🎓 Doc Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@qoto.org

@cobratbq nope

Interesting fact of the day: The first recorded use of the word "Hello" was in 1866, and the first published use in 1867. At the time it was not used as a greeting but rather as a proclamation of suprised like "Well well, hello, what do we have here".

It only came to be used as a greeting because it was popularized as such by Alexander Bell when he encouraged people to use it as a greeting when picking up the phone due to the open-line nature of phones at the time.

@cobratbq

I wouldnt change the sign for a second... if it scares you too much to enter, then you shouldnt be entering.

I have many many hours of hard training to ensure diving caves is relatively safe for me. So when i see that sign it doesnt really scare me, it just tells me what I already know.

If anything it gives me enough of a healthy fear to not loose focus, it reminds me i need to be on my game or die. That is something i should always be aware of.

“I have claimed that Escape is one of the main functions of fairy-stories, and since I do not disapprove of them, it is plain that I do not accept the tone of scorn or pity with which 'Escape' is now so often used. Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about other topics than jailers and prison-walls?”

-- JRR Tolkein

#Tolkein #Quote #Quotes

@bibliolater I would think so. When I started diving i was extremely scared of deep water. Took me about 10 dives post training before the fear went away. I'd imagine the same would be true of cave diving.

@bibliolater If your well trained its not so scary ... i promise.

As a cave diver this is the sign I see that sits at the entrance of almost every cave dove by divers. Yes I see a picture of the grim reaper every time before I enter a cave...

#SCUBA #Dive #Diving #Ocean

"Good things come to those who wait, not those who wait too late"

-- Just the two of us

If you are looking for a reason to dislike me, I will go out of my way to give you one... What can I say, I'm a people pleaser.

@sundogplanets why is that terrifying? Even worst case scenario and they all collide with each other being a LEO all that debris will just come down to earth in a few years anyway. But that happening is extremely unlikely.

@levisan

That would fall under Occams razor, the answer the requires the fewest unjustified assumptions usually right.

Also Sagan's Razor would also apply extraordinary claims (like breaking encryption) require extraordinary evidence.

@kim_harding

Huh? You are saying the same thing.. stopping the extraction of fossil carbon is literally "cutting down carbon emissions".. what are you disagreeing with?

@katlin

Agreed.

In my mind the approach would be simple.. figure out how much co2 people/companies can release and ensure the atmospheric CO2 will go down as a result.

Everyone then must meet that number or below. If they can show successful sequestering they get to subtract that number from what they produce. As long as everyone stays below their allowed threshold, we are golden.

@kim_harding

@katlin

The assumption here is if you sequester and it doesnt work, then it shouldnt count as carbon credit.

What Im asking is, if someone sequesters and can show it does, actually, work, should that be allowed as a means to offset their carbon credit?

@kim_harding

@kim_harding

I tend to agree, that there must be some cutting down. But ig someone is willing to pay to sequester carbon so they can emit carbon, and they wouldnt otherwise purchase that sequestering, who cares, let them. No harm done. They should still be required, overall to be in the negative.

@rchusid

If they were anti-war, didnt support universal healthcare but **did** support a real solution to the problem then I'd actually be voting for them right now.

Their support of the genocide in palestine is the 1 reason for me refusing to support them.

Also while being a victim of universal healthcare in the past i wouldnt wish it on my worst enemy, so that isnt something that sat well with me int he past, and I am glad it isnt something they push so hard on anymore. I just wish they actually pushed for a real solution instead.