"Our submarine, that exploded, was actually very safe. Anyone who says otherwise is a dumb dumb." brainworms

  • LeZero [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    "The world only had one foremost expert on using carbon fiber to go in the deep oceans and he's gone now," said Söhnlein, referring to Rush.

    Hmm

    • Rom [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      The world had only one foremost expert on dipping your balls in fluoroantimonic acid and he's gone now.

      • emizeko [they/them]
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        1 year ago

        trillions of times stronger than 100% sulfuric acid in terms of its protonating ability measured by Hammett function. It even protonates some hydro­carbons

        jesus-christ

    • BeamBrain [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      The only thing you need to know about using carbon fiber to go in the deep oceans is "don't do it," which he clearly didn't

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      It's not as good a dunk as he thinks it is that the expert on doing something stupid died doing the stupid thing. the-more-you-know

      • robot_dog_with_gun [they/them]
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        1 year ago

        early aviation in shambles....

        actually a bunch of deaths could have been avoided at the time if people weren't jealously guarding their "intellectual property", pilots were dying in crashes that were survivable in other contemporary designs