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Pareidolia is the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern (Merriam-Webster) This one minute film uses pareidolia as a tool to convey the importance... continue reading
posted by newtboy 2 months ago • 231 views • 1:01From Youtube, "The sun. Smooth and round and peaceful. Except when it suddenly vomits radiation and plasma in random directions. These solar flares and coronal mass ejections, or CMEs can hit earth and... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 3 years 11 months 1 week ago • 135 views • 9:43https://youtu.be/vfWUorR8D60 Christmas isn’t just a time for presents, cookies, and holiday cheer, but the hunting period of Iceland’s murderous monster feline, the Yule Cat. This giant, fluffy... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 571 views • 10:04Kimberly Noble: How does income affect childhood brain development? Neuroscientist and pediatrician Kimberly Noble is leading the Baby's First Years study: the first-ever randomized study of how family... continue reading
posted by notarobot 5 years 1 month 1 week ago • 52 viewsI may be one of the largest repositories of random, useless knowledge but I had absolutely no idea this happened.
posted by Mordhaus 5 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 581 views • 12:17"We've all seen TV snow. Whether because the TV is detuned, or just because we're trying to tune our Mega Drive into a new channel. But why, on a colour TV is this static still presented in a monochrome... continue reading
posted by ant 5 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 148 views • 7:20YouTube description: The Galton Board is a 7.5” by 4.5” desktop probability machine. This device brings to life the statistical concept of normal distribution. As you rotate the Galton Board... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years ago • 808 views • 3:23At the headquarters of Cloudflare, in San Francisco, there's a wall of lava lamps: the Entropy Wall. They're used to generate random numbers and keep a good bit of the internet secure: here's how.
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 6 months ago • 769 views • 3:59There are cosmic snipers firing at random into the unvierse. What are they and what happens if they hit us?
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 316 views • 7:14YT: Bill details the key engineering principles underlying plastic injection molding. He describes its history and, then, reveals the intricate details of the process. He shows viewers where to find, on... continue reading
posted by Fantomas 8 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 357 views • 9:37Cultivate random acquaintances.
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 369 views • 9:23What is Random: http://videosift.com/video/What-is-Random
posted by Janine V. (Lilithia) 9 years 9 months 4 weeks ago • 910 views • 10:00What is NOT Random: http://videosift.com/video/What-is-NOT-Random
posted by Janine V. (Lilithia) 9 years 9 months 4 weeks ago • 391 views • 11:12Neatorama: DIY fanatics like myself consider Adam Savage (of Mythbusters fame) to be one of the gods of DIY. The man can build really cool stuff out of a pile of random stuff, and his diverse skillset,... continue reading
posted by Zawash 9 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 255 views • 43:41YouTube Description: Imagine a mouthful of pop rocks plus Novocaine plus dandelions and you'll have an idea of what buzz buttons are like! Big in Brazil, the buzz buttons inspired us to call on our favorite... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 11 months 2 weeks ago • 311 views • 5:27"... ships and shoes and sealing wax and cabbages and kings." Random! From the apex of the cartoon age, this is a classic 1950's "educational" propaganda short. The climax unabashedly extols the benefits... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 1 year 2 months 2 weeks ago • 91 views • 14:43- 1