Public
- Public
- Network
- Groups
- Featured
- Popular
- People

Conversation

Notices

Embed this notice
simonbp (simonbp@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Friday, 19-Jul-2024 01:59:10 JST simonbp

Anyone who rants about safety regulations "stifling innovation" should be forced to read this article. Clockwork Orange style if necessary.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/inside-the-titan-submersible-disaster
Edit: Apparently it's now here https://www.wired.com/story/titan-submersible-disaster-inside-story-oceangate-files/
In conversation about 11 months ago from social.linux.pizza permalink
Attachments
1. “Titan and its safety systems are way beyond anything currently in use… I have grown tired of industry players who try to use a safety argument to stop innovation and new entrants from entering their small existing market,” Rush wrote to McCallum. “Since [starting] OceanGate we have heard the baseless cries of ‘you are going to kill someone’ way too often.” (Spoiler: Rush's arrogance killed himself and others)
  https://cdn.social.linux.pizza/system/media_attachments/files/112/603/781/734/128/143/original/10d5ad96e07aa652.png
2. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: media.wired.com
  
  The Titan Submersible Disaster Shocked the World. The Inside Story Is More Disturbing Than Anyone Imagined
  
  from Mark Harris
  
  A year after OceanGate’s sub imploded, thousands of leaked documents and interviews with ex-employees reveal how the company’s CEO cut corners, ignored warnings, and lied in his fatal quest to reach the Titanic.
- clacke likes this.

Public

Conversation

Notices

Feeds