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Missing Titan submersible is operated by a cheap game controller (videogames.si.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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the Logitech F710 is a solid controller to get if you’re on a tight budget, but perhaps not exactly the type of equipment you want to stake your life on. [...] Reviewers on sites like Amazon frequently mention issues with the wireless device's connection.

The reporter, who followed an expedition of the Titan from the launch ship, wrote that “it seems like this submersible has elements of MacGyver jerry-riggedness.”

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I saw a video of this submersible. The view was through a TV. Imagine going to the bottom of the damned ocean to look at the Titanic on a TV.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Video

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Ah, look at the titanic while shitting in an outhouse sized tube with 4 other people....... What an experience