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tatertot225 t1_j9ymio8 wrote

Reply to Most people don’t know the closest they have been to dying by Mr_Pocket_

My first memory was my dad saving me from drowning in a pool. Was outside (alone) , probably 3 years old, was told don't go near the pool (above ground) so obviously I was going to go near the pool since it tool up 3/4 of the yard and kids don't listen. Luckily, my sister was walking by the window and saw me fall in. I remember looking up, seeing the rays from the sun scattering from above, then a big Ole fuckin hand grabbing me by the face. Im now 34 and while I may not have saved the lives of my kids yet, my dad reflexes are elite and have prevented several broken bones and long trips to the ER. Wait, that's not true, I let my friends 6 year old drive my sled (he had experience with 4 wheelers) I was hopping on the back and had 1 foot seated in the tunnel. He pinned it, panicked and had a death grip on the throttle, up on one ski, no helmets, my head was inches from metal fence poles by the time I was able to reach up and grab the powder handle, couldn't get his hand off the throttle, got back to 2 skis, and hit the kill switch about 15 feet from the tree line (old pines) and locked the brakes. Whole ordeal was maybe 6 seconds, but felt like a couple mins. From thoughts on how to react to the situation, to taking control and executing a well thought out plan on how to avoid crushing a child between me and my handlebars and ultimately centering my forhead on a tree at 60mph, dad reflexes did it

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almightygarlicdoggo t1_j9ykc3t wrote

Reply to comment by LordSnarfington in The only thing binary is the mathematical concept of one and zero, the rest is a spectrum. by pikknz

That depends on the problem domain, for example if you're flying in a commercial plane, do you care how much the door is opened, or whether it's opened/closed? The safety systems just check whether it's opened or not to raise an alarm, so for the safety systems, the door is a binary system

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Marco45_0 t1_j9yhkhc wrote

Reply to Most people don’t know the closest they have been to dying by Mr_Pocket_

I do, and I have more than one! One is when i got so drunk at a birthday party that I wasn't able to walk, talk and understand what people were telling me, that's the closest I've ever got to a coma and since then I kept drinking, but I heavily reduced the amounts of alcohol I consume at parties.

Another one was a bike accident i had. I didn't break any bones but I had some bad cuts and it left me scarred and now I don't ride motorcycles anymore.

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