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  1. Comment on ‘Ahsoka’ viewing numbers are well below ‘The Mandalorian,’ ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ in ~tv

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    I love the S1 episode Nepenthe - yeah it was fan service but it was beautiful fan service. Picard definitely had quite a few meh episodes. But I'm glad I watched it. FWIW, I gave up on Lower Decks...

    I love the S1 episode Nepenthe - yeah it was fan service but it was beautiful fan service.

    Picard definitely had quite a few meh episodes. But I'm glad I watched it.

    FWIW, I gave up on Lower Decks a few episodes in and Strange New Worlds is very good.

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  2. Comment on The questionable engineering of the Oceangate Titan submersible in ~engineering

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    Have any pieces of the composite pressure hull been recovered?

    Have any pieces of the composite pressure hull been recovered?

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  3. Comment on The questionable engineering of the Oceangate Titan submersible in ~engineering

  4. Comment on The questionable engineering of the Oceangate Titan submersible in ~engineering

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    I agree there are still many unknowns - but I side with the rapid failure - the reason a sphere is the best geometry for a submarine pressure hull is because all the inward pointing force vectors...

    I agree there are still many unknowns - but I side with the rapid failure - the reason a sphere is the best geometry for a submarine pressure hull is because all the inward pointing force vectors cancel each other out. A cylinder is pretty good but as soon as you get a slight amount of "out of round" the force vectors get out of balance and as you said a cascade failure happens. In other words the more it gets out of round, the weaker it is.

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  5. Comment on The questionable engineering of the Oceangate Titan submersible in ~engineering

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    Are there any other deep diving composite fiber subs?

    Are there any other deep diving composite fiber subs?

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  6. Comment on The questionable engineering of the Oceangate Titan submersible in ~engineering

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    Has it been confirmed that the composite hull failed and not the front window? the reason I ask is because in one of the wreckage recovery pics, a lift strap goes thru the window hole in the...

    Has it been confirmed that the composite hull failed and not the front window? the reason I ask is because in one of the wreckage recovery pics, a lift strap goes thru the window hole in the titanium dome. Was the window removed to make recovery possible?

    Have any pieces of the composite hull been recovered? If the hull failed by buckling, would there be some fairly large pieces? If the failure was with the window, would the composite hull fragment into many smaller pieces vs hull failure?

    Seems like the side panels (fairings) were recovered largely intact.

    The thing makes me wonder is that Stockton Rush graduated with an aerospace degree from Princeton - so smart guy and he should have know about the pros and cons of composites vs metals. Too bad he didn't appreciate the flip in design parameters of inward pressurized vs outward pressurized.

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  7. Comment on Frugal living 101: A huge list of ways to curb your home expenses in ~life

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    TEAM LINUX!!! I get that graphics / video folk are largely on Apple. I'm not in these fields but I do use GIMP and kdenlive. I've been meh on windoze for ~ 2 decades and finally switched to Linux...

    TEAM LINUX!!!

    I get that graphics / video folk are largely on Apple. I'm not in these fields but I do use GIMP and kdenlive.

    I've been meh on windoze for ~ 2 decades and finally switched to Linux Mint ~6 years ago.
    Am HAPPY HAPPY! (blows my mind how bloated MS software is compared to Linux)

    Apple UI isn't as intuitive as it was in the early days (yeah I am old)

    I buy fairly nice refurb'd laptops and buy fairly cheap Android phones. (I play a couple of games on an ipod and ipad)

    6 votes

  8. Comment on Meta is building an alternative to Twitter in ~tech

  9. Comment on Introducing Hurl, a terrible (but cute) idea for a language in ~comp

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    I saw the name and thought about C- - :-)

    I saw the name and thought about C- - :-)

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  10. Comment on Rampant groundwater pumping has changed the tilt of Earth’s axis in ~enviro

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    Some systems degrade linearly, others do not. Do we understand our Earth enough to know how much is too much? Hey, it's only 0.5 % more... Could that 0.5% be the final straw? My longer reply is...

    Some systems degrade linearly, others do not. Do we understand our Earth enough to know how much is too much? Hey, it's only 0.5 % more... Could that 0.5% be the final straw? My longer reply is linked below:

    https://tildes.net/~enviro/16n6/rampant_groundwater_pumping_has_changed_the_tilt_of_earths_axis#comment-8n28

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  11. Comment on Why millions of usable hard drives are being destroyed in ~tech

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    <grumble> so much magnet fun destroyed. Hard drives have some pretty powerful magnets inside.

    <grumble> so much magnet fun destroyed. Hard drives have some pretty powerful magnets inside.

    2 votes

  12. Comment on Rampant groundwater pumping has changed the tilt of Earth’s axis in ~enviro

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    Well given the global water shortages, ground water pumping is going to increase. Also, do we know the point where the last straw breaks the back? Some systems degrade linearly, others do not. So...

    Well given the global water shortages, ground water pumping is going to increase. Also, do we know the point where the last straw breaks the back? Some systems degrade linearly, others do not.

    So many times we've said 'oh the change is so small but the world is so so big...'

    and I'd imagine that'd be something the authors would want to mention if there were clear links.

    Well scientists tend to be very conservative with speculation. And are the links clear? Do we just do what we want before we fully understand the links and impacts? This is what we have done and woe is us...

    What are the cascade effects of ground water depletion? Beyond soil subsidence? Siesmic impacts? Will it affect atmospheric patterns. They have more impact because while less dense than water and soil/rock, they are further away from the earth's core hence greater lever arm. Also higher velocity vs water flow. Will these in turn, increase tilt? Questions questions questions...where are the answers?

    Humanity is pulling on so many threads of the ecosystem fabric and already destroyed many. This is another - death by a thousand cuts...

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  13. Comment on Rampant groundwater pumping has changed the tilt of Earth’s axis in ~enviro

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    Whoa my mind is kinda blown by this. I first looked at the source, expecting NY Post or BusinessInsider. Nope - Nature - top shelf! Cynical me says by trying to fix this, we will make it worse......

    Whoa my mind is kinda blown by this. I first looked at the source, expecting NY Post or BusinessInsider. Nope - Nature - top shelf! Cynical me says by trying to fix this, we will make it worse...

    <off balance washing machine spin cycle noises...intensifies>
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  14. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech

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    No, you read it right - there is a check box for allow / dis-allow other users to edit. So I am assuming it is like wikipedia and as you said, will have the edit history as part of the post....

    No, you read it right - there is a check box for allow / dis-allow other users to edit. So I am assuming it is like wikipedia and as you said, will have the edit history as part of the post. Literal FTFY :-) There also is no delete button but instead, Archive.

    It has potential but it seems there is not a lot of coding resources being applied...

    TIL both WT.social sites - I've just visited the 2nd one and it is basic...

    9 votes

  15. Comment on Reddit admins are now approaching mod teams of closed subreddits, looking for moderators who will cooperate and re-open them in ~tech

  16. Comment on Brutal video shows Ukrainian commando unit blitzing Russian trench in ~news

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    War is Hell, especially for those russians. I hope this vid goes viral amongst russian troops.

    War is Hell, especially for those russians.

    I hope this vid goes viral amongst russian troops.

    6 votes

  17. Comment on Sigur Rós – Blóðberg (2023) in ~music

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    Thank you! Sigur Ros always makes my blood pressure go down...ahh...

    Thank you! Sigur Ros always makes my blood pressure go down...ahh...

    1 vote

  18. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    "PikaNu redDit" - it seems quite over-rated... I liked the Squabbles DLC a lot but there's bin an influx of only pic pos(t)ers so the Tildes DLC is Luke-ing better. Am aweighting the Wales DLC....

    "PikaNu redDit" - it seems quite over-rated...

    I liked the Squabbles DLC a lot but there's bin an influx of only pic pos(t)ers so the Tildes DLC is Luke-ing better. Am aweighting the Wales DLC. The meta DLC is ded 2 me...

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  19. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~news

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    FWIW, they probably have more margin beyond 13,123 - 12,500. IOW, I am assuming the 13,123 is max working depth, not "crush" depth... Wuf - $250k ticket price! 'a 3 hour tour...the lil ship was...

    FWIW, they probably have more margin beyond 13,123 - 12,500. IOW, I am assuming the 13,123 is max working depth, not "crush" depth...

    Wuf - $250k ticket price!

    'a 3 hour tour...the lil ship was tuff...'

    17 votes

  20. Comment on UPS agrees to equip US delivery trucks with air-conditioning for the first time in ~transport

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    I am happy for my UPS buds in Vegas. I think the new USPS vehicles have AC - only seen one once. The Amazon vans appear to have it. Dunno about FedEx, DHL, et al...

    I am happy for my UPS buds in Vegas. I think the new USPS vehicles have AC - only seen one once. The Amazon vans appear to have it. Dunno about FedEx, DHL, et al...

    4 votes