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[–] BobQuasit@beehaw.org 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I find it strangely hard to care about the fate of a handful of multimillionaire tourists when hundreds of refugees died last week due to the indifference of the Greek authorities - and the media barely noticed.

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[–] StringTheory@beehaw.org 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

CBS dude rode on it and did an interview with the owner.

So many red flags.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29co_Hksk6o&feature=youtu.be

[–] Onii-Chan@kbin.social 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Built with shit from Home Depot, controlled with a literal Logitech game controller, construction pipes as ballast... holy fuck, why would anybody agree to go 3.7km below the surface of the ocean in that deathtrap?

[–] mercurly 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Imagine paying $250k and the pilot pulls out the player 2 controller

[–] SevenSwell@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those Logitech controllers are actually pretty decent. I've had one for ages and it's still going strong.

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[–] Chrisosaur@startrek.website 11 points 1 year ago

Hope the pilot tried ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬇️⬇️⬅️➡️⬅️➡️🅱️🅰️ start

[–] StringTheory@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Made out of a fiberglass tube (catastrophic failure) and titanium end caps (cracks) instead of steel.

“Steel is real.”

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[–] demvoter@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Wow, that is super sketchy. Now I am not at all surprised this happened. Hope that company has a shit ton of insurance.

[–] xxxfroggyxxx@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also, I’ve seen so many Scientific deepwater vehicles that are thethered to the ship in some form. Why isn’t this thing hooked up to a cran yhat can get it back up if someone fails? I’d think passenger vessels should pass more rigurous safety standards than that.

Are they liable btw or is the “international waters” situation doing them any favor?

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago

I seem to recall a point in that CBS video where they had to sign a waiver stating among other things that they acknowledged it was an experimental vessel that is not certified by or approved any regulatory agency, so, yeah. I don't know that I'd count on there being rigorous safely standards in that case

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[–] ndr@beehaw.org 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That’s sort of… poetic in a messed up way.

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[–] TheOtherJake@beehaw.org 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

...officials are working to get a remotely operated vehicle that can reach a depth of 6,000 meters (about 20,000 feet) to the site as soon as possible.

The 5-person submersible, named Titan, is capable of diving 4,000 meters or 13,120 ft. “with a comfortable safety margin,” OceanGate said in its filing with the court.

but...after looking up on Wikipedia

...a wreck that lies over 12,000 feet (3,700 m) below the surface...

[–] neuropean@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think they’re advertising the depth limit of the recovery vehicle, not claiming that the wreck is actually at 20,000 feet.

[–] TheOtherJake@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago

They probably need quite a bit of margin too if the craft accidentally got lost in a deeper area

[–] Lowbird@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It might be best practice to use a vessel rated for considerably deeper than you actually go, in case of some problem in the hull?

[–] Lowbird@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And/or it's just a description of a particular vehicle they're bringing that was most convenient to get there quickly.

[–] Projectionist@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

It's not like they're going to say, "oh, don't bring THAT recovery vehicle, it can go TOO deep."

[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

Maybe they're concerned that it no-clipped through the sea bottom and wound up deeper than the Titanic's current location?

[–] great_meh@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

What I dont get is that one of the passengers was a billionaire. He could have built himself the fanciest and safest vessel for a few Million Dollars with a whole naval operation attached. Of course thats a lot more than 250K but still nothing for a billionaire. These people are so out of touch and cheap its insane.

[–] TheTrueLinuxDev@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It goes to prove that billionaires are just as gullible as the rest of the people, all they had was just money and assets, it doesn't grant them wisdom or intelligence.

[–] StringTheory@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That much money must give you incredible hubris: up until this point you’ve never had a problem that money couldn’t fix (or ease) for you.

Unfortunately, you can’t bribe physics.

[–] the_itsb@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

I've never thought about it this way before. You've given me empathy for billionaires; thanks, I hate it!

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[–] jherazob@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] TheLoneMinon@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

This shits going to keep happening as companies continue to rush commercialization of "Extreme" Travel.

[–] SaintLunatic@midwest.social 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

According to the article there is a metal eating bacteria that’s eating the titanic? And it the wreckage might be gone in a few decades?

That’s incredible

[–] Pumpki@toast.ooo 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now they probably have a new submersible to munch on...

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[–] Holos620@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (12 children)

Very wealthy people wasting a huge amount of society's resources to have mild fun doing something very risky then having to get rescued on the back of society at a high cost. I say let's enjoy watching them die.

[–] alyaza@beehaw.org 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

this is a very weird first comment to make and the subsequent comments neither look productive nor particularly on topic. let's save the thirsting for rich people blood for a topic where it's more warranted folks, please and thanks.

[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

But rich blood being spilled is the topic. They took a huge risk only to get more resources deployed to find them.

[–] Kitten@beehaw.org 14 points 1 year ago

I'm sorry but saying you'd enjoy watching someone die under any circumstances is disgusting.

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[–] TheLastOfHisName@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Even if I had a stupid amount of money, there's no way in hell I would pay someone to stuff me inside what seems to be an over-sized propane tank, then send me to depths where the water pressure is so extreme it will literally crush you.

Just...no.

[–] Kleinbonum@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I particularly like the part where this specific submersible can't ever be opened from the inside, because it gets bolted shut from outside.

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[–] intrnt@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

It has 96 hours of life support, I have faith.

[–] ZapBeebz@beehaw.org 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I am hopeful, but not necessarily optimistic...if it lost power and descended below crush depth, no amount of life support is bringing them back.

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[–] khalic@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I hope there’s some kind of black box… what would be worse than it happenning again one day because we don’t know what happenned.

[–] ZapBeebz@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

It's controlled with a knockoff Xbox controller. I'll bet the "black box" is a cassette recorder bought from Goodwill for $3 and then spray painted black

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