrubal
Collisions suck, too!
MyFeebleTurtleDuck
Sneakernet!
AyrA
Actual calculation: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/77b48g/X/dokwmbt/
Enoan
What if XKCD had that at some point
hasdrubal
At first I thought #13 was about RFC2549: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2549
cousteau
Back in my day, all we had was RFC1149 and none of that fancy "quality of service" shit!
hasdrubal
It's been years, and I've moved out of network support and into project management, but I still always have my RFC2321 compliant RITA handy.
cousteau
On an unrelated note, for some reason https://tools.ietf.org is blocking my IP. Wtf, gimme my RFCs!
TugAndChug
These days Amazon has trucks with petabytes of storage and redundant systems you can rent for large data migrations.
CptRobotNinja
Thats actually pretty cool
inkasator
It is now Exabyte, snowmobile :))
TugAndChug
Are they up that high? Jesus. Thanks for the correction!
inkasator
I forgot name of the truck and went to see :))
MrAwful
I dont underatabd
TielKiri
Like @xenocartographer said, imaging a computer with so much data that it'd take 2 weeks to transfer it online. Better to move it physically
klubai4
A Fiat Punto filled with 10TB drives, driving for 5 days = 1 terabit/s. TMYK :-)
cousteau
TIL a Fiat Punto can carry 5400 10TB drives.
klubai4
To be entirely fair, my math depends a lot on the size of the driver :-P
klubai4
(And you can forget about seeing anything in the mirrors)
cousteau
OK, let's say 5000-ish
jesusmcpleasus
Why does the F-35 need a helmet too? Aren't they made out of titanium or something?
icantmakeanoriginalusernamesoichosethis
the F-52’s helmet is made of titanium
TheMagicMan
Haha damn
TONTO3
In reality, it's the government over-paying for stuff. Probably only one company put in a bid to manufacture them.
happenedtomeonce
In case it hits its head of course
childenthusiast
I'd like to think a subtle joke was made, implying the aircraft itself needs a helmet
SnugglesaurusRex
They're 400k so the contractor can buy congressmen willing to pay 400k for a helmet that costs probably 10k to make.
ehoba666
The F-35's materials have no bearing on the pilot's need for a helmet
jesusmcpleasus
Who said anything about a pilot?
fpsnoob
I can't even tell if you're being serious.
jesusmcpleasus
Usually it's the pilot that wears the helmet
fpsnoob
Ba dum tsss
00000000011
That helmet is basically VR on crack. It lets the pilot see through the plane.
DrWuTangClanSr
I've had VR on crack. That's pretty good.
RoryBlack1
Avtech for Australian hornets. More or less correct. They also help with weapons travking, missile locking and massively boost 1/2
RoryBlack1
Situational awareness. The cost includes the devices needed and software needed to allow the computer to process a pilots head movement 2/3
RoryBlack1
Like in vr. I cannot go into details due to secrecy but that is about 1/2 the price alone. At least, that's the case for us. 3/3
KCN1
I’ve worn one before. They’re pretty fuckin cool. Not $400k cool but still.
FUNKAPUS
Nothing the government buys is cool enough to justify the ludicrous price tag
Mishn0
If you've ever worked someplace that manufactures to government specs, you know a large part of the price is government required paperwork.
00000000011
This thing CANNOT fail and has to be built to interact with classified systems. That is a huge reason for the cost over commercial VR
Grunwald
Acshuallyyy, as I once said before, the 400k price tag is not only the helmet but the computer and sensors in the plane that it uses
KCN1
I’m not downplaying the technology. The ability to look down & see below the plane vs the floor of the aircraft is pretty badass. I got the
KCN1
Inside scoop from my Dad. He was part of the JSF Development Team. Still tease him about the expensive af price tag & some design flaws...
Nova5269
That and they give the pilots a rediculous amount of vertigo
Leithoa
That's what bonine is for.
WannabeMaverick
The vertigo has been reduced significantly since those reports.
Mishn0
ridiculous*
Nova5269
Thank you lol
Mishn0
think "ridicule" when you spell it and you'll never get it wrong again.