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OceanGate, Titan and Rush: Going Down with the Ship

by itfossil on 9/19/24, 7:46 PM with 2 comments

• by aurizon on 9/19/24, 8:13 PM

  I echo your letter, I am sorry for the misplaced trust of the people who died in that brief instant of the implosion. I am empathic to those who died! It looks as if the vehicle and it's construction were marginal at best. The survival of a few trips down to the Titanic gave a false sense of security to the owner and others and obviously progressive failure modes were not detected. Exploration is a worthwhile process - if done with intelligence, knowledge and care. One hopes this will be a cautionary tale to regulators and followers.

• by gus_massa on 9/19/24, 8:26 PM

  > Do you think Insta and Facebook are gobbling up all of Zuck’s private data so that, in theory at least, he can see more relevant ads? LOL, fuck no!

  Without any proof, I think Zuck is using the standard Facebook interface, like dogfooding, so he can ask/scream/whatever-he-does when he sees something that can be improved (and give him a few more extra millions).