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What is the best tweet

Felicia

Felicia

Power is fleeting, love is eternal
(She/Her)
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Issun

Issun

I'm of two minds about this myself. On the one hand, picturing any human being going through this is horrifying. On the other hand, there are at least two billionaires on this submursible, one of which founded the company. Being that no one gets to a billion dollars without allowing other people to die through callous conditions, I feel for them while still considering some karmic justice being served.

I also love dark dark humor, though, so this is definitely a YMMV tweet.
 
Violentvixen

Violentvixen

(She/Her)
I dunno, the death of a 19 year old kid as well as the scientist who is potentially the world expert on the Titanic wreck is offsetting that for me. But I have a lot less billionaire rage than most and honestly would jump at the chance to go down to that wreck if I could so like you said different perspectives.

Edit: my spouse has informed me that making fun of this is the fashionable thing to do on the internet today so I think I'm missing an overall trend here. Carry on.
 
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estragon

estragon

Why Isn't Titan Classed?​

February 21, 2019​

Most major marine operators require that chartered vessels are “classed” by an independent group such as the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), DNV/GL, Lloyd’s Register, or one of the many others. These groups have assembled very detailed standards for classing everything from oil tankers to auxiliary ship equipment like Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs). Many of these standards are based on industry practice or covered by regulations such as reserve buoyancy, the number of life rafts, the types of materials that can be used on a hull, etc.

Classing assures ship owners, insurers, and regulators that vessels are designed, constructed and inspected to accepted standards. Classing may be effective at filtering out unsatisfactory designers and builders, but the established standards do little to weed out subpar vessel operators – because classing agencies only focus on validating the physical vessel. They do not ensure that operators adhere to proper operating procedures and decision-making processes – two areas that are much more important for mitigating risks at sea. The vast majority of marine (and aviation) accidents are a result of operator error, not mechanical failure. As a result, simply focusing on classing the vessel does not address the operational risks. Maintaining high-level operational safety requires constant, committed effort and a focused corporate culture – two things that OceanGate takes very seriously and that are not assessed during classification.

Innovation and Classing​

When OceanGate was founded the goal was to pursue the highest reasonable level of innovation in the design and operation of manned submersibles. By definition, innovation is outside of an already accepted system. However, this does not mean that OceanGate does meet standards where they apply, but it does mean that innovation often falls outside of the existing industry paradigm.

While classing agencies are willing to pursue the certification of new and innovative designs and ideas, they often have a multi-year approval cycle due to a lack of pre-existing standards, especially, for example, in the case of many of OceanGate’s innovations, such as carbon fiber pressure vessels and a real-time (RTM) hull health monitoring system. Bringing an outside entity up to speed on every innovation before it is put into real-world testing is anathema to rapid innovation. For example, Space X, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic all rely on experienced inside experts to oversee the daily operations, testing, and validation versus bringing in outsiders who need to first be educated before being qualified to ‘validate’ any innovations.
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muteKi

muteKi

Geno Cidecity
Per estragon's quoted bit
While classing agencies are willing to pursue the certification of new and innovative designs and ideas, they often have a multi-year approval cycle due to a lack of pre-existing standards, especially, for example, in the case of many of OceanGate’s innovations, such as carbon fiber pressure vessels and a real-time (RTM) hull health monitoring system. Bringing an outside entity up to speed on every innovation before it is put into real-world testing is anathema to rapid innovation. For example, Space X, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic all rely on experienced inside experts to oversee the daily operations, testing, and validation versus bringing in outsiders who need to first be educated before being qualified to ‘validate’ any innovations.
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I'm pretty sure this was written by the aperture science oceanography core
 
Ghost from Spelunker

Ghost from Spelunker

BAG
(They/Him)
The James Cameron interview reminds me of something: this is one of the few times a celebrity is going around sharing their knowledge about something and they actually are an expert!

(South Park made plenty of episodes about celebrities telling us how to live our lives)
 
JBear

JBear

Internet's foremost Bertolli cosplayer
(He/Him)
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it's a sketch by a Canadian comedian named Graeme Barrett.
 
Exposition Owl

Exposition Owl

more posts about buildings and food
(he/him/his)
Um. Is “Redenbacher” the context for just the last four pictures, or for the first four, too?
 
Lady

Lady

something something robble
The last four; the reply is because it's a thread neil c is using to contain AI images
 
Exposition Owl

Exposition Owl

more posts about buildings and food
(he/him/his)
Lady said:
The last four; the reply is because it's a thread neil c is using to contain AI images
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Ah, OK. That makes sense. Are the first four just random AI images, then, or is there more context for them in the thread? I don’t have a Twitter account, so it doesn’t seem like I can check for myself.
 
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