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> OceanGate had previously taken the Titan to this depth to visit the Titanic. So, it was "proven".

The average HN knowledge of engineering.



Most material science VC deals are done off of data derived from the ‘lucky sample.’

“Scalability turned out to be harder than we thought!”

Or it was statistical reversion to the mean.


p-hacking but for fundraising


Any good material science VC reading to recommend by any chance? Blogs, books, success stories too look up? Individuals or firms you consider better than average?


Most material science VC deals will hire a company to do tech DD who in turn will hire a materials science expert.


Yes the are not familiar with material fatigue that has to be tested with a lot of repetition to understand how many operations you can perform with a unit.


I don't think this was meant as true, hence the quotes. But I can imagine that quite some retail/non-expert customers could use this kind of reasoning to estimate odds and risks.


There were no errors in the compile


maybe if the we re-write the submarine in rust it wont implode?


your qualification?


You never need to have a qualification for making a valid observation. These things are orthogonal.


That's Okay, I just wish people wiser than me would share their wisdom a little bit




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