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@foone No, all the port mouses I know of have been tangential to each other.

@freemo
Not quite. Alexander Bell suggested use of "Ahoy" for the telephone greeting. It was Thomas Edison that popularized "Hello" in its place, though he didn't invent the word. Usage of "hello" in print existed as far back as 1826.

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.

@freemo We could have created jobs and industry but our nation said to think of the children. Apparently there was an island where they did just that.

@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.

@AmpBenzScientist

At this point some good old fashioned drugs might do the USA some good... they never should have put a stop to the opiate epidemic, they should have encouraged it :)

“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

@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.

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...

@freemo Mental disorder? Meeeee? That’s borderline slanderous. Pardon me, the new snapware sets are available at Costco and I must run over 5 homeless people, ram some single mothers (who’s rent should be raised btw), and throw my McDonald’s bags out the window on my way to obey consume. Oh… also my prescriptions are ready. Pffft. Mental disorder. Who does this guy think he is? Were Americans! We live in the greatest country on Earth! We are the best people because we are diverse and united!

"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?

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