Internet Video Thread

[MaxBuzz]

Meteor-120r (Hydrofoil)

 

[Piorun]

Astronarium episode #141 - "The discoverers of 51 Pegasi b"

The history of the discovery of 51 Pegasi b - the first known exoplanet to orbit a main sequence star other than the Sun, from the constellation of Pegasus. Includes interviews with the discoverers of this exoplanet: the Swiss astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz from the Geneva Observatory, who were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2019 for this breakthrough achievement.

English subtitles available

 

[TheShuttleExperience]

Four decades ago, when there was no deepfake technology available...

 

[TheShuttleExperience]

Withdrawal from service of the 767 with Condor, my favorite German airline... (English subtitles available)

 

[MaxBuzz]

 

[Urwumpe]

Another great retelling of an maritime accident, this time the loss of the Bounty replica.

 

[Piorun]

PZL TS-11 Iskra ("Spark") jets in various liveries - in service from 1964 until 2022.

 

[TheShuttleExperience]

 

[Piorun]

Catch Me if You Can - I have not watched a better comedy so far, and the best part is that this comedy was a fact.

 

[TheShuttleExperience]

Catch Me if You Can - I have not watched a better comedy so far, and the best part is that this comedy was a fact.

Yeah. One can not deny that this guy has a certain charm. Of course he was a criminal. But his smartness + boldness is actually amusing. But I think he would have a hard time these days.

 

[Urwumpe]

What I mostly missed due to the traffic there:

 

[diogom]

Catch Me if You Can - I have not watched a better comedy so far, and the best part is that this comedy was a fact.

I'm not too sure about that:

Frank Abagnale - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

There's definitely an irony to being a conman whose con is that you used to be a conman.

 

[Piorun]

PZL SW-4 Puszczyk multirole helicopter

 

[TheShuttleExperience]

 

[Graham2001]

Another trio of more well known media properties reimagined if they were made in the 1950s via the use of procedural generation (aka 'AI')...

 

[Graham2001]

I think the people behind the use of use of procedural generation (aka 'AI') to re-imagine well known films as if they were done in the 50s may have gone too far this time...

 

[Piorun]

Star 244 truck offroad

 

[Graham2001]

It flys....

 

[Piorun]

It flys....

As opposed to the balloon from The Mysterious Island, this vehicle managed to land safely (except for the first landing attempt).

 

[Piorun]

Astronarium episode #90 - The origin of chemical elements

The genesis of chemical elements in the Universe - commencing with the formation of hydrogen and helium in the Big Bang, to the formation of elements with higher atomic numbers through the evolution of stars and kilonovae, as well as the consequences of the evolving chemical composition of the Universe on the formation of celestial bodies.

English subtitles available