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Re:Learning from Turing’s silver hoard (2016) by jws on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @09:39PM (#22362611)
Australia is clipping along at 2.7”/year (about 1/16 of a meter).

That doesn’t seem like much, but in a few decades your hole is going to need to be pretty big.

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Re:Learning from Turing’s silver hoard (2016) by bawolff on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @04:23AM (#22364117)
IANAGeologist, but couldnt you calculate and compensate for that? Its not like continental drift is random and unpredictable (afaik, i know nothing of this subject)
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Re:Learning from Turing’s silver hoard (2016) by jws on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @10:50AM (#22366528)
Oh sure, but I know I'd get around to thinking of it after I'd moved a couple tons of dirt with a spade.
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