Posts by definitely-not-indy

And the only one rated for that depth is directional. Roll out of control and there's no comms.

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What exactly were they using to stay in contact ?

Sonar modems like these:

Modem 6 (subsea)

Our range of underwater acoustic modems comes out of experience gained whilst utilising over 35 years of experience with underwater acoustic telemetry.

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The same NASA that lost 14 shuttle Astronauts due to poor designs?

Yes, but the Challenger astronauts were still alive and trying to fly it until they hit the water. They didn't know it was just a cockpit left. Built tough.

This contraption is setup to suffocate you to death on the bottom. The ballast can't be jettisoned. It's bolted into place.

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Was it a dream ? Probably I guess - but it was the realest and most terrifying dream I've ever had if that's what it was.

sounds like...

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How heavy is three miles of rope? And... how much lifting power would the rope strength/winch power retain at that depth? Granted... shit's a lot lighter under water so.. kinda sounds like a question for a pencil neck with a slide rule.

More like bored with an integral calculator. It's a 20,000 pound sub that has neutral buoyancy down at 12,000 feet so it's basically just a giant boulder to lift like 2.5 miles, with current 3 miles sounds right. Ropes won't do, you need monster steel cables, probably 1" or more diameter. Then you still have to lift it so slowly all you are getting back is bodies.

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I'm guessing that thing had a hull failure and everyone died instantly, and down they sank the Davey Jones' locker. If I had to put money down, it would be on Chinese metallurgy (somewhere in the mix), but that's a guess.

I'm going with trapped on the bottom, running out of oxygen. The pressure hull was designed by the University of Washington & NASA. The rest of it is all commercial, off the shelf gear that probably failed and stranded them.

I like the tldr versions you're posting here.

The FW one really went off the rails.

Hey, at least you get to die while the only person looking out the window is the person taking a shit at the time.

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So… Californians flood area buying up inflated properties and tax liabilities go up?

That's Austin, where property values are slightly going back down. I'm for abortion, but the knock on effect of banning it seems to have put a dent in their flood. Houston is built different so it's venezulean/columbian/etc refugees moving into rapidly inflating but poor neighborhoods next to far more affluent ones on this side of town. Prices still going up here.

At least the business taxes are friendlier than most places, but it seems the local ISD is now pushing for a second football palace so I can kiss that 1% savings goodbye soon. It'll be bundled into a large school district funding bond so they can make it unavoidable to pay for.

Leaving when you did was a wise decision then. My property tax rate hasn't changed, yet my property taxes are nearly double what they were 4 years ago. What % of your total income you lose to taxes has never been higher in this state and 83 property tax reform bills vetoed and counting so far.

Total tax % goes up 2% if I go 2 miles in 1 direction over an invisible line, but I managed to shave 1% off by moving less than 2 miles in a different direction and hopping over another invisible boundary that put us into a different ISD.

I've been here 30 years. Total tax burden pushes 12%.

I don't care about Cali, I wouldn't move there for less than $500k a year.

Colorado keeps looking more attractive, but there's no salt water

as for silly gun laws. Meh. I'll pick a state by quality of their saltwater fishing before eyeballing gun laws. My guns already comply with everything blue states want short of confiscation, and the gun grabbers keep losing in court anyways.

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That's a misrepresentation of total tax burden by WalletHub that did not survive peer review. Texas average tax burden really works out to 11.8% annual. It's middle of the pack, not bottom 5. The roads are better than Louisiana at least.

Also, you don't get local rule. Locals are finding that out the hard way as the state overrides them. The people in charge have such inflated egos they honestly believe they can fix school problems in the most poor part of Houston by taking it over from locals.

Unfortunately this great state has been taken over by weak men only concerned with fundraising.

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Texas has Republican donating business groups that have been chasing the bullet train for a decade. Cali isn't paying any reparations, wasn't a slave state (unless they're paying the Chinese), can't pay their own bills, and their gov repeatedly rejects raising taxes on their 1%. If I need crack of an open air homeless encampment, then Houston, Austin, Dallas, LA, San Fran, San Diego, they're all good choices for that.

You don't get local rule in Texas either if the state doesn't agree. Yesterday the State just passed the deathstar, specially to overrule local governments and continually work to consolidate power away from locals and into the state itself.

It makes the flyover states like Kansas & Missouri look increasingly moderate & attractive, despite also having their own bevy of wacky laws.

Yeah, but after the burger for lunch lol. It's a social gathering. It's not quite competitive here though with the mega churches. Those have bowling alleys, movie theaters, etc. Big money in Jesus.

Meat was a luxury in late winter Judea (Lent). It's symbolically giving it up. So you eat fish or veggies.

I don't know any Catholics that actually do that. The fish fry mostly a recruiting drive/member get together to bring in new people to replenish parish coffers and maintain fellowship.

Fish fry with wine = catholicism. Pretty sure it's in the bible.

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what is wrong with making decisions on these items at the lowest possible governmental level?

For a state that prides itself on independence, the nanny state in power is a bit over the top. It took Covid to get some mild deregulation passed.

Quote from Gina

Texas has 196 partially dry counties and 5 completely dry counties. The Texas nanny state.

That's the bible thumper country part. In the purple burbs of counties and in the blue cities, there's a brewery on every corner, distilleries, cocktails to go, etc. The state repubs are corrupt and paid by AB Inbev via Silver Eagle Distribution to make sure the craft breweries can't be too successful though. You can buy beer on Sunday now too. Just not before noon, because Jesus.