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minus-squareSeptimaeus@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 months agoIn Celsius? You’re cooked! Edit: 112 is a common emergency services # in the EU, akin to 911, for any Americans wondering
minus-squareSeptimaeus@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThere are a few countries that use 999 in addition, or for specific services like ambulance. (Ireland, Poland, Guernsey, and a few others IIRC.) 112 is just one of the more common.
minus-squareIggyTheSmidge@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoDon’t forget that 999 was chosen in the era of rotary phones - it was (iirc) chosen explicitly because it was hard to dial accidentally.
In Celsius? You’re cooked!
Edit: 112 is a common emergency services # in the EU, akin to 911, for any Americans wondering
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There are a few countries that use 999 in addition, or for specific services like ambulance. (Ireland, Poland, Guernsey, and a few others IIRC.) 112 is just one of the more common.
Don’t forget that 999 was chosen in the era of rotary phones - it was (iirc) chosen explicitly because it was hard to dial accidentally.
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