“Somewhat disappointingly, the images and videos shared in the report were taken in the vicinity of the ROV shop at the Marine Institute”
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Tragic Titan submersible’s $62 SanDisk memory card found undamaged at wreckage site
Submitted 3 weeks ago by cyrano@piefed.social to technology@lemmy.world
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RedstoneValley@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Skysurfer@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Unfortunately it only had older still photos and videos, nothing from the last dive. Looks like they had the camera configured to send the data to the onboard computers and those were smashed into a soild mass, of which, no data was able to be recovered from.
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
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 3 weeks ago
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.
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Still a super rich kid who got everything he ever wanted, except for this instance.
Crashumbc@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
He did according to his mom’s statement to BBC and he was 19.
shiroininja@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
There was also a famous ocean explorer on board they were using as a prop for their company. He’d done great work exploring shipwrecks previously and not a billionaire
sudo@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
And despite his knowledge and experience, chose to join the haphazard mission in pursuit of something he apparently valued more than the risks. So it sounds like he made a very clear choice and was dealt the expected hand from said choice.
peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
I think maybe the point about the Kid is being missed. . Mmmmmm
theneverfox@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
Yeah, no. Kids want to be cool and respected, making it clear billionaires are hated will do so much more to wake them up
And once a billionaire gives it all away to become just a normal person (with a few million in the bank as a safety net), we make them a hero
LettyWhiterock@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Nah the young people are laughing about this as much as anyone else.
Crashumbc@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
“Then I stepped back and gave them space to set [Suleman] up, because he really wanted to go,” she said."
This is from the mom in a BBC article. And he was 19 not a kid.
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah, hating on the kid simply because his dad has money forces him into an us-vs-them situation. It does nothing to help.
Not to mention it is exceedingly gross to cheer the death of someone just because their dad has money.
thepompe@ttrpg.network 2 weeks ago
I hate rich people too, but this is a reddit-tier comment.
brsrklf@jlai.lu 3 weeks ago
“and you can buy that exact SD card model for the low, low price of $62.99 on Amazon!!!”
That might not be the weirdest, most awkward product placement I ever saw, but close.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
tbf, finding your product still working after the implosion is already amazing publicity
xthexder@l.sw0.com 2 weeks ago
The SD card was from inside a titanium cased underwater camera that was mounted outside the hull. It wasn’t actually in the implosion, it just survived the shockwave (which was probably 1000s of Gs, so still impressive)
slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 2 weeks ago
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?
thepompe@ttrpg.network 2 weeks ago
It’s all about conditioning people to accept having shit shoved in their face.
Stupidmanager@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
“I don’t travel on potentially doomed subs without these 10 things from amazing, you won’t believe how cheap number 1 is!!”
nathan@piefed.alphapuggle.dev 3 weeks ago
Scientists were already unable to recover footage of their final moments on the SD card
rosco385@lemmy.wtf 3 weeks ago
So tragic to see someone speak from beyond the grave…
Little8Lost@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I did not expect that
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
RIP. Tragic.
Psythik@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Fuck off
Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Tragic?
floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
The tragedy is that more of these rich people don’t test that belief against reality.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
At least two billionaires keep firing rockets into space as a hobby. It’s only a matter of time.
BanMe@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This was a reverse tragedy.
Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
There was a tragedy. One billionaire forcing their child to die
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Trying to do extreme engineering on the cheap.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
it was DIY from start o finish on the craft.
architect@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
I think it’s more like what are the chances it fails while we’re in it? Fuck it.
BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Considering that is basically the only time it could fail, I would say the chances were pretty high.
Taldan@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The main issue with the Titan wasn’t as much the depth as it was cyclic loading
Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
No, it was entirely the depth. They tested it in the lab and saw many failures but never changed the design.
Nomecks@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Not surprising. The card was filled with… UNCOMPRESSIBLE DATA!
caveman8000@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
🫵🫅
Geodad@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Spared no expense…
d3lta19@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Kinda seems like it was the right call if it survived an implosion
Geodad@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah, but 512 GB? That’s gotta be overwriting some data. The amount of data generated by sensors is massive.
phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
They should have built the hull out of SanDisk cards.
ook@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
Or old school Nokias…
phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I still have one of those. I use it to split bricks when I’m putting up a wall.
shittydwarf@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Tragic?
_chris@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah we should build a bigger submarine that fits more billionaires.
rekabis@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Damn, that’s promotional material that SanDisk would probably not want to have.
echodot@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
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 2 weeks ago
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.
Ronno@feddit.nl 2 weeks 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.
adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
It shows how durable their product is… when stored in an enclosure designed to protect it. The SD card probably didn’t even experience an increase in air pressure.
ours@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
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.
Nomecks@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
New form of key compression unlocked!
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
sd is so sturdy it can withstand pressures of depts at 12000ft.
AbsoluteAggressor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Gotta love that SD technology. Now if only we could build a sub with it.
Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Just make the next sub out of SD cards, Nokia 3310 phones, and a Logitech controller.
AbsoluteAggressor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Fuck it. Mad Catz w/ turbo
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
shouldve made the sub out of layers of sd cards.
Wispy2891@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That sticker “pressure tested” on the camera housing is not lying
db2@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
There’s probably an expensive helium mechanical drive somewhere down there that suddenly found itself to be considerably smaller than it started out.
xthexder@l.sw0.com 2 weeks ago
They used 3 mini PCs with SSDs, which all of them were completely smashed and unrecoverable. the flash chips were all cracked or missing.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Scott Manley has a one hour video going over all of this, including the ridiculous redaction of
James Cameronproviding expert testimony by first saying he directed The AbyssTetsuo@jlai.lu 3 weeks ago
I recommend this great video from Scott Manley on the NTSB report :
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMUjCZ7MMWQ
He also has a previous video that is more speculative before the report but very interesting anyway.
dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Spoiler: Nothing about the crash was on it, but it’s cool that it survived.
Paragone@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Why TF are resources being wasted on digging it up??
Idiocy.
There are REAL needs, in this world, & throwing MORE resources after that narcissist-machiavellian’s coffin isn’t justifiable.
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Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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.
0x0@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
What do you mean “tragic”?
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Taking bets on the last data recorded on it. I’m going with “0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0…”
Psythik@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Could someone please post the pics? The website claims that I could click “see more” to view them, but nothing happens when I do that.
elucubra@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Time to order a few SanDisk cards
Feddinat0r@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
I read titanic and was a little bit confused
buffaloupperclass@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
It originally was an SSD drive
peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
These compression methods are getting out of hand
zergtoshi@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Especially considering this was losless - strictly speaking only the compression of the SSD was… 😈
Melonpoly@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The “D” in “SSD” is drive.
DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
ATM machine. When people ask what that is being a smart ass, I say it’s their mom.
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
BRB, typing my PIN number into the ATM machine to get some cash for SCUBA apparatus.
buffaloupperclass@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
lol out loud