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[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 41 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Not surprising, the card was filled with... UNCOMPRESSIBLE DATA!

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 42 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They should have built the hull out of SanDisk cards.

[–] ook@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 day ago

I'd go for a mix of 50% sd cards and 50% controllers. Maybe 40/60, science is not decided yet.

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

I still have one of those. I use it to split bricks when I'm putting up a wall.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago (4 children)

What do you mean "tragic"?

[–] ZombieMantis@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

Well, that kid didn't ask to be there, so that's pretty tragic.

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

A tragedy is an event of great loss, usually of human life. Such an event is said to be tragic. Traditionally, the event would require "some element of moral failure, some flaw in character, or some extraordinary combination of elements" to be tragic.

To me this is tragic even in the Greek sense

[–] KneeTitts@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Define "tragic"

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[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Spoiler: Nothing about the big boom or that trip was on it (as designed, lol), but it's cool that it survived.

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 72 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (10 children)

Tragic?

Try "predictable"

Please watch the Netflix documentary if you havent.

The sub was never meant for that depth and they knew it.

They could literally hear the carbon fibers snapping every dive.

They had to retire an entire chassis because it failed at similar depths.

Nahh, the tragedy is rich people think they are better than physics itself.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The tragedy is that more of these rich people don't test that belief against reality.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 points 1 day ago

At least two billionaires keep firing rockets into space as a hobby. It's only a matter of time.

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This was a reverse tragedy.

There was a tragedy. One billionaire forcing their child to die

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[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Damn, that’s promotional material that SanDisk would probably not want to have.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why? It wasn't there submersible, their product wasn't responsible for its destruction and frankly there is very little in the way of public sympathy.

The product is not even rated as waterproof and yet it's survived months at the bottom of the ocean after having survived a destructive implosion.

That's hella marketing.

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The marketing is more for the submersible camera that survived, just like it was designed to do, the SD card was just inside the camera and no water even touched it. I don't think the SD card should be getting any credit.

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[–] ours@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Nah, more like great promo material for the camera that survived the whole mess mostly intact.

Too bad they dropped the ball by not having the decryption keys for the actual video on the card.

Edit: Apparently they've recover the files.

[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

New form of key compression unlocked!

[–] Ronno@feddit.nl 9 points 1 day ago

Why not? If anything, it shows how durable their product is. If it were my company, I would market the shit out of this.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

That even a depth rated camera is broken can easily explained with the point that the implosion produced shock waves with pressure spikes easily exceeding the official ratings of the camera.

[–] buffaloupperclass@sh.itjust.works 247 points 2 days ago (5 children)

It originally was an SSD drive

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 175 points 2 days ago (2 children)

These compression methods are getting out of hand

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[–] RedstoneValley@sh.itjust.works 145 points 2 days ago

"Somewhat disappointingly, the images and videos shared in the report were taken in the vicinity of the ROV shop at the Marine Institute"

There, saved you a long read

[–] AbsoluteAggressor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Gotta love that SD technology. Now if only we could build a sub with it.

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Just make the next sub out of SD cards, Nokia 3310 phones, piloted with a Logitech controller.

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 38 points 2 days ago (9 children)

I would never have gone in a submarine called the Tragic anything.

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[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 101 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (10 children)

"and you can buy that exact SD card model for the low, low price of $62.99 on Amazon RIGHT. NOW!!!"

That might not be the weirdest, most awkward product placement I ever saw, but close.

EDIT : for those not seeing it, yeah, the article actually mentions that price and has a direct link to Amazon.

[–] Stupidmanager@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

“I don’t travel on potentially doomed subs without these 10 things from amazon, you won’t believe how cheap number 1 is!!”

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ads are getting insane. Youtuber making skits in the middle of their video to promote some garbageis dystopian as fuck to me. Mentioning product and where to buy it to what price, what is this shit, war of the worlds?

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[–] Geodad@lemmy.world 45 points 2 days ago (20 children)
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[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 88 points 2 days ago (12 children)

Tragic? What was tragic about it? It were just some insanely rich doing something insanely stupid: dive in an untested home made tube built from rejected discarded build materials to dive to insane depths to disrupt a protected monument of something which killed thousands.

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 110 points 2 days ago (8 children)

The kid that was killed didn’t want to be there. He was terrified. He only went because rich daddy insisted & paid for him to come along. That’s tragic.

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