BT devices got problems only when water is in between anetna1 and antena2. It does not matter at what altitude the devices are, just what is inbetween them.

OK. Explain why they would have more trouble working at that depth.

Does higher air pressure affect Bluetooth signals?

Also, buy better Bluetooth devices, I haven't had to deal with disconnections with quality modern gear outside of battery issues. My first run steam controller hasn't given me any issues with wireless connections while playing, and all of my headphones stay connected to the proper device even when I'm stupid far away (like, I left my phone in the car and I didn't notice any drop in quality until after I entered the store).

For what it's worth, in one of the old videos the CEO did, he mentioned that they kept two or three of the controllers on board. I think the stuff about game controllers and RV gear is overblown and almost certainly not what caused the problem. The bigger issue to me is the fact that they picked "exotic" materials for the pressure vessel (which while strong, are more brittle and fail more dramatically than steel), didn't get them properly tested or certified, and if they somehow had been found adrift, put no engineering effort into escape or communication in an emergency.

Though thinking about it, I guess the game controller thing is relevant, at least to the extent it points at a pennywise and pound-foolish operation trying to value-engineer a business to go to the bottom of the god-damn ocean. Carbon fiber and tungsten sound amazing, until you realize that a big part of using them was to create a vessel big enough for 5 that was also small and light enough that it could be toted aboard any ship they could rent, and would then be set free from its launch sled by dudes undoing bungee cords.

The guy wasn't a military. The guy doesn't like regulations and military is all about regulations.

Implosion

So he conned himself. A common thing for grifters when their schemes aren't actually that smart.

(but at least he got that jawbreaker)

He was conning himself too. He was too excited to be doing something that he didn't care to listen to warnings or heed regulations. He wanted to be a trailblazer, but his eyes were bigger than his plate, if you will.

Yes, there has been successful trips that he's taken tourists down to the titanic and back. However, his track record isn't rock solid. His original design wasn't rated for the depths he was going. It wasn't until a whistleblower came out (which he retaliated against by firing btw) that the submersible porthole was redesigned. Who knows if the "redesign" was actually rated for the depths he was travelling. All we know is that he "replaced" it.

This is the same person that said safety regulations stifle innovation. Yeah, regulations might slow down innovation but you know... they're intended to keep people alive. The Titan wasn't certified by any governing body to travel to the depths it was going.

He didn't fully disclose to his travelers what they were getting themselves into. People say they had to sign a waiver. There's a waiver I got to sign to a eat spicy chicken sandwich at a local restaurant joint. I got to sign a waiver to park my car in a parking lot. You think 100% of people actually read them? It's just like software terms and conditions. Scroll to the bottom and accept.

It is definitely some nightmare fuel for sure!

Hell yeah, UTC gang rise up.

Personally, I'm proud of having more empathy and humanity than a billionaire.

lol bro. You don't have to like the rich class to have basic human empathy for other people

There was a single billionaire on that sub. Just one. There were two businessmen, one with his son, and a well known diver. It wasn’t a sub full of billionaires. Certainly they were all wealthy, no question there. But your reaction can only be “Good, they deserved it” if you think the deaths of the others (including the 19 year-old, who had no control over what family he was born into) are worth the death of the billionaire.

It’s a response fundamentally lacking in empathy. You’re asking us to have empathy for the person who isn’t displaying empathy.

Sure, he cut a lot of safety corners. This is the epitome of “fuck around and find out”. It’s even ironic.

But we can still have empathy. Being stupid about it doesn’t mean that they didn’t leave families behind.

people tend to have endless empathy for those that they worship. and total disregard for anyone else.

it's bootlicking of tragedy.

@smokinjoe @Girlparts @Turkey_Titty_city @EnderWi99in This is what Internet White Knighting looks like.

Ender's heart is in the right place, but his head is up his ass.

From what I've read, on kbin boost is upvote, upvote is "favorite", and downvote does nothing but put a number there. At least that's what's happening for now, it may be a bug or will be changed in the future.

Agreed. I was really enjoying the lack of reddit-style constant negativity permeating the tops of threads for a while, but seems like every day it's been getting worse.

you mean the same 'normal people' who ruined reddit by turning into a place where no dissent and disagreement is tolerated and just want to look at pictures of cute cats to 'cultivate positivity'?

not everyone wants to live in 'curated' world. some normal people like a variety of opinions and perspectives, and don't see the work through the lens of kindergarten classroom rules.

exactly. these people are a blight on society. why should so many resources be wasted on their egos just because they have fat bank accounts?

sadly too many people are bootlickers who think the wealthy and their awful lifestyles are something to be worshipped. i would wager most of the empathy pushers here have zero empathy for the migrants on the boats... because those people had no wealth.

sad truth is we live in a world where your moral worth or empathy worth is directly tied to your financial worth. a few rich people dying is a tragedy to dwell on, hundreds of poor people dying is not worth a thought.

Yeah he is a lot crazier

At that depth, it's not "slowly" filling up with water. As soon as the hull is breached, it would violently implode inside of a second.

But we don't know exactly at what depth it was when it imploded?

Would they even have heard moaning? From everything I can tell, the whole idea was trading ductility for weight-reduction. I imagine something just... snapped. I suppose if you've got to go via an undersea vehicle incident, that's the least horrifying option, though.

New to all of this, what's a 'tankie'?

You linked a kbin article somehow or there was a glitch with your link.