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It's tempting, sometimes, to idealize the trope of the "lazy genius."
I decline to do so. There is a great deal of tedious maintenance work someone needs to do to keep the world running, and an inability to consistently do so is not praiseworthy.
Some smart, low-conscientiousness people... See more
TracingWoodgrainstwitter.com
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.
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@visakanv Advanced topics in any domain are alluring for beginners as means to prevent action
Shawn Nirappiltwitter.comI think about this a lot. Maybe I shouldn't ha
⚡️This is the record of a species that discovered a cheat code and has no intention of ever giving it up.
Inflation is not an accident.
It is not a flaw.
It is not mismanagement.
It is a civilizational operating principle.
And once you see it that... See more
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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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