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escapecharacter 28 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: First atmosphere found on Earth-like planet in hab...

We could make a license plate big enough that aliens could see it and know we are sophisticated.

prerok 28 days ago | [–]

Nah, let's just put a big sign "Kilroy was here", so they don't bother with the "mostly harmless" planet.

kazinator 28 days ago | [–]

If four out of seven digits were blurred out, then they would really see how sophisticated we are: we have the concept of privacy!

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