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Saturday, 23 December 2023
Angels With Filthy Souls
In the Christmas movie 'Home Alone', Kevin is seen watching a gangster movie called 'Angels With Filthy Souls'.
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home alone
Tuesday, 3 October 2023
Contactless Payment
When you use a bank card to make a contactless payment several things are happening. A moving magnetic field causes induction to a thin layer of metal In the card, that gives the card a small electric charge.
Image generated by artificial intelligence (wonder)
Then a small microchip on the card sends a series of pulses to an antenna and that transmits a weak radio signal called near field. Then the machine reads the data though the air.
Then a small microchip on the card sends a series of pulses to an antenna and that transmits a weak radio signal called near field. Then the machine reads the data though the air.
Your bank card is basically a compact radio transmitter.
Monday, 25 September 2023
Squid Game Doll song
In the Netflix series called Squid Game, the English translation of what the doll is singing is "Red light Green light 123", over and over again.
Sunday, 24 September 2023
British Plug
The British polwer plug, also known as the type g plug is used in over 50 nations around the world from Saudi Arabia to various nations in Africa and even on Hong Kong island. It can handle a current as big as 15 amps but usually has a fuse that blows when the current at 13 amps.
Image taken from my camera in my home
The ground pin at the top of the plug has 4 uses. It works as a key and opens spring loaded shutters for the live terminals as the plug is pushed in. It also turns on the circuit breaker if a strong current flows through it and that prevents electrical fires caused by a short circuit by turning off the whole loop. It also safely carries an overloaded current back to the main transformer of the building preventing electic shock from a faulty appliance. If that fails the fuse will blow instead. The pin at the top of the plug also creates friction that makes the plug less likely to slide out of the socket unintentionally.
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British Plug,
type g
Saturday, 23 September 2023
Chandrayaan 3 wakes up
This last week of September could become one of the most exciting of the year so far because they are waking up the chandrayaan 3 probe from sleep mode according to the official mission blog, Chandrayaan 3 blog
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Chandrayaan 3,
moon Probe
Wednesday, 20 September 2023
Coca Cola
Apple Tizer, Dr. Pepper( in Europe) , Fanta, Iron Brew, Kia Ora, Oasis, Relentless , Smart Water, Sprite and coke are all brands of the Coca Cola company.
Sunday, 17 September 2023
Sleeping on the Moon
Night time on the moon lasts for about 2 weeks so if they send a solar powered probe it must go onto sleep mode for 2 weeks at a time unless it can store extra power during the day time.
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Chandrayaan 3,
moon
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