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@lmika It’s funny how the production warning banner is often one of the first features that you didn’t plan for but you still end up building to new systems. 😅
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@gregmorris “Act of quiet rebellion”. I like that, well put, sir!
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@ZeroOne A few extra Titanic tidbits that didn’t quite fit into the post, but that I still wanted to share:
- Only three of Titanic’s four funnels (smokestacks) actually carried smoke. The fourth was mainly for ventilation, so images showing smoke from all four are wrong.
- When leaving Southampton, RMS Titanic nearly collided with SS New York after her suction effect pulled the smaller ship toward her and broke the ropes that were securing SS New York in place.
- During the disaster, Titanic initially sent CQD distress calls. SOS had only recently been introduced (in 1908) and was used alongside it later during the disaster.
- Titanic had watertight compartments and was designed to withstand four of them flooding. Unfortunately the iceberg broke five and damaged a sixth compartment. The “watertight” compartments also did not extend all the way to the top of the ship, so as the bow sank, water spilled over from one compartment into the next.
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@chadkoh I was also going to recommend The Story Graph. It works great for tracking your current page in each book. They have, in fact, an ongoing challenge to track your reading every day in January.
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@greg_morris Most services that track your reading log it as 2026, but some allow you to track the individual number of pages per day. It averages just fine over the years anyway, though, as you probably were reading something in the turn of 2024-2025 as well.