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xkcd #3169: EPIRBs (imgs.xkcd.com)
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xkcd #3169: EPIRBs

Title text:

'Oh no, the box is drifting out into the harbor!' 'Yeah, I wouldn't worry about losing it.'

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3169/

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[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wait wtf were they doing dumping them in the ocean

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Nautical crackheads will strip beacons right off the waves. In broad daylight.

[–] SkaraBrae@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Dumped at the scrapyard... In a three-sided, concrete-walled bay in the yard, 30km from the nearest large body of water. I didn't say anything about the ocean.