The thing that i haven't seen anyone mention is that don't ever go by what you see in movies. If they are doing something not many people understand, for example Morse code, they will do the bare minimum to make it understood what they are doing. They will put zero effort into making it technically accurate.

Oh, yeah? Then explain parking meters, smarty-pants.

You can Google for pictures of the storage of some of them. They're kept in a big storehouse from floor to ceiling.

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Yep. That’s what makes some aged whiskey so expensive. You can’t buy time.

And then from these batches they bottle some for cheaper and then store others to 'age'? Then that's why there are others that doesn't say any number of years and other 10, 12, 18, and so on?

Let's say you're watching a fast moving object. First it's here [X ]. Then it's here [ X]. If you're playing a video game and it moves that distance between frames, that's what you'll see. If you're watching a movie, you'll see something more like this [XXXXXX ] followed by [ XXXXXX] because there's motion blur. That's why a 24fps movie will seem much smoother than 24fps video game. It's because it's capturing the motion blur.

Now video games could simulate motion blur, but it's computationally expensive, and easier to just make many more frames and let your eyes/brain fill in the blur.

They don't make one batch of whiskey and then sit on only that batch for 12 / 15 / 25 years until they can/want to sell it.

They're barreling whiskey every year, and every year they're also bottling whiskey that has been aging in barrels for X amount of time. So it's essentially just a revolving door of barreling and bottling.

So for example, a 3 year aged cycle would look like this:

Barrelled / Bottled

1 / 0

2 / 0

3 / 0

4 / 1

5 / 2

6 / 3

After the first 3 years, you then have a constant supply of 3 year old whisky. Companies putting out 15 / 25 year old bottles aren't just selling those. They definitely have more short-term aged whisky that they sell in the meantime. But they also likely have batches of 15 year old whisky that come of age on a yearly basis.

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Cool. So when you drink those expensive 25 year bottles, they are literally 25 years?

Yes. From any reputable and regulated maker of whiskey, if they claim the whiskey is XX years old, it has to be aged at least XX years.

A large distillery probably makes a thousand barrels a day and a small one perhaps tens of barrels a day.

From the time it was barreled to the time it was bottled.

What do they base the age on? Like how long it has been in the barrel?

Not millions but thousands. And they made even more than actually will be sold because of the "angels share" which is the amount of fluid that evaporates during that time.

Does it, or do you just not notice 500 little bits of corn rather than one whole bit when it comes out the other side?

Yes. It's a constant process. They make huge batches and store them large barrels for at least 3 years. So it may not be exactly 25 years ago, but it was aged in one of those barrels for 25 years.

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Yep, it’s called a fist. In the r/AmateurRadio world we still use Morse code sometimes and I can usually identify someone based on their fist before they’ve fully identified themselves if it’s someone I talk to a lot.

https://www.theverge.com/2015/1/7/7483235/the-code-colombian-army-morsecode-hostages

Nothing biological processes on a 'clock'. The closest thing we have is our heart, which is a terrible clock. It also doesn't stop everything else the instant it stutters (it takes a little while), which is a good thing for our survival.

Human eyes see the world through light, color, and sometimes motion. It's our brains that are adding most of the 'motion' that we see on a screen, and our brain is what limits/acknowledges the effects of different FPS. Because our brains are both good at ignoring details and can be trained, different FPS's work for different purposes.

'Cinematic' 24 FPS works in movies because we have been trained to accept it, but if we are controlling something on the screen we are more focused and we can notice differences easier. Comparisons are also easy to see the differences, because we are focusing on them.

(Also, an occasional cinematic trick is to have different FPS things on screen at once. It usually adds to the Uncanny effect, because the screen is doing something against what we were trained to expect)

The diuretic effect might have something to do with it. Beer makes ya pee. If you keep peeing, you keep drinking. There is still generally a net hydrating factor, but not as much as water or other less diuretic liquids.

I know I am basically bottomless if I get into the PBR while camping and/or snowboarding. But I'm gonna be peeing like 30 times that day.

Morse code is full of acronyms and idioms. The sound of these are recognized as whole words.

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Not exactly 'help a burn heal'. Cold water, immediately applied will stop the burning process in its tracks. Right after a burn occurs, the flesh is still hot and damages the surrounding area, making the burn worse. Cold water stops this and in addition, temporarily relieves the pain. First aid = cold, clean water. not ice cold, not a forceful stream. Never ice, never butter, yes clean,dry bandage, yes get medical help quickly, if anything other than a very small burn not on a sensitive area, that is just a mild reddening of the skin.

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