The New Yorker essay on Oceangate is really good, for those of you that enjoy a long read.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/a-reporter-at-large/the-titan-submersible-was-an-accident-waiting-to-happen
In a difficult situation, my wife once told me: “People tell me I’m tough because they don’t see me cry but believe me, if I’d think it’d help, I’d throw myself to the floor and cry all day and night.” Most people only leave the house on their good days. It’s not easy to know how people are really doing. At the same time, telling people about a hardship sometimes reveals a dozen of people in similar situations. It’s weird. Like a whole underground of hardship beneath the veneer. If you’re not doing well, I hope your situation improves and that you can find the people you need to talk to. Because life can be hard.
Although my favorite part of this interaction was "can you use your admin account to fix it?"
Today in 2011, 12 years ago: the space shuttle Atlantis takes off from Cape Canaveral on its way to the International Space Station, this being the last mission of a shuttle.
The inside of a cheese grater looks like the backdrop to most music videos around 2000
#OldMemesNeverDie
I am convinced this happens because they're scared they'll be told they're full of shit, and the overbearing excuse is that engineers don't have the people skills to really speak to management.
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