StaggersAndJags

Are tech/privacy enthusiasts known for being super into Wednesdays?

I’d expect them to be… I don’t know, complaining about Prime Day sales today. Or taking about something remotely interesting. And I bet they are, but Mastodon isn’t finding it.

There have always been a lot of wingnuts in the U.S., but at one time you could assume that if someone reached a position of power in the military or government, they probably weren’t completely insane.

That time has passed.

To what end? This was embarrassing for everyone involved.

I don’t understand the timeline. It’s been reported elsewhere that the tourism company didn’t report the submarine’s disappearance for eight hours. This article says “The Navy began listening for the Titan almost as soon as the sub lost communications.”

Did the crew sit there trapped for eight+ hours and then the sub imploded? I thought any hull failure would happen a lot faster than that.

Or is this article confused? It would make sense that the navy is always listening, and deduced what they’d heard after they learned of the disappearance.

Agreed, and the fact that the hateful parent comment is still sitting at the top of the thread also makes me concerned for kbin’s ranking algorithm.

At the moment it has 28 “upvotes” and 51 “downvotes,” which on reddit would have it buried and hidden at the bottom. Here it’s remained the top comment since the article was posted.

Possibly because it has three “boosts”? I don’t understand the difference between boosts and votes. But this site is going to have to do something about it, because normal people are going to run from this place if this kind of sociopathic content is elevated here.