Matt Donnelly
@colddatamatt.bsky.social
Oceanographer, data manager, civil servant, expertise in open data and open government.
I don't buy that. Maintenance aside, damage control efforts would need ready access. That's not the only problem though. The vessel is routinely portrayed as being far too small to have any meaningfully useful internal volume.
November 23, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I don't buy that. Maintenance aside, damage control efforts would need ready access. That's not the only problem though. The vessel is routinely portrayed as being far too small to have any meaningfully useful internal volume.
Looks good, but makes zero sense as a real vessel.
November 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Looks good, but makes zero sense as a real vessel.
Yes, you're quite right.
November 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Yes, you're quite right.
Worth noting that a 15" shell was hypersonic...
November 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Worth noting that a 15" shell was hypersonic...
If I'd expended all my missiles and didn't have the choice, I'm sure I'd be quite fond of a naval gun with programmable ammunition. I might be more fond if I had a few of them...
November 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
If I'd expended all my missiles and didn't have the choice, I'm sure I'd be quite fond of a naval gun with programmable ammunition. I might be more fond if I had a few of them...
That might be true of 'big guns' but modern naval guns with programmable munitions arguably turn the tables at least at shorter ranges, especially re: cost per shot.
November 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
That might be true of 'big guns' but modern naval guns with programmable munitions arguably turn the tables at least at shorter ranges, especially re: cost per shot.
I'm not suggesting anyone should build one, but with modern air defense technology, a modern battleship would not be vulnerable to air attack in the way they were in WW2.
November 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I'm not suggesting anyone should build one, but with modern air defense technology, a modern battleship would not be vulnerable to air attack in the way they were in WW2.
Ah right, full set of numbers, and only 5 seconds of music. It was great how it brought levity and finality at the same time.
November 1, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Ah right, full set of numbers, and only 5 seconds of music. It was great how it brought levity and finality at the same time.
Last time I attended was quite awhile ago, and I must admit the timer is my most prominent recollection! Along with a few speakers talking at an ever increasing pace. Could have sworn it was the full 30 seconds, but I bow to you as the original source!
November 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Last time I attended was quite awhile ago, and I must admit the timer is my most prominent recollection! Along with a few speakers talking at an ever increasing pace. Could have sworn it was the full 30 seconds, but I bow to you as the original source!
Last time I attended (which was awhile ago) the Challenger Society Ocean Modelling Group meetings had everyone on a strict 10 minute timer, and in the last 30 seconds the countdown music kicked in automatically.
October 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Last time I attended (which was awhile ago) the Challenger Society Ocean Modelling Group meetings had everyone on a strict 10 minute timer, and in the last 30 seconds the countdown music kicked in automatically.
Agreed. A totally pointless activity which never made any sense at any *cough* point in time.
October 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Agreed. A totally pointless activity which never made any sense at any *cough* point in time.
Depending on one's perspective, either many trip hazards across the building or one giant trip hazard with many expressions. Although I didn't ponder too much about that when I first entered and fell over with my suitcase in tow.
October 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Depending on one's perspective, either many trip hazards across the building or one giant trip hazard with many expressions. Although I didn't ponder too much about that when I first entered and fell over with my suitcase in tow.
I once stayed in a hotel in Bergen that had black walls and carpets with a square laser-like pattern across the floor, up the walls, and over the ceiling. And the floor wasn't even as several buildings had been knocked through. Trippy!
October 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I once stayed in a hotel in Bergen that had black walls and carpets with a square laser-like pattern across the floor, up the walls, and over the ceiling. And the floor wasn't even as several buildings had been knocked through. Trippy!
The classic mistaking the map for the territory fallacy. The metric should be useful in understanding an element of productivity, but it is accidently used in place of an actual understanding of what it is to be productive.
October 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The classic mistaking the map for the territory fallacy. The metric should be useful in understanding an element of productivity, but it is accidently used in place of an actual understanding of what it is to be productive.
September 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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August 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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You could use a 'region' of the Earth as a starting point. How many 1-in-100 year events happen every year globally?
July 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
You could use a 'region' of the Earth as a starting point. How many 1-in-100 year events happen every year globally?
More importantly, having a rough idea of what was in the book really isn't reading it. I mean, if the value of all books could be extracted to a paragraph, we could just do away with books.
Or am I missing a joke here?
Or am I missing a joke here?
July 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM
More importantly, having a rough idea of what was in the book really isn't reading it. I mean, if the value of all books could be extracted to a paragraph, we could just do away with books.
Or am I missing a joke here?
Or am I missing a joke here?
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June 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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