For many you are correct. I can confirm, through my own observation, that many, not all, are controlled by fear, and fear of death is one of the most prevalent. Death is universal, but fear of death is not.
Come on. Millions of people put pen caps in their mouths. Nobody's going to need a special warning when they're specifically thinking about the choking hazard.
2013 Subaru Outback
Main Reason: All wheel drive
I had a couple bad experiences in the past not being able to get out with only moderately slippery roads.
In the early 90's I was visiting an industrial plant that had, in one building, a giant dehumidifier that was necessary for their process. My field work took me to the roof of that building. Unrelated to what I was working on, I saw an air conditioner on the roof whose condensate line had become disconnected. Instead of the condensate flowing through a PVC pipe and into a drain at the edge of the building, the condensate was pooling on the roof in a broad shallow pond. Being a good guy, I tapped the PVC pipe back together the get the water flowing like it should have been.
The next morning I went back into the dehumidifier building and saw that it was raining inside the building. People were moving around in a very agitated state. In a panic, I ran up the stairs to the roof and kicked apart the PVC pipe that I had joined the day before. Water began to stream out, but I got away from there fast and went back downstairs. A few minutes later, a member of the maintenance crew came in. He looked at the rain and immediately dashed upstairs.
He came down a minute later shaking his head. I didn't confess. I only hope that they didn't have enormously expensive damage, but I don't really know. One thing is for sure. I am very cautious about volunteering to help out without first checking with the plant personnel.
I read The City & the City by China Miéville. If I were to recommend it, it would be because the author's English vocabulary is so much fuller than my own. I had to keep a dictionary handy to get through most of it and I appreciated the challenge.
Personally, I read digital copies now so that I don't have to stop to find the definition. On the Koreader application, it has a dictionary function which makes it really nice to read with.
> On the Koreader application, it has a dictionary function which makes it really nice to read with.
Do you use a Kobo with Koreader installed?
I've been using a Kindle Paperwhite for a few years and while I love the screen, I've gotten tired of being tied to Amazon and have started looking at alternatives.
Not botanical, but I use KOReader on a Kobo Clara HD (the same screen as the Paperwhite, if I recall correctly), and am happy with it except for the arrangement; covers don't show, and sort-by-title didn't work last time I tried. It's currently by author, which would make sense if I knew enough author names along with their books.
I'm sure there's a way to get these things working, I just haven't put the time in yet.
My personal view, as an industrial control systems engineer, is that so much of the world's production software requires teams of software professionals to monitor it and keep it working. When these same software professionals look at systems which physically interact with the real world on a real time basis then a different dynamic comes into play.
I am ten books into the Wings of Fire series by Tui T Sutherland because my grand daughter likes it. My main reason for liking it is that it gives me a glimpse of the type of anxiety that young kids routinely go through. I think the main reason my granddaughter likes it is because of the dragons.
I think the question should go even deeper. There are so many fundamental axioms that must be accepted on faith alone. The question I usually start with is "Can anyone prove that numbers exist outside of our imagination?" I not talking simply about perception. Even I believe that if I perceive that I am hit with a brick then the brick exists. We have no senses that can detect numbers. When I asked this question to any of the several mathematicians that I know, the answer has always been ~ Yeah, good question ~ and then they move on.
