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How long have you been on Urban?Karl Masks
Birds Angel Delight
Accidental Partridge: Ross Kemp's Untested Vanity ProjectsEvery cloud:
Ross Kemp had planned to film TV show on Titanic sub
Five people died after OceanGate's Titan sub imploded during a trip to the Titanic wreck this week.www.bbc.co.uk
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
If you eat fish you're technically eating humans - the fishes will make short work of human bodies in the sea.Instead he got souped.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Interest/amusing Twitter thread on how the media in 1912 wasn’t quite as sympathetic as some might imagine:
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Or rather, it’s this thread:
People will always joke about and find humour in terrible catastrophes.
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
Not just fish - the Supergiant Amphipods/Giant Isopods existing at those depths ravenously devour any edible mater.
gosub
~#
As Captain Splat or whatever the owners name was, said, 'you get remembered for the rules you break.' I can see why Boris might have soft spot.
The answer...in both cases...'not those ones'
gosub
~#
Seem more upset by poets.
Storm Fox
Trying the find the next noun to verb
I noticed that in the picture up thread and thought it must have been screwed into a liner, not the structural carbon fibre.
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
I read that the CEO said their design was so innovative it would take engineers at standards/certifications agencies 'years to understand '.
Considering how tiny it is and that it's made from carbon fibre compared to a traditional submarine or even submersible design, I smell shite from the CEO.
I'm just surprised it didn't implode sooner or an earlier dive.
Considering how tiny it is and that it's made from carbon fibre compared to a traditional submarine or even submersible design, I smell shite from the CEO.
I'm just surprised it didn't implode sooner or an earlier dive.
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
In my experience, there are some CEOs that don't like hearing the words 'no', 'it's unsafe' 'it would put people at risk' etc.
In the UK all engineers going for their IEng or CEng professional qualifications must demonstrate that they understand their ethical obligations and can give at least one example of dealing with an ethical issue. While the CEO is obviously at a more extreme end of the ethical spectrum, and standing up to him brings it's own issues, nevertheless it demonstrates why engineers must do what they do with safety first and foremost.
In the UK all engineers going for their IEng or CEng professional qualifications must demonstrate that they understand their ethical obligations and can give at least one example of dealing with an ethical issue. While the CEO is obviously at a more extreme end of the ethical spectrum, and standing up to him brings it's own issues, nevertheless it demonstrates why engineers must do what they do with safety first and foremost.
AverageJoe
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This.
I just finished a contract for a multimillionaire who was launching a product.
He thought it would be easy.
I sent him a message saying "If it was easy, then everyone would be doing this, but you've got the best team on it, so let us do our stuff".
He started doing all kinds of wierd deals etc behind our backs that we didn't know about before the product was ready for launch, and then binned me off because of my "negative attitude".
Product still hasn't launched and is unlikely to.
Some of these guys are so entitled because they have money it hurts.
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
Oh the visioneering is always easy.
These people aren't details people, by and large, and don't seem to understand 'you can have it done fast or you can have it done right, but you can't have both'..
Anytime you don't agree with their magnificent vision aka trying to get them to understand reality one is accused of having a negative attitude.
Commiserations.
AverageJoe
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Oh don't worry, I started a new contract for a similar brand in the same industry paying me three times more the day after.
It is what it is.
The most amusing thing is that I'm still in the old contracts Skype and Telegram convo so can see all the shit continue to unfold with a satisfying sense of schadenfreude
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
petee
no gods, no malarkey
Every cloud:
Ross Kemp had planned to film TV show on Titanic sub
Five people died after OceanGate's Titan sub imploded during a trip to the Titanic wreck this week.www.bbc.co.uk
lucky for kemp, he didn't get folded
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
For sale, one careful owner. £250,000 or best offer.
Raheem
Well-Known Member
The one man on earth who could have survived the implosion.Every cloud:
Ross Kemp had planned to film TV show on Titanic sub
Five people died after OceanGate's Titan sub imploded during a trip to the Titanic wreck this week.www.bbc.co.uk
cesare
shady's dreams ♥
MysteryGuest!Thatcher's still dead but she gets loads of mentions on here regardless - and quite right too! They're all a bunch of cunts (apart from the 19 year old etc)!
Graymalkin
Ironclad Activist
Fun Fact: Here in Canada engineers who graduate, do the requisite 4 year 'apprenticeship' , and pass their PEng certification are given an 'iron ring' to be worn on the pinky finger of your dominant hand as a physical manifestation of ones ethical responsibilities to the public. This practice started in the early 20th century after the Quebec bridge collapsed twice during it's construction at the cost of many lives. The tapping sound it produces while doing calculations/paperwork is meant to be a constant reminder of ones obligations.
hash tag
Books, not bombs
They do show footage from inside the sub reaching the ocean floor ( on a previous dive ).
"It's very exciting to see the dirt and mud" ( on the ocean floor ). One of the thrusters broke on that dive.
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rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
It was established a long time ago that he's not as tough as he makes out.
Gromit
International Man of Misery
I feel that there is a Phillip Scofield's career joke that could lead off this post but I'm too tired to make it.
pinkmonkey
2.4 hour party person
They’re often the worst people to work for. Especially those who are well known. I’ve worked with entrepreneurs for 20 years now, designing product, helping them start a business. I’ve terminated the contracts of a few in the past, who turned out to be nutters.
First thing I do now when I get a new enquiry is go to Google, do some digging and find out who I’m really dealing with, I’ve found some eye opening info in the past, just had one of these last week, came via a recruiter (who they ghosted and didn’t pay), they’re a proper bullshit artist, they made millions because they tricked people out of millions and they’re in the papers a lot. The product they wanted to make was high risk, of course it was, you just knew there’d be a class action lawsuit. So that’s a hell no, I warned my trade. I don’t think he’ll succeed, he’s too impatient to wait the 2 - 3 years of development and he glazed over when I mentioned risk and testing. Another red flag.
I think this is why I’m so obsessed with this Titan shitshow, it’s relatable, I’ve met many Stocktons.
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Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Yeh it's not an entirely unproblematic thing Canadian engineers call for change to their private 'iron ring' ceremony steeped in colonialism
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Some quite impressive whataboutery from that arse of a presenter. Essentially, arguing that if rich explorers have to put some kind of bond up front to cover/contribute to the rescue cost of their foolishness, everybody taking to the park lake will have to do the same.
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