But Wilby said that for the Titan, the coordinate data was transcribed into a notebook by hand and then entered into Excel before loading the spreadsheet into mapping software to track the sub’s position on a hand-drawn map of the wreckage.
They… Couldn’t just make a nice little python script for that??
Dungeon.
“Ill-fated Titan submarine relied on Python script the CEO coded himself. When asked about unit tests, he replied; ‘That shits for pussies, we test in production.’”
And boy did that test fail spectacularly.
I’ve been following the USCG hearings that are being held now. You can follow them live on YouTube. They give some really interesting insights into this whole affair. It’s much, much worse than just the fabled Logitech controller.
There were voids, delaminating and literal holes in the carbon fiber hull, it was sprayed with truckbed liner and at one time, a CO scrubber was made by using a Home Depot plastic container and a PC fan… They also rigged a buoyancy device with basically a vacuum cleaner bag and rope. It was a complete death trap through and through.
You’ll be shocked that Stockton Rush would risk his life like that to dive with it, much less have the audacity to take paying others with him.
