What's on your CTRL+V?

[LittleMissNyan]

"if you can't theoretically put a mic drop at the end of your essay, you're doing it wrong"

[Things2do]

"if you can't theoretically put a mic drop at the end of your essay, you're doing it wrong"

If you ever drop a microphone while I'm around... Or anyone else, for that matter.

[LittleMissNyan]

"if you can't theoretically put a mic drop at the end of your essay, you're doing it wrong"

If you ever drop a microphone while I'm around... Or anyone else, for that matter.

Perhaps

[Things2do]

It's pretty big. (Click to Show Hidden Text)

SERVINGS: 96
Yield: Makes generous 1-inch marshmallows

INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar, plus more for dusting the marshmallows' surface and the work surface
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons cold water
2 1/2 tablespoons unflavored powdered gelatin (3 to 4 packages)
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1/3 cup crushed peppermint pinwheel hard candies
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup warm water
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 or 4 drops peppermint oil (optional)
2 or 3 drops red liquid food color (optional)
RELATED RECIPES
Chocolate-Dipped Peppermint Marshmallows
DIRECTIONS
Grease a 9-by-13-inch flat-bottomed baking dish with nonstick cooking oil spray. Line it with enough parchment paper so it overhangs by 1 inch on 2 opposing sides, then grease it with nonstick cooking oil spray. Generously and evenly sift the 1/2 cup of confectioners' sugar onto the paper; the marshmallow will stick to any spots that are missed.

Place the cold water in a small bowl. Sprinkle the gelatin over the surface. Let it stand, stirring once or twice, until the gelatin softens, about 6 minutes.

Stir together the granulated sugar, corn syrup, crushed candy, salt and warm water in a 3-to-4-quart saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly until the candy and sugar have dissolved. Increase the temperature to medium-high and bring to a full boil, stirring constantly; boil for 20 seconds, then stir in the proofed gelatin. Cook for 30 seconds, stirring as the mixture bubbles. Remove it from the heat and stir in the vanilla extract and oil of peppermint, if using. Stir to make sure the ingredients are completely dissolved.

Strain the mixture through a fine-mesh strainer into the bowl of a stand mixer; discard any remaining solids. Use a balloon whip attachment to beat the mixture, first on low speed, then gradually increasing the speed to high. Beat on high for 6 to 7 minutes, until the mixture has stiffened, lightened in color and become quite fluffy.

If using, add the drops of food color, separated from one another. Grease both sides of a flexible spatula with nonstick cooking oil spray; use the spatula to fold the color into the mixture just until lightly rippled and swirled.

Use the spatula to scrape the marshmallow mixture into the prepared dish, spreading it evenly to the edges. Generously sift confectioners' sugar over the marshmallow surface. Evenly coat a second sheet of parchment with nonstick cooking oil spray; pat the sprayed sheet down on the marshmallow surface. Cover the top with foil. Let the mixture cool and firm up; this will take at least 6 hours and up to 24 hours; the mixture will become firmer and easier to handle if left the full 24 hours. After that time, refrigerate it if not using promptly.

To cut the marshmallows: Sift about 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar onto a large, clean cutting board. Remove the top sheet of parchment paper from the marshmallow slab, then invert the slab on the sugared surface. Peel off the second sheet of parchment paper and sift more confectioners' sugar over the top. Using lightly oiled kitchen shears (preferred) or a large, sharp, lightly oiled knife, cut the slab crosswise into 12 portions and lengthwise into 8 portions to form generous 1-inch marshmallows; or cut as desired. Dust all of the cut surfaces of the marshmallows with confectioners' sugar to reduce their stickiness. As necessary, clean off the knife and re-oil. Dust the cut marshmallows all over with extra confectioners' sugar so they don’t stick together during storage.

Store, loosely packed in an airtight container, for up to 2 weeks; for longer storage, freeze for up to 1 month. Defrost before serving.

"if you can't theoretically put a mic drop at the end of your essay, you're doing it wrong"

If you ever drop a microphone while I'm around... Or anyone else, for that matter.

Perhaps

If I don't get you, one of us will.

[JoeyC]

"if you can't theoretically put a mic drop at the end of your essay, you're doing it wrong"

If you ever drop a microphone while I'm around... Or anyone else, for that matter.

In response to this,

leaves

[Things2do]

"if you can't theoretically put a mic drop at the end of your essay, you're doing it wrong"

If you ever drop a microphone while I'm around... Or anyone else, for that matter.

In response to this,

leaves

Why does that, uh, very low quality, jerky video end with a former president giving a Nazi salute?

[TheMysteriousMapMan]

Just to clarify, that is not, in fact, a low quality, jerky video, but in fact a GIF (that's Graphics Interchange Format, which is a file format consisting of a series of images most commonly found in rapid succession as a way to provide a video without an excessive upload size). Although I am not familiar with this particular GIF of former President Obama, and whether it was produced using digital effects, I believe it is an abbreviation of him waving to someone to the left of shot.

As an interesting note, a friend of mine interested in A/V noted to me that the reason for holding out the arm before a mic drop is to advise the sound guy to turn the mic off.

EDIT: According to this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEp9OUXix-w), this GIF is an abbreviation of President Obama dropping the mic at the 2016 White House correspondence dinner–actually depicted in the article LittleMissNyan linked. It is a trimmed version of him waving before walking off the stage.

[Things2do]

As an interesting note, a friend of mine interested in A/V noted to me that the reason for holding out the arm before a mic drop is to advise the sound guy to turn the mic off.

If anyone ever does that to me, I'm turning a little knob all of the way to the right, pushing a slider all of the way up, and blaming the person that dropped it.

[BennyTheJett]

2020 DSOs
Name Images Constellation Magnitude Distance Coordinates External Links
Apparent Absolute Right Ascension Declination
SN UDS10Wil UDS10Wil.jpg UDS10Wil-1.png Cetus 10.5 Gly, 3.2 Gpc 02h 17m 46.3s -05° 15′ 24.00″
SN UDS10Wil is the furthest supernova so far of the type used to measure cosmic distances. It was discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope and was discovered as part of a three-year Hubble program that started in 2010 to survey faraway Type 1a supernovae known as the CANDELS survey.
NGC 2623 NGC 2623.jpg [[]] Cancer 13.36 250 Mly, 76.7 Mpc 08h 38m 24.1s +25° 45′ 16.70″
NGC 2623 is the result of a major collision and subsequent merger between two galaxies. The merger is going through late stages and is thought to eventually resemble what the Milky Way will look like when it collides with our neighboring galaxy, Andromeda in 4 billion years.
GRB 150101B GRB 150101B.jpg [[]] Virgo 1.7 Gly, 0.52 Gpc 12h 32m 04.96s −10° 56′ 00.7″ Chandra
SIMBAD

JKCS 041 JKCS 041.jpg [[]] Cetus ~9.9 Gly, ~ 3.04 Gpc 02h 26m 44s −04° 41′ 37″ Chandra
MACS J0717.5+3745 Macsj0717.jpg MACS J0717-dark.jpg Auriga 5.4 Gly, 1.7 Gpc 07h 17m 36.50s +37° 45′ 23″ Chandra
MACS J1149.5+2223 Macsj1149-comp.jpg [[]] Leo Approximately 5 billion light-years 11h 49m 36.3s +22° 23′ 58.1″ Chandra
Frontier Fields

Bullet Cluster (1E 0657-56) Bullet-cluster.jpg Bullet cluster.jpg Carina 3.7 billions light-years, 1.141 Gpc 06h 58m 37.9s −55° 57′ 0″
H1821+643 H1821.png [[]] Draco 14.24 3.4 Gly, 1.0 Gpc 18h 21m 57.24s +64° 20′ 36.23″ Chandra
SIMBAD

GOODS-S 29323 Bhseeds 29323.jpg Bhseeds.jpg Fornax 13.2 Gly, 4.05 Gpc 03h 32m 28s –27° 48′ 30″ Chandra
The Chandra Deep Field Survey South is a photograph taken for over 8 million seconds exposure by the Chandra Deep Field Telescope. It contains at least 5,000 black holes, which makes it a topic of interest for astronomy.
H2356-309 H2356 illustration.jpg H2356 spec.jpg Sculptor Approximately 2 billion light-years 23h 59m 07.9s -30° 37′ 41.00″ Chandra
SIMBAD

152156.48+520238.5 152156.jpg [[]] Boötes Approximately 10.75 billion light-years 15h 21m 56.5s +52° 02′ 38.50″ Chandra
153714.26+271611.6 153714.jpg [[]] Corona Borealis Approximately 11.03 billion light-years 15h 37m 14.3s +27° 16′ 11.6″ Chandra
222256.11-094636.2 222256.jpg [[]] Aquarius Approximately 11.48 billion light-years 22h 22m 56.10s -09° 46′ 36.20″ Chandra
PSS 0133+0400 [[]] [[]] Pisces Approximately 10.1 billion light-years 01h 31m 04.8s +03° 45′ 37.8″ Chandra
PSS 0955+5940 [[]] [[]] Ursa Major Approximately 10.2 billion light-years 09h 51m 37.4s +59° 54′ 43.6″ Chandra
GW151226 [[]] [[]] Approximately 1.4 billion light-years n/a n/a LIGO
GW151226 was a Gravitational-Wave signal observed by the twin detectors of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) on December 26, 2015 at 03:38:53 UTC making it the second definitive observation of a merging binary black hole system detected by the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration.
M87 Hubble M87.jpg Chandra M87.jpg Virgo 7.19 53.5 ± 1.6 Mly, 16.4 ± 0.5 Mpc 12h 30m 49.42338s +12° 23′ 28.0439″ Chandra
3C 273 3c273-optical.jpg 3c273-multi.jpg Virgo 12.9 2.443 Gly, 749 Mpc 12h 29m 06.7s +02° 03′ 09″

[jennarholt]

nothing, apparently.