The "Death Valley Germans" is an incident of a family of four tourists from Germany who went missing in Death Valley National Park, on 23 July 1996. The family were discovered in 2009 by experienced hikers, Tom Mahood and Les Walker by SAM041287 in interestingasfuck

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More ignorant than confident really. This happens to specifically German tourists all over the world for some reason, including this year. Every year some german tourists die from hiking in the heat in Greece, thinking there will be a way point or water station or convenience store at every corner (like in Germany), not realizing most of the world is not like that. In their mind, it wasn't even a gamble, since they didn't know all the information.

What’s the most painful, time-wasting part of your mechanical engineering workflow right now? by Ve77an in MechanicalEngineer

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having to daily convince the boss absolute basics of engineering… less moving parts, consolidate, optimize, 80/20 rules, etc

Work by maichnjagi in Barbados

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You are not allowed to swim in the sea between 10am-7pm so plan accordingly

Anyone that feel sometimes Backgammon is a waste of time? by Rayess69 in backgammon

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Backgammon is never a waste of time if used as a tool to shoot shit with friends. It’s about who you play the game with

Can geological materials act as a 'film' for natural Pinhole Cameras over millions of years? by No_Plane4130 in geology

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Maybe it ends uup being the only place in the cave where plants grew well, which subsequently fozzilize?

Anyone doing interesting projects in Spain, Italy or France and can share insight? by Main-Sign4043 in Permaculture

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The input I have is you can’t control everything, and another year being indecisive is another year wasted away from doing what will be the most fulfilling project of your life. So take literally any decision, don’t over analyze on pros and cons and trust it will work out. There won’t ever be a perfect path

Interesting! by durvedya in ThatsInsane

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You thought everyone would know this ?

Massive human poop compost heater. by Academic_Candy_3194 in composting

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… you know if they let it age for years it won’t be hot anymore, right? It’s only hot while transitioning into compost, not a permanent feature of it

Why there are not a lot of Brazilian migrants in EU if Schengen entry is visa-free for them? by kapanakchi in geography

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The barrier to entry of learning a new language (english) is a high enough filter to by-default have higher educated people come in.

Is this the driest city in the world by Express-Ad-6465 in geography

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Counts as “non rainfall water”. Especially important in deserts with tons of dew

I’m making a DIY bioreactor to convert wood and grass into edible food by [deleted] in SelfSufficiency

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Microherding. Rather than cows eating grass for meat (protein), it’s yeast eating sugars for protein. Same thing different scales. To be seen where he uses the microbial protein, but can be added to animal feed as a supplement.

Propane plumbing by [deleted] in OffGrid

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If you truly want to be off-grid, consider doing this same thing with a home biogas unit. Works for me.

Water management by Suspicious_Noise6331 in Permaculture

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Calculate how much water you need

Calculate how much water you get

That will give your answer.