dowsing for bombs and drugs

Something to note on the gopher: there is a little psychology here, in that it directs the user to perform the most effective search path by surface area searched compared to walking distance by swinging back and forth, leading them along what I have only heard described as the "drunk ant" pattern.

A social engineering disaster.

at 4:38 or so, there's a very operatic kitty. also, i am never going to get over the whole "dead ants in the quadro tracker" thing.

I love the etching at the start of the episode. The little details throughout that illustrate the accoutrement of mining, including a crossbow leaning on a tree at the bottom far right, showing miners were always carrying a shotgun equivalent to threaten anyone who even looked at their claim.

Please, lord god, have hypohystericalhistory on to talk about F35s

Estonian Rescue Board's bomb disposal unit used Sniffex to detect bombs before George W. Bush 2006 visit to Tallinn. Later they said that "our department doesn't buy anything defective and it's proven to work". Luckily we don't have many bombs lying around.

I'm curious why they didn't just slap a couple capaciters and and Socket DRAM chip on a PCB... it could be done relatively cheaply, like $1.50, and would let it help casual inspection a lot more. It wouldn't hold up to inspection of somewhat who knows what they're doing but it'd probably fool 90% of everyone else.

I've just recently found the podcast, I absolutely love it. I would love you guys to do a history of urban air transport, from the 1977 New York Airways helicopter crash up to Dubai police officers demoing hoverbikes. I covered these eVTOL projects for a couple of years and met loads of these snake oil guys pitching renders of block-sized helipad and recharge stations for aircraft in major American cities and claiming that we could expect them by 2020.

I'm really liking this podcast! Another episode suggestion: Thirty Meter Telescope

I got excited from the thumbnail and thought we were doing an 811 episode. This was fun too though.

I forgot to check the patreon feed for a while, and I just gotta say, Im so excited to get validation on my job being fuckin bullshit.

So I used to work at chip factory. I was friends with the woman that made chip samples. I got to try some weird stuff. Rueben sandwich, Tikka Masala, Thanksgiving, Burger, Wasabi, Ponzu Ginger, Cuban sandwich, thai curry, mango haberano, Rosemary Feta. Hot dog which weirdly tastes just like it. The worst two were Bloodmary and moscow mule.

Good shit, ya’ll.

i think you're shadowbanned or something. not appearing in my sidebar

great show. Love from aUStin tx

If you are making a scam device at least include a battery compartment and some flashing leds

The trick with hello fresh is to trade active accounts with a housemate. you basically garuntee 50% off the whole time

Wolfgang Halbig came into my awareness through the "Knowledge Fight" podcast. He was a major source for Alex Jones claiming that the Sandy Hook school shooting did not happen and what we saw were crisis actors Jones now owes the families of the victims 1.4 billion (with a B) dollars So when Wolfgang Halbig tells you something, you take that to the bank, you throw it in the trash can near the door, you exit out the back and you keep running. Videos of Halbigs deranged e-mails to Sandy Hook parents being read in Alex Jones trial are.... interesting. As Liam might put it, I hope Wolfgang Halbig has a very good time.

That was a really good episode

Petitioning for mea culpa, there's legitimate (if limited) utility to dowsing. Electromagnetism isn't pseudoscience, saying its pseudoscience is pseudoscience https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/159988/can-metal-rods-detect-underground-wires

Still thinking about the dead ants.

Please do an episode on a roller coaster disaster at some point, I'm really fascinated by amusement park engineering and like... the way they work

Wolfgang Halbig is the man who Alex Jones is praying no one connects him to for the Sandy hook trial. The man Who sent him thousands of crazy emails and is a “school safety expert” who pushed many of the original conspiracies that Jones is now facing 1.5 billion dollars in charges for

Great, now I can't stop wondering if this is what Alex Jones means when he calls Wolfgang Halbig a "school safety expert".

Was worried this was going to be an effective repeat of the LLBD episode on the same subject since that one was fairly thorough, but no, nice and complementary - thanks Alice. Also the funny part to me is that they got Sandia National Lab involved: you know, the people working on nuclear weapons and advanced physics shit, when the TV repair guy on the corner could've open it up in 5 minutes and told them "yep that's not how electronics work".

This was a super solid episode! Short and very sweet.

Using the power of dowsing to find my problem

why is Seth Meyers dousing at the 14:00 mark?

Assuming the hole doesn't identify itself differently, Alice has gendered "Loch" correctly.

omg not Halbig

Man was really named "Wolf Gang How Big"

It actually truly does kind of work https://images.app.goo.gl/anvRc1efeD4MeXpv9 These 100% legit WILL find you your water and electrical service, if you hold v loosely while walking perpendicular to proximate location of service

thank u devon for the audio cues

Also, for the non-Wonks in the audience, Wolfgang Halbig is an insane piece of shit and a huge part of why Alex Jones now owes $1.5 billion and counting for defaming the Sandy Hook families.

I knew before I watched it that this was going to end with the fake bomb detectors.

I thought 'This is my hole, it was made by me' like five seconds before they said it.

A low sodium version of This Guy

Whopper flavored Doritos?!? That sounds awful.

This was an absolutely amazing bonus episode, can't believe what I just heard hahahaha

This makes a lot more sense when you realize some local police departments don’t even require a GED to become a cop in the US. Also, the mole looks like a tactical meat thermometer.

But I don’t want to encounter bombs

Herrs has really been killing it lately. The long hot chips are pretty good. The charcuterie board ones are surprisingly okay. Korean barbeque and honey sriracha are both really good but I suspect are both the same flavor with different branding

Yay liam!!!

devon my beloved

Did not expect Wolfgang Halbig to come up of all people lol. Thought I was listening to knowledge fight for a second

[Bonus noises intensify}

Call 811 before you attempt to sponsor WTYP pod

Never mind Pepsi Nitro (whatever tf that is)... I just want Pepsi Max Ginger to come back.

Oh yeah give me that weird cop shit directly into my VEINS

My uncle and cousin paid a professional dowser to select the spot for sinking their new well less than 10 years ago. Yay dowsing! We areon limestone I suggested they could sink anywhere and hit water at some point, my suggestion was not appreciated. Yay Liam!

I ran here when I saw the email. Saving it for work next week but I am EXCITED!!

Yay Liam and fuck Greg

Is watching this gonna get me on any more lists ?

april fools day ep dropped a day early

YAY LIAM