burningmatches

joined 1 year ago
[–] burningmatches 2 points 1 year ago

The class action lawsuits come thick and fast as soon as a company goes public. It’s like putting a giant “kick me” sign on your ass.

[–] burningmatches 5 points 1 year ago (8 children)

The wife criticising the nurse:

“She only gave him chest compressions. Maybe if she had known what she was doing, maybe he would still be here. The service and treatment he received was disgusting.”

Classy.

[–] burningmatches 3 points 1 year ago

What sources would you consider credible?

[–] burningmatches 1 points 1 year ago

It’s a local news site.

[–] burningmatches 15 points 1 year ago

How can a human be illegal? And which law governs the Titanic sub’s operation?

[–] burningmatches 1 points 1 year ago

And "halving inflation" is a weasly commitment anyway because inflation is an annual figure. So by the end of the year we'll be comparing to December 2022, when inflation was 10% and prices had already increased a lot.

In other words, he was really saying: "In 12 months, I promise that prices will only be 5% higher than they are right now."

Doesn't really seem very ambitious when put like that, does it?

[–] burningmatches 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yup.

It's important to understand that this is public sector borrowing measured against the size of the economy. And note that public spending is also a component of the size of the economy — £1 of public spending equals more than £0 of GDP, while £1 of spending cuts equals less than £0 of GDP.

To say that austerity is dumb is an understatement.

[–] burningmatches 2 points 1 year ago

Would be better if it was spammed with pics of Lemmy from Motörhead.

[–] burningmatches 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The sub has seven different ways to re-surface and went silent during the descent phase, so there’s only really one likely option — crushed in an instant. It could get stuck at depth if it got tangled but that seems unlikely during the descent.~___~

[–] burningmatches 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is unlikely. The sub has multiple (like seven I think) different ways of resurfacing, some of which are purely mechanical and work even with a complete power failure. It could’ve got trapped in a fishing net, but it would still be pinging in that case. There are only really two other scenarios: it’s resurfaced and is bobbing around in the sea (unlikely) or the pressure vessel failed and it was instantly crushed to the size of a tin can.

Edit: Also, running out of oxygen in a situation like this isn't horrible. The BBC once did a documentary about the most humane way to execute people and it settled on nitrogen-induced hypoxia. Here's the part where the presenter (a former British politician) experiences hypoxia: https://vimeo.com/83750163#t=2235s

[–] burningmatches 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah, there’s very little communication with the sub, just short text messages and sonic pings, both of which have gone silent.

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