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making a hole on purpose, the most violently optimistic act there is.
means Boring a hole into something hard, or repeating an exercise so many times it becomes reflex.
from From the Dutch 'drillen,' meaning to bore, turn, or train troops by repetition — a single word that already understood the link between spinning a sharp tool and grinding a skill into muscle memory. English borrowed it in the 17th century, first for the soldier's relentless practice and the tool that twists through wood and stone, the two senses turning in the same direction ever since.
- deepest hole
- Kola Superdeep reached 12.2 km before heat stopped it
- sound trick
- dentist drills hurt your ears before your nerves
- oil origin
- first commercial well struck in 1859 Pennsylvania
- brain surgery
- ancient skulls show drilled holes patients survived
- diamond tipped
- hardest bits cut rock by being harder than rock
deepwater horizon — bp oil rig that exploded in 2010, killing 11 workers and spilling 4.9 million barrels into the gulf of mexico
moab khuzhir borehole — soviet borehole in siberia that reached 12,262 meters deep in 1989, deepest hole ever drilled
burj khalifa foundation piling — dubai's tallest building required drilling 194 piles to depths of 50 meters into bedrock for stability