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  The currently missing 'Titan' submarine. What do you think?

  by SydBarrett in

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  any opinions are just speculation, but my guess, being morbid, is that there was not a hull breach and implosion (although that would have been the most merciful fate for them), but instead the amateur level of building this thing meant that it lost power and communication and got itself tangled in the titanic's wreckage or is sitting on the actual seabed with no way to release ballast to resurface.

  terrifying.

  what's your gut feeling?

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  my question is this==> Didn’t they survey the mini-sub BEFORE they paid their fee?

  Just because someone is rich, doesn't mean they are wise or sensible.
  
  
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  The currently missing 'Titan' submarine. What do you think?

  by SydBarrett in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  any opinions are just speculation, but my guess, being morbid, is that there was not a hull breach and implosion (although that would have been the most merciful fate for them), but instead the amateur level of building this thing meant that it lost power and communication and got itself tangled in the titanic's wreckage or is sitting on the actual seabed with no way to release ballast to resurface.

  terrifying.

  what's your gut feeling?

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  Yeah, they found a rear hatch cover and landing frame.
  

  This is now a recovery mission.

  I don't think there's going to be anything to recover though.

  The more you read, the more unsafe it was. You'd have to be a fool to trust your life to those people, they seemed to want to cut corners when it came to safety.

  Apparently one employee raised safety concerns and they fired and sued them to prevent them revealing anything. Always a sign of a company putting safety first, right?
  
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  The currently missing 'Titan' submarine. What do you think?

  by SydBarrett in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  any opinions are just speculation, but my guess, being morbid, is that there was not a hull breach and implosion (although that would have been the most merciful fate for them), but instead the amateur level of building this thing meant that it lost power and communication and got itself tangled in the titanic's wreckage or is sitting on the actual seabed with no way to release ballast to resurface.

  terrifying.

  what's your gut feeling?

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  Story Musgrave taking a risk as part of his profession to spacewalk and fix the Hubble Telescope is not the same as a bored fat multi-millionaire hiring some sherpa's to guide him to the top of Everest and getting everyone killed.

  Yes, there is no discovery involved, it's just someone who wants to buy an achievement.

  Stupid ventures like this should be made illegal. You couldn’t pay me enough money to get into a claustrophobic contraption and go into some death zone!

  They should have to pay a deposit / fee towards potential search and rescue costs.
  
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  The currently missing 'Titan' submarine. What do you think?

  by SydBarrett in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  any opinions are just speculation, but my guess, being morbid, is that there was not a hull breach and implosion (although that would have been the most merciful fate for them), but instead the amateur level of building this thing meant that it lost power and communication and got itself tangled in the titanic's wreckage or is sitting on the actual seabed with no way to release ballast to resurface.

  terrifying.

  what's your gut feeling?

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  I wonder why I'm supposed to care about some morons that risk their lives to get some kicks. It seems like a dangerous affair, with the thing controlled by a crappy $15 game controller!

  So I don't give a damn, just as I don't care about the pricks that freeze to death on Everest - you wanted adventure? You got it ... oh, you thought it was going to be a cool anecdote at dinner parties did you? Too bad, so sad.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  original reddit post (removed).

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  He was "knocked back" because his young child had already figured out that daddy doesn't seem to work like her friends' daddies do and he didn't really have a good answer. The fact is, he doesn't work to provide for his family - he begs.

  Her next question should be "so have you stopped the bad men daddy?"

  "No, silly child - if I did I'd stop getting money. The purpose is to perpetuate the grift, not to ever achieve the pretend purpose"

  Does his book really free anyone from mental bondage? I thought it was just anecdotes of his sexual escapades ...
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  Tech board question to Simon.

  by SydBarrett in

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  when i look at "latest" on my phone (iphone safari) browser, i don't see things in the same order as when i visit on my laptop.

  even if i swipe down to refresh phone browser it still doesnt match up.

  i'm just curious what's going on from a technical standpoint.

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  Are you signed in? Topics in member-only sections wouldn't appear if you're not.
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  Biden running in 2024 🤣

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  i've filed this under news and world events, although i could've posted it under entertainment, lol.

  apparently, joe biden will be seeking re-election for another term in the white house.. this, despite a recent poll showing that 70% of people don't want him to run again.. biden just has to be the worst president i've seen.

  his gaffes, over-relience on a prompter, and, more than any other president, his refusal to answer journalists' questions, all go to make him top of the list in terms of bad presidents.. it will certainly provide entertainment, if nothing else..

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  For the simpletons out there.

  Someone bragging about doing something doesn't mean they did that thing. Even if they did, the consent part matters.

  The rape claim was a total invention, literally copied word-for-word straight out of an episode of Law and Order.

  That the dems repeatedly manipulate the "justice" system and other depts of the government for their own political shenanigans is the scariest thing right now. If you can't see that and a shiver go down your spine, I pity you, but you deserve to live in the world you vote for.

  One day that machine will turn on you if you step our of line.
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  Biden running in 2024 🤣

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  2. current

  i've filed this under news and world events, although i could've posted it under entertainment, lol.

  apparently, joe biden will be seeking re-election for another term in the white house.. this, despite a recent poll showing that 70% of people don't want him to run again.. biden just has to be the worst president i've seen.

  his gaffes, over-relience on a prompter, and, more than any other president, his refusal to answer journalists' questions, all go to make him top of the list in terms of bad presidents.. it will certainly provide entertainment, if nothing else..

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  Oh yeah, an election coming up. You know what that means?

  Any minute now there'll be some "racist" incident. It won't be racist, it will be some piece-of-shit black thug with 50 priors that get's shot by a cop, but it will be what they need to dust off the BLM marching band.

  All the dumb asses will be out on the street on command and their brown-shirts, I mean Antifa, there to burn things down.

  Martial law? There will be some reason for the election to be handled some special way, and Biden will get a surge of votes right near the end to win, however big the lead against him.

  I don't know why they don't just go full banana-republic at this point and declare he has 100% of the votes while collecting everyone's guns.
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  City! City! City!

  by Simon in

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  won the premiership.. won the fa cup.. won the champions league.. that's the treble baby.

  so amazing after we spent 44 years without anything.

  no more "noisy neighbours".. now let's do it again, back-to-back, and achieve new heights - more consecutive premierships than anyone has every done before would be enough..

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  What does this mean? Does soccer not have a single winner take all championship at the end of the season like The Super Bowl or NBA championship?

  These are the final winners in each competition ...

  The premier league is a season long league. All 20 teams play each other twice (home and away) with 3 points for a win and 1 for a draw. Whoever has highest points tally, or best goal difference if equal, wins. Unlike US sports, the bottom teams get relegated and the top teams of the lower league get promoted. It's possible to drop down more than one tier, City once got relegated, then relegated again (so we were in the 3rd tier of English football!)

  The FA cup is a knockout competition open to all league clubs (there are 4 leagues in the UK*). The larger clubs tend to win, but not always - some non-league teams have good runs, sometimes there are some shock "giant killer" games where a big club gets clobbered by a lower league one.

  The champions league is where the top handful of clubs from each national league compete in a group stage initially, then a knockout competition for the last 16 (same format as the world cup).

  There is a new club world cup, that is something else City could potentially win this season.

  Why winning the treble is such an achievement is the number of matches played if you're in all these extra cup / knockout competitions. Imagine a team playing in an extra NFL league in the same year ...

  * fun fact: Manchester United were the only previous English club to win the treble back in 1999/2000 ... at the time City were just clawing their way out of the 3rd tier league, which is how far we'd fallen. No one would have imagined then that City would be the ones to equal it!
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  original reddit post (removed).

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  I have the sneaking suspicion that most, if not all, of Lloyd's supporters now that he has been unmasked have about the same moral compass as this QUEEN_OF_LOCKUP.

  Exactly. He appeals to people who lack morals, as he helps "validate" their own life choices.

  Normal people know that it's morally repugnant to feed the sex industry, particularly where trafficking is rampant. It's nothing todo with being prudish or religious, it's basic morality.

  You can judge a person by their supporters, especially when they are so welcoming of that support.