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working in the gulf of mexico, the preferred mode of transport to the deepwater rigs was helicopter. they were loud and required a lot of safety awareness from the passengers. you have to take and renew egress training every 5 years.
the alternative was riding a boat. if you got put on a boat because the weather was too rough for the helicopters,
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We think a lot about those black lines, forgetting that it’s all still in our hands. https://t.co/RSZ1d3W642
“it’ll take [x] years to do it” “[x] years will pass anyways”
"well, that escalated quickly."
Amazing visualization of every space launch in history by @Peterincan, guiding the simple realization that we are in the second Golden Age of space. https://t.co/o8oYGJRu46
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The Economist has a great article on why many of Europe’s top companies are Nordic.
The region has 0.3% of world’s population (~27m) but contributes 1% of GDP.
Top names include:
▫️LEGO (Denmark): World’s top toy maker by revenue.
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this is the bortle scale. it's used to measure how dark the night sky is in a given place. until relatively recently in human history i imagine every human being who ever lived could see a bortle 1 sky every night of their lives, weather permitting. i personally have never seen darker than bortle 4 in my entire life, and that only happened once.... See more
The lack of density in most of the Western United States is made up for by the vibrance of the night sky. It's hard to appreciate the beauty hiding in the darkness until you're truly away from the lights.
