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Re:Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search on Monday June 19, 2023 @06:30PM (#36397260)
> I assume this submersible is using electromagnetically attached drop-weights so that if anything goes wrong and power is lost

I don't think they have any "drop-weights" which would make them positively buoyant. If I'm reading the spec-sheet correctly, the submersible itself weights ~1500lbs. Subs have ballast tanks which they pump with air and force out water to make themselves positively buoyant. But if something goes wrong with the mechanism to fill the ballast tanks, I'm guessing they'd just be stuck at depth. (disclaimer, I am far from an expert at this - I just have a cursory understanding of Boyle's law)

edit: upon viewing this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29co_Hksk6o&t=157s they seem to have construction pipes as ballasts that they can drop :| God help the poor souls on that sub

Re:Apple Music Classical on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @03:29PM (#35346523)
> And it would also be nice to have things like "show most popular recordings of Beethoven's 5th".

This app has that. You can browse composer's works and view popular/all recordings.