Mildly interesting
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Six people each with their own lock and any one of them can open the gate.
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The Babylon Bee Has Obtained RFK Jr.'s New And Improved Food Pyramid
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@George-K said in Mildly interesting:
Except for the fact that you would be dead within a few seconds and would never know what's it like to survive the fall impact.
The average temperature of Venus's atmosphere at the surface is around 462 degrees Celsius (864 degrees Fahrenheit), making it the hottest planet in our solar system due to a strong greenhouse effect caused by its thick carbon dioxide atmosphere; this temperature remains relatively consistent day and night.
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@George-K said in Mildly interesting:
Except for the fact that you would be dead within a few seconds and would never know what's it like to survive the fall impact.
The average temperature of Venus's atmosphere at the surface is around 462 degrees Celsius (864 degrees Fahrenheit), making it the hottest planet in our solar system due to a strong greenhouse effect caused by its thick carbon dioxide atmosphere; this temperature remains relatively consistent day and night.
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@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:
Six people each with their own lock and any one of them can open the gate.
The two bottom ones don't do anything.
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wrote on 15 Feb 2025, 17:39 last edited by
Yeah they do but it took me a minute. Those flat metal pieces go through a slot in the bottom horizontal bar. If you slide either of them out you can slide the bar out. Both locks need to be secured to prevent sliding them out.
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Yeah they do but it took me a minute. Those flat metal pieces go through a slot in the bottom horizontal bar. If you slide either of them out you can slide the bar out. Both locks need to be secured to prevent sliding them out.
wrote on 15 Feb 2025, 17:47 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:
Yeah they do but it took me a minute. Those flat metal pieces go through a slot in the bottom horizontal bar. If you slide either of them out you can slide the bar out. Both locks need to be secured to prevent sliding them out.
... and you can spin the shaft to slide the bar out.
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Yeah they do but it took me a minute. Those flat metal pieces go through a slot in the bottom horizontal bar. If you slide either of them out you can slide the bar out. Both locks need to be secured to prevent sliding them out.
wrote on 15 Feb 2025, 17:49 last edited by Mik@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:
Yeah they do but it took me a minute. Those flat metal pieces go through a slot in the bottom horizontal bar. If you slide either of them out you can slide the bar out. Both locks need to be secured to prevent sliding them out.
So it would seem, but you can't slide the bar out from the bottom. The hasp is in the way. So again, the bottom two don't do anything.
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wrote on 15 Feb 2025, 17:52 last edited by
spin, spin, spin.
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Well now you're just spinning it....
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@jon-nyc quite cool
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I will never understand the fascination with expensive watches. Janet had a Rolex when we me. It was beautiful but needed a tune-up every two or three years at $300 a pop, and that was 30 years ago. I haven't spent $300 on watches in my life.
Again, there is a qualitative experiential difference between a Mercedes S class and an 88 (red) Corolla. two o'clock is 2 o'clock on a Rolex or a Timex.
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I will never understand the fascination with expensive watches. Janet had a Rolex when we me. It was beautiful but needed a tune-up every two or three years at $300 a pop, and that was 30 years ago. I haven't spent $300 on watches in my life.
Again, there is a qualitative experiential difference between a Mercedes S class and an 88 (red) Corolla. two o'clock is 2 o'clock on a Rolex or a Timex.
wrote on 17 Feb 2025, 17:01 last edited by@Mik said in Mildly interesting:
I will never understand the fascination with expensive watches. Janet had a Rolex when we me. It was beautiful but needed a tune-up every two or three years at $300 a pop, and that was 30 years ago. I haven't spent $300 on watches in my life.
Again, there is a qualitative experiential difference between a Mercedes S class and an 88 (red) Corolla. two o'clock is 2 o'clock on a Rolex or a Timex.
What’s the qualitative difference between an $30 pendant and a $30K pendant?
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wrote on 17 Feb 2025, 17:03 last edited by
The quality and beauty of the materials and design. But a pendant is not intended to measure anything or be informative.