[HN Gopher] US Coast Guard: The pilot and 4 passengers of the Ti...
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       US Coast Guard: The pilot and 4 passengers of the Titan submersible
       are dead
        
       Author : koolba
       Score  : 27 points
       Date   : 2023-06-22 19:26 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (apnews.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (apnews.com)
        
       | anthk wrote:
       | You save up on money ignoring safety, next you fire the guy who
       | could had saved your life, and finally you suffer disasters
       | ending your life.
       | 
       | https://www.forbes.com/sites/katherinehamilton/2023/06/21/oc...
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       | Money addicts, take notes. This is what happens when you put
       | money cartels before real life physics.
        
         | Our_Benefactors wrote:
         | This is what I try to impress on anyone who thinks "saving
         | money" on tires is a frugal way of living.
        
           | anthk wrote:
           | One thing it's being frugal for your personal needs and
           | another one it's firing people because of marketing/fear to
           | shareholders. Specially when the odds of dying are over 90%.
        
           | Terr_ wrote:
           | > "saving money" on tires
           | 
           | I suspect (anecdotally, n=1) that part of the problem comes
           | from what TV/movie tropes have taught people a tire-failure
           | looks like: Typically it's a slow-leak or very controllable
           | effect. Actors have plenty of time to emote over it, the
           | vehicle can be pulled-over to the side of the road without
           | lots of filming-difficulties, and no need to bring in stunt-
           | doubles. (Then that sets the stage for the haunted house or
           | the rural diner-encounter or whatever.)
           | 
           | In contrast, dangerous or chaotic tire-failure doesn't get
           | shown as much unless it's an action movie and somebody's
           | using bullets or bombs or robot swords or whatever, things
           | someone with bad tires doesn't expect to happen _to them_.
        
       | ChrisArchitect wrote:
       | [dupe]
       | 
       | More discussion over here:
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36437120
        
       | DrNosferatu wrote:
       | Time to update those classic Data Science datasets...
        
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