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[-] Johandea@lemmy.fmhy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

"catastrophic loss of pressure"?

Wouldn't it be a catastrophic increase of pressure? They were at the bottom of the ocean.

[-] Fauxreigner@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

No, it's catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber, the thing that keeps the squishy humans inside separate from the tons-per-square-inch of water outside.

[-] Johandea@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Nope. The air pressure on the inside of a submarine is close to ~1 bar = ~1 atmosphere.

[-] Fauxreigner@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

Yes, that's correct. The pressure chamber is the hull that separates the 1 atm of pressure inside from the 375 atm of water outside. I'm not sure what point you're trying to make.

[-] Johandea@lemmy.fmhy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Turns out I'm to drunk to read. Sorry, I misread the headline. Man, I hate english writing words separately...

[-] Fauxreigner@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

No worries, had a feeling it was something like that. It also doesn't help that there's a line break between "pressure" and "chamber" (at least on my screen), so it's an easy mistake to make.

[-] r3nder@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Look at this interaction, just look at it. Everyone playing nice, nothing toxic in sight. If this were Reddit we'd have started a flamewar.

I freaking love Beehaw, stay classy Beeple.

[-] Johandea@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Same line break on my screen. Thanks, that's one more thing to blame.

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