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JayleneSlide@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Ocean-going sailor here. Some people might be surprised how often some people have trouble avoiding huge ships. These days, we have modern systems such as AIS, Doppler radar, proximity alarms, and all can be integrated into autopilot. Yet there are still so many stories of near-misses with tankers, freighters, and container ships.

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bampop@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
There’s probably some simple trick they are missing. I never learned how to sail, and I never have any trouble getting hit by big ships.

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- MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Step 1: don’t go on the ocean.
  
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Siethron@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
They are going so much faster than they seem to be going. And they’re YUGE

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Rooster326@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Yes but how just overlap is there between people who read books and have trouble a avoiding huge ships

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- captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  My mind just played out a little skit.
  
  in a library
  
  Librarian is standing at the front desk, doing front desk things. A man enters, driipping wet, comic injuries such as a black eye, fake bandages etc, kelp draped around him. He walks in, looks at librarian meaningfully, stalks off into the library without a word. Stalks back up to the front desk, and presents this book and a library card.
  
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