Some rich people got put into a submersible where the glass hatch is bolted to the vehicle. The pilot then proceeds to turn on the Xbox controller to activate the vehicle. None of these rich people thought they should ask if the vehicle had and safety precautions, or perhaps a fucking steering wheel. The media has gone nuts over this story. Like "balloon boy" nuts.

[–] fu@libranet.de 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

@jeebus @LoreleiSankTheShip the "Xbox Controller" concern is a little bit of a media boogeyman. Similar controllers are used for military vehicles too.

[–] Angry_Maple@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"The Logitech F710 gamepad is a third-party wireless controller that can be used to play PC games.

It is one of the cheaper and least reliable controllers currently on the market, and suffers from a number of issues.

Numerous reviews on Amazon claim that it often suffers from connectivity issues, where the controller refuses to connect wirelessly".

https://www.the-sun.com/tech/8411660/titan-video-game-controller-titanic-missing/amp/

Idk if the same trustworthiness applies to the specific controller that was allegedly used

[–] SHITPOSTING_ACCOUNT@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Using a controller is reasonable. Not having redundancy would be insane. This article suggests they hand plenty of redundancy for surfacing.

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

Using a controller to steer a sub is normal.

[–] ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Xbox controller is not the problem. The most expensive part of the whole thing is what failed.