• Sequentialsilence@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    I do events, one of the events was a medical conference. We had an exec for a pharmaceutical company presenting and he wanted the entire stage layout changed 45 minutes before the presentation. Like completely different projectors, screens, mics, that sort of thing. Not a quick fix by any means. We told him it wasn’t possible, his response,

    “Anything is possible if money and physics allow it, and I have money.”

    Their pharmaceutical company wasn’t invited back to the next years event. We were.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    16 days ago

    I only heard about it after it happened. Guy in the last year of high school said his parents wanted him to go to college but he probably wouldn’t because that was “stupid” or something similar. Girl in the group blew up on him because she desperately wanted an education and couldn’t afford tuition basically anywhere. She called him spoiled and selfish, I believe.

    • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      15 days ago

      That’s great. Hopefully that was a formative memory for that kid… I’ve had one or two moments when I was a young teen, where I had to have a friend break a hard truth to me about my behavior/attitude, and I still remember it because he was absolutely right and just being aware of it made a huge difference from that point forward. I still think about what he said sometimes.

      I only wish someone had said something sooner…

      • Noxy@pawb.socialEnglish
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        15 days ago

        I had the same experience. One day in high school, my dumb teenage ass was running my mouth off against affirmative action like the edgy dumbass I was, and a classmate just absolutely handed my ass to me. Teacher didn’t even interrupt, just let it happen.

        I’m glad I was able to thank him for that like 12 years later on Facebook. Really planted a seed that needed planting.

    • candybrie@lemmy.world
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      15 days ago

      I think I might be misunderstanding. If he felt he wasn’t smart enough to get anything out of college, isn’t it better that he not go? Like it seems more spoiled to go to college without the expectation you’d get the degree. You’re taking a spot from someone who thinks they’ll graduate, wasting your parents’ money, and delaying becoming a self sufficient adult for no pay off.

      • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
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        15 days ago

        He didn’t think he wasn’t smart enough for uni, he thought the concept of uni was stupid.

        Which still, yeah, someone who thinks that way probably shouldn’t go to uni. But it’s not quite the same.

  • Parade du Grotesque@lemmy.sdf.org
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    16 days ago

    That submarine imploding near the Titanic will never be not funny. Especially since the guy who designed it believed in the “move fast and break things” nonsense.

    Every person on board paid a pretty penny to be on that sub, so no pity from me either (except perhaps for the teenager who was reportedly terrified to go on, but did it to please his rich prick father).

        • stoy@lemmy.zip
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          15 days ago

          Subhuman?

          Really? You are invoking Nazi expressions, and expect to be winning?

          • tht@social.pwned.pageEnglish
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            15 days ago

            Well for me humans need to have morality, compassion, they need to care for others, the bourgeoisie don’t do that, so they aren’t humans for me

            • stoy@lemmy.zip
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              15 days ago

              So you are failing your own morality test, and handwaving it away.

              How convenient.

              I thought history was quite clear, time and time again, it has been shown that once you declare a group of persons as “subhuman” bad shit start happening.

      • Kichae@lemmy.caEnglish
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        15 days ago

        Having the legal right and feeling in any way empowered to exercise that right are wildly different things.

      • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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        15 days ago

        When you were 19, did you have much of a say if your parents wanted to take you on a trip? Legally, sure. But in reality?

          • Habahnow@sh.itjust.works
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            15 days ago

            This is a ridiculous statement. If a 40 year old can’t tell their parents no to a trip, that’s a problem with the 40 year old. At 19, even though you’re legally an adult, you’re probably still very reliant on your parents, don’t have a very high paying job, and likely don’t have your own place.

            • FarmTaco@lemmy.world
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              13 days ago

              So what age are you officially an adult? when do you come off the apron strings? when is it OK to finally treat someone like an adult?

              If a 19 year old cant tell their parents no, TO A TRIP, that is a problem with them.

              e: and I forgot where I was, i like that you are trying to say this 19 year old millionaire spawn has a low paying job, with no place.

              • Habahnow@sh.itjust.works
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                13 days ago

                “officially” is an ambigious term here. Legally, 18 years old in the US. “completely” an adult? depends on a variety of factors. Most people under 25 aren’t allowed to rent a car by themselves in the US, so that brings up the age in regards to that. Regardless, I think this is a tangential question.

                I think what you mean to ask, is at what age does a person make decisions for themselves completely, as we’re talking about this 19 year old being pressured into going into the sub. Well that depends on the situation of the person in question which is basically what I said in my previous post. Does this person live on their own? Provide income for themselves? How is their relationship with their parents? How confident is the person in themselves?

                At 19 years old, many people are still reliant on their parents for many things, and also living with them. Arguments are way more impactful in this situation because you can’t just go home and leave, or you can’t ignore certain things because they may be ongoing or consistent problems. There’s probably already arguments happening in this relationship about how each person wants to handle different things. This may be a situation where the 19 year old thought, “I don’t want to cause a big argument over this” so they give in.

                e: and I forgot where I was, i like that you are trying to say this 19 year old millionaire spawn has a low paying job, with no place.

                You should at least reread things before commenting to not waste your time my previous post with added bold, and brackets:

                At 19, even though you’re legally an adult, you’re probably still very reliant on your parents, [implied you] don’t have a very high paying job, and likely don’t have your own place.

                We don’t know if this 19 year old has a high paying job. I doubt it since many people don’t have a degree at this age.

    • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      15 days ago

      The photo of the shitty Logitech controller will never not make me laugh… Anyone who has ever handled a controller before knows those things are absolute garbage lol

    • chaosCruiser@futurology.todayEnglish
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      16 days ago

      I’ve seen some interesting YT videos about the engineering behind the sub. Turns out, that sub was a ticking time bomb, and many people had warned about it. The controller thing was perfectly fine, but the walls were not.

        • unknown1234_5@kbin.earth
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          15 days ago

          it’s the same functionality but cheaper and easier to use, it’s such a good idea the navy has been trying to switch everything they can to off the shelf stuff.

        • uis@lemm.ee
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          15 days ago

          Got it, hiring Ivan from nearest kolhoz to kolhoz submarine into existance.

        • stoy@lemmy.zip
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          15 days ago

          Using off the shelf consumer electronics for safety critical applications is fine.

          In this case the controller is engineered to work well for a resonable time.

          Ok, the controller is not waterproof, but if you get water inside a sub, you have larger problems than moving it, and you have other ways of triggering an emergency blow.

          • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
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            15 days ago

            honestly I would prefer to drive a DIY custom built machine using a popular off the shelf gamepad, that way I could buy a handful of controllers and keep them in the cockpit as backups.

            • RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              14 days ago

              Given the option between making my own controller vs buying a dozen Xbox controllers, yeah gonna go with Xbox. Nothing I make will get anywhere near as good.

        • GenosseFlosse@feddit.org
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          16 days ago

          I would argue that the consumer electronics had more testing and engineering experience behind them than the structural parts of the sub…

          • chaosCruiser@futurology.todayEnglish
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            15 days ago

            The funny thing is, the news articles got stuck on the most insignificant (but funny) detail. The main emphasis should have been on the fact that lots of people had noticed serious problems with the design, but one stubborn guy decided to roll the dice anyway. Well, you reap what you sow.

        • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          16 days ago

          Of course it is. The US Navy uses Xbox controllers for their photonic masts, which we can all agree is pretty safety critical.

          • froh42@lemmy.world
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            15 days ago

            Thanks. I did remember that US subs used a off the shelf controller but couldn’t think of the specific example.

            Additionally with an off the shelf controller it’s really easy to pack a replacement one. (And building a controller yourself - that one will always be worse and heavier than an off the shelf one plus replacement)

            The crazy thing really is how they ignored everyone on warnings how not to construct a hull.

            • GenosseFlosse@feddit.org
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              15 days ago

              The army uses Xbox controllers because the recruits are already familiar with them and don’t need training on a new and expensive custom controller. It’s more user friendly and reduces input errors.

            • stoy@lemmy.zip
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              15 days ago

              No, but not due to reliability.

              Rather because an Xbox controller is not designed to fly a real aircraft.

              I would however go on a boat that was controlled with an Xbox controller, less speed and one less direction to worry about.

      • Nighed@feddit.ukEnglish
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        15 days ago

        Their crack detector thing actually detected a problem on the previous trip… Just nobody checked it…

          • Nighed@feddit.ukEnglish
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            15 days ago

            Pretty sure it’s this one: https://youtu.be/FAAQVntpk00

            Goes through the photos to get an idea where it failed (towards one end). Then looks at manufacturing photos (milling down carbon fiber in a pressure vessel is crazy!) then looks at strain guage graphs.

            • khannie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              15 days ago

              Yeah that’s the one I just watched it through. Thanks for the link. Absolutely reckless behaviour from the owner after the previous crack event on dive 80 to go down again. Just so many bad choices.

              Fascinating that they had the data to tell them it wasn’t safe and just ploughed ahead without examining it.

    • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
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      15 days ago

      Moving fast and breaking things can be a great R&D philosophy…when health and safety aren’t a concern or have been addressed.

  • Beacon@fedia.io
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    16 days ago

    That video of the rich prick at a coffee shop who throws something at the worker and then gets put in a headlock and held on the ground and struggles weakly

    • Tower@lemm.ee
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      16 days ago

      Are you talking about Joel Michael Singer? The Joel Michael Singer who headbutts people and then gets his ass locked and then begs his daddy to use his money and influence to remove the evidence from the internet? That Joel Michael Singer? Because that guy is Joel Michael Singer, and that’s the only Joel Michael Singer I have ever heard of.

      • P1nkman@lemmy.world
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        15 days ago

        I can confirm that it was Joel Michael Singer. Joel Michael Singer was the guy in the video about Joel Michael Singer. We must not forget Joel Michael Singer.

        • fsxylo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          15 days ago

          I didn’t know his name was Joel Michael Singer. But I’m going to remember that. Joel Michael Singer.

          • TriPolarBearz@lemmy.world
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            15 days ago

            I have seen the video before, but did not know his name was Joel Michael Singer. So I had to search for his name, Joel Michael Singer, and click on a few links to learn more. I also rewatched the video with Joel Michael Singer headbutting people and then getting taken down.

            • Rhoeri@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              15 days ago

              If it wasn’t Joel Michel Singer, then there must be two separate incidents that happened where one was clearly Joel Michel Singer and the other wasn’t Joel Michel Singer.

  • SwingingTheLamp@midwest.socialEnglish
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    15 days ago

    I have this pet theory about how people who learn that their privilege lets them bend or ignore human laws subconsciously believe that they can bend or ignore any law. So I always enjoy it when rich assholes buy super-cars and wrap them around trees, a surprisingly common occurrence, because the laws of physics aren’t impressed by your financial portfolio.

      • Battle Masker@lemmy.world
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        14 days ago

        Perhaps, but it exposed some companies, namely Robinhood, as chumps for doing just that. And those that won big by sitting on Gamestop so the other chump couldn’t buy it out chose philanthropy, which is a minor victory in the long run

      • scaramobo@lemmynsfw.com
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        14 days ago

        Oh it was super interesting! Stories from experts strongly advising against design decisions but being ignored, colleagues and industry officials raising concerns, the utter failure of OSHA in protecting the wistleblowers, multiple red flags being ignored, the batshit insane list of failures during previous dives being ignored, the lack of safety culture, administrative office crew doubling as safety inspectors/dive operators/engineers while having no qualifications whatsoever for that job, the absolute lack of free speech to voice concerns/toxic positivity that was expected from everyone/repercussions against people that did try to speak up, the pressure put on potential mission specialists to continue their trip if they tried to back out, the extremely dubious “mission specialist” term used to describe passengers just to get out of insurance and liability, the long, long list of questionable design choices made by someone who had no proper experience, the cost cutting mentality, the “meh its good enough” mentality,…

        The list goes on and on and on. Those hearings are worth watching with popcorn. I was hooked and watched them all, but of you have to pick some, choose those from david lochridge, tony nissen, renata rojas, karl stanley, bart kemper and bonnie carl.

        https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgOje37c-b1NswzbM8kMEGRrdup_xwlW9

        • scaramobo@lemmynsfw.com
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          14 days ago

          I mean, the CO scrubber was an Ikea plastic box with a CPU fan hooked to it. Literally.

          Just absolutely mindboggling.

  • Apytele@sh.itjust.works
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    14 days ago

    Some hospital royalty’s grandparent needed ECT for their treatment resistant depression. Said royalty fought tooth and nail to let gamgam get her very first set of induced controlled seizures under surgical level anaesthesia done outpatient. The ECT doc said fuck no (you can do them outpatient, but you always do the first set inpatient case shit goes pear shaped). They then tried to get gamgam to spend her time in the fancy hospital rooms (yes that’s a thing) instead of on the psych unit with us crazies. The ECT doc said no. This was also right after admin got mad at us for throwing out a piss soaked mattress. Don’t want granny sleeping on somebody else’s piss? Nobody should be sleeping on somebody else’s piss. DEAL WITH IT you bourgeoisie bastards.

    • conditional_soup@lemm.ee
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      14 days ago

      Gods, I remember interviewing to be a floor tech at Doctor’s Medical Center in Modesto when they first got their bourgeoise floor. It still upsets me to think about it 12 years later. Healthcare is healthcare, there shouldn’t be a damn luxury floor, and especially not while other people are getting bankrupted with bills where the numbers are basically snatched out of thin air anyway.

  • Kiwi_fella@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    At a concert and saw the police approach and start questioning a young drunk guy (out doors, before show started). They basically said he had to leave on account of being too intoxicated and he started getting mouthy. I’ve never seen the police react so quickly the moment he finished saying, “My dad is a top class expensive lawyers and he’ll have your asrses for this” - he was in the ground and handcuffed within seconds. In the next few seconds he was back on his feet and being escorted to the paddy wagon.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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      14 days ago

      Honestly I think it’s terrible that we think it’s perfectly normal and okay for cops to physically force someone to the ground with no mention of resistance.

      “Keep your hands where I can see them and I’m going to cuff you while I search your pockets.”

      “Please get in the back of the car” while lightly holding the inside of someone’s elbow should be all that is needed after checking their person for any weapons.

      • Kiwi_fella@lemmy.world
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        13 days ago

        There was definitely resistance from the young guy. It just didn’t make my story. The police in the country where I’m from have a much higher standard of engagement with people. Their actions we well justified.

  • Shelbyeileen@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    We took a trip to Chicago and decided to go to Navy Pier. Traffic was basically gridlocked and the car behind us was not happy that my friend didn’t break the law and block an intersection. After the light turned green, the idiot took his massive, shiny, brand new, white pickup truck onto the SIDEWALK to cut in front of us.

    When we got to the parking garage, there was a HUGE sign saying the clearance was 6ft 3in and tall vehicles needed to go to a different garage. The idiot didn’t read it and, even with the windows shut, we heard the screeching and scraping of his roof on the top of the structure.

    The best part was watching him back out, hearing more scraping, seeing his surprised pikachu face, and the disappointment on the face of the woman in the passenger seat.

  • Subverb@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    About seven years ago when Trump was president the first time, my wife and I went to see Roger Waters in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

    We bought 7th row seats but had looked at 1st row and they were something like $800 each so we passed. Well, day of the show and you can only imagine the massive vitriol spewing from Waters and the huge screen behind him for Trump. He had an inflatable pig drone with TRUMP on it flying around the arena and all kinds of elaborate props.

    A group of four dressed in cowboy regalia, presumably MAGA, walked out from the front row, enthusiastically flipping Roger Waters off as they did it. The seats alone were $3200ish.

    Roger Waters and Pink Floyd. What the hell did they expect?

    Found this Australian video with clips from that tour. Being beneath the giant laser pyramid was awe inspiring. Waters says, “Haven’t you been listening all these years?”

    No, people don’t listen to the lyrics.

    • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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      15 days ago

      Must’ve had a bad day. I saw him not too long ago and he did some minor commentary on political issues, but there was no ranting. Waters is all over the place politically sometimes. Great show though.

      • Snowclone@lemmy.world
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        14 days ago

        Hum… not really, it’s more about how a song works lyrically and a bit musically, it’s like a magician showing you how he does the trick, but you’re still amazed at the trick, as it somehow keeps working on you. It is fascinating that the lyrics also point to the fact that the listener brings most of the meaning and emotion to the song, not the song writers. Which is true, I had no idea Pearl Jam’s Red Mosquito was about sitting sick in a hotel room with a literal Mosquito. I thought it was a very complex song about the concepts of God and The Devil.

    • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      15 days ago

      That’s fucking funny…

      Roger Waters and Pink Floyd.

      Not even… It was him alone, which is always far more political and vitriolic. Everybody knows this. These were likely boomers who liked Dark Side of the Moon when they were kids, and 50+ years later decided to waste a shit ton of money on tickets, knowing nothing about the man.