Post B0Vd4W4nVevI9XM52m by EnnaComa@poa.st
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(DIR) Post #B0VUELdkGdOh5rJaRE by deprecated_ii@poa.st
2025-11-22T14:47:49.735284Z
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so the ship that hit the bridge in baltimore (now projected 5 billion bucks, 2030 replacement) lost power because a single wire was incorrectly terminated so it couldn't make a good connectionengineers of the academic (gay) variety are going to spend the next 5 years writing recommendations and proposals and standards that amount to trillions upon trillions of dollars of infrastructure cost when the real lesson is don't let dumb niggers wire your ship
(DIR) Post #B0VVKbEZInq39I5EkC by john_rando@poa.st
2025-11-22T14:58:26.460147Z
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@deprecated_ii Yep. I've lost count of the times I've been asked to make changes to industrial systems because some operator wasn't paying attention.
(DIR) Post #B0VWgpJ3lIFh7QLYjw by EnnaComa@poa.st
2025-11-22T15:11:42.799574Z
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@deprecated_ii they crossed a fucking ocean to get to Baltimore. Ship rocking this way and that. They lose power in a harbor, in calm weather, within 500ft of a bridge because ONE wire? Was it an extension cord run across the bridge on the floor? There's essentially one switch to shut off the whole ship; lighting, controls, display, engines? What a load of shit.
(DIR) Post #B0VWgqeikFAnItUN8q by deprecated_ii@poa.st
2025-11-22T15:15:22.710465Z
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@EnnaComa the NTSB says it was an intermittent connection caused by a wire ferrule that couldn't be inserted all the way, because they put a label over it :02_shrug: the fact that the power came back on for a couple seconds mid incident suggests to me that this probably wasn't an unusual thing. maybe they lost power every day and the accepted solution was to whack a control box. lots of cargo ships are floating junk heaps, it's not a secret
(DIR) Post #B0VWx3fA9VgEHIQPrM by Groomschild@poa.st
2025-11-22T15:18:19.508791Z
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@deprecated_ii @EnnaComa A wire that can cut all power must be pretty high energy right. wouldnt it start melting through wherever its connected and start a fire? or is it a case of it causing everything to crash
(DIR) Post #B0VXET0lA34vojpOpE by deprecated_ii@poa.st
2025-11-22T15:21:28.037241Z
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@Groomschild @EnnaComa probably not. big high amp wires use very positive connections to avoid arcing, fires, etc. this was probably a little control wire for a contactor or something of the sort, a small signal used to switch large loads
(DIR) Post #B0VXEeX4KGSVY81rDE by eee@poa.st
2025-11-22T15:21:05.221765Z
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@Groomschild @deprecated_ii @EnnaComa could be just a simple control wire, if it's intermittent the trained monkeys will use percussive maintenance and other rituals til it moves again
(DIR) Post #B0VXJPRxpSewDiuRiC by Groomschild@poa.st
2025-11-22T15:22:21.960832Z
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@deprecated_ii @EnnaComa The hardware issue that causes the software to freak out
(DIR) Post #B0Va6692asR0RbP1Dk by Eiregoat@nicecrew.digital
2025-11-22T15:53:34.591481Z
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If I had to guess I'd say they fired up something that they wouldn't normally use at sea (like bow thrusters) and it caused a cascade failure that knocked out more critical systems.
(DIR) Post #B0VaEXq1VyZeeMXEKO by Eiregoat@nicecrew.digital
2025-11-22T15:55:06.166983Z
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Could be it just tripped a tripswitch, and some other critical system was on the same circuit.
(DIR) Post #B0VbialPImsgMhGcxk by PalePimp@poa.st
2025-11-22T15:24:52.699722Z
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@eee @Groomschild @deprecated_ii @EnnaComa That sounds like any Indian-operated piece of machinery.
(DIR) Post #B0VcpdiEpv2dUZi2sK by bajax@baj.ax
2025-11-22T16:24:12.678969Z
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@deprecated_ii yeah pretty much
(DIR) Post #B0Vd4W4nVevI9XM52m by EnnaComa@poa.st
2025-11-22T16:23:08.029522Z
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@deprecated_ii @Groomschild maybe it could've been to a control. Maybe to a throw-over. But even still, something else would've failed too. One controller with no redundancy? One power supply controller with no backup? We saw multiple systems fail. The power, the emergency power, the controls. Everything should've had a backup. My point being, one wire might have caused it, but there were likely dozens of underlying causes and a the captain should be in jail and the company sued to pay for the bridge.
(DIR) Post #B0Vd4WhnAg7C6TbDpA by deprecated_ii@poa.st
2025-11-22T16:26:53.514242Z
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@EnnaComa @Groomschild it was a cascade failure and they had nigger rigged some other systems so they couldn't get power back in time. also manual processes that nobody was ready to perform, poor training, etcthe wire was just the inciting incident. and most ships are probably like this, because shipping has been a race to the bottom for a long time. barely functional ships and semi-retarded crews
(DIR) Post #B0Vg1rNGAUlPCUPpSK by sapphire@shortstacksran.ch
2025-11-22T17:00:01.279000Z
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@deprecated_ii the owning company won’t be forced to pay for the damages, they’ll get a slap on the wrist and a 3 million dollar fine (paid by insurance) so nothing will change
(DIR) Post #B0Vhx9iEl87KXJ70yW by DC5FAN@poa.st
2025-11-22T17:12:48.259755Z
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@deprecated_ii UBI but you got to go back. Bye Nigger!
(DIR) Post #B0VhxB1PtJ3Mb55qVc by pinemarten@poa.st
2025-11-22T17:21:35.407009Z
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@DC5FAN @deprecated_ii Sal Mercagliano, one of the best sources of info on commercial shipping, covers all the details.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znWl_TuUPp0
(DIR) Post #B0W23faz877IEy6UNc by jobanab@poa.st
2025-11-22T21:04:28.660599Z
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@deprecated_ii @EnnaComa Gotta love patching the problem instead of fixing it. Reminds me of when I think it was US patriot batteries would decrease drastically in accuracy when left on for over a day, so they just decided to reboot the targeting system every hour or so.