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SomeMockodile OP t1_jegqjcf wrote

Reply to comment by True_to_you in The Lost World: Jurassic Park; a great film dampened by it's third act? by SomeMockodile

Yeah this is something I didn't think about when I was making the "lack of reason" section. Surely local authorities will immediately be able to find the Rex within 20-30 minutes and someone in the office has a larger grade firearm or some explosive weapon that could be use to neutralize it so it wouldn't kill people.

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Offgridiot t1_jegqi0f wrote

Reply to ELI5: How do large ships parked themselves at docks before invention of tug boats? by crenshawcrane

I work at a facility that handles large barges, as well as ships. With the ships, tugs are the main force finessing it into place but also the ships own power source can be used to reverse thrust and ‘apply the brakes’.

The barges are likely more similar in size to that of ships in times before tugs were around to help. Assuming the weather is not too rough (wind can wreak havoc in the process, and it’s more safe for them to be at open sea than to attempt a landing) the barge approaches the dock very slowly, and the tug that has towed it there is also a factor here but the large, heavy ropes that are used to tie the barge up to the dock can be used to ‘apply the brakes’. These ropes are attached to the barge, and a worker on the dock puts a wrap or two around a cleat and is able to apply enough tension in the rope so that it slips just enough for the situation. If he holds the tail of the rope taught, the knot on the cleat gets tight, and the rope gets tight and stretches (the diameter of the rope might be 4 inches in its static state, and as it stretches, the diameter reduces dramatically…. This always freaks me out because I know that if the rope breaks under this kind of stress, it’s like a rubber band on steroids and can literally cut a man in half) as the barge slows down. He can loosen his grip and allow more rope to slip if necessary.

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kellie0105 t1_jegqhvk wrote

Reply to comment by ImADuckOnTuesdays in Hollywood’s Covid Protocols Get Expiration Date; Vaccine Mandate Will End by LordHyperBreath

I also want to add. Bigger productions were actually paying people to stay off other sets and isolate at home. One movie guaranteed me at least 6 days on set (I’m in the union), ended up offering me 11 but I worked 10, which is a lot for me, but they had also told casting to not book me on anything else. I knew of movies that were paying BG to isolate at home for 2 days, test, isolate again for 2 days, test, isolate for 2 days and then work. They were getting like 6 days of pay for that one day of work. And even low budget movies can be millions of dollars (I usually work low budget straight to tv movies). One movie I was booked on got cancelled and it got delayed for over a year because the facilities they were using had melted. That means all of these workers are SOL because it’s not like another movie can fit in during the cancelled time. There was also an entirely new set of workers now hired just to deal with the covid stuff (in addition to what the other poster said), we had a covid compliance officer who’s job it was to walk around with a 6’ stick and make sure everyone was keeping the proper distance. That’s it, that was their entire job.

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