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Re:Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search by WalterBright on Monday June 19, 2023 @09:33PM (#36398666)
In college, a popular showoff trick was to set an empty beer can on the floor. Then balance on it with one foot. If your balance was good and well centered, the can would not collapse. Then, for extra credit, slowly reach down and just tap the side of the can with a finger tip. The can would instantly crush to a disk. Extra karma points for crushing it into a perfect circle, rather than an oval.

It would collapse so fast it was nigh imperceptible.

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Re:Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search by xoxxala on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @01:01AM (#36399923)
Bill Hammond, the Engineer Guy on youtube, has a video on the design and engineering of the aluminum can with a brief clip of someone standing on a can (around the 7-8 minute mark).

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hUhisi2FBuw

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Re:Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search by rkagerer on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @04:18AM (#36401096)
That's a fascinating video, and it doesn't hurt that his voice is one you could listen to all day.
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Re:Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search by slazaro on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @06:37AM (#36402073)
If you enjoyed this video, he's posted four new videos in the last month, and they're very good as well!
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