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

submitted 1 year ago by OmnipotentEntity@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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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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[–] OmnipotentEntity@beehaw.org 77 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Also of interest via this blog is this statement from OceanGate about why their subs aren't classed.

innovation often falls outside of the existing industry paradigm.

Bringing an outside entity up to speed on every innovation before it is put into real-world testing is anathema to rapid innovation.

If I wanted to can and sell hubris, I know where to source it from now.

[–] MrWhite@kbin.social 30 points 1 year ago (3 children)

“Move fast and break things” maybe doesn’t apply too well to submarine design.

[–] ArtieShaw@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's a hard agree. I work in a highly regulated industry and literally every new dude who joins the company says some version of "I don't see why we can't just..." and proceeds to describe some moderately to highly illegal shit. Every single one.

It's wild. I think they honestly believe they're the first person to think up these completely obvious and simple "solutions" to problems that require some degree of control and complexity.

[–] fruitywelsh@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

If you can't imagine why someone built the fence then leave it alone until you do.

[–] blivet@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At my old job the director of my department had a poster up that said "move fast and break things", but he also demanded 99.9999% uptime.

[–] Cyzaine@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

I relate a bit too much to this... agile when convenient as well.

[–] remmon@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Especially when the previous smaller version of the same design, with the same materials, had problems with it coming apart a few years back.

[–] comicallycluttered@beehaw.org 14 points 1 year ago

innovation often falls outside of the existing industry paradigm.

Lol, the fuck is this even supposed to mean? Just say regulations. You know, honesty, with a touch of bullshit at the end.

Something like:

"Regulations are too difficult to deal with when you've got a substandard machine which wouldn't pass any of the requisite safety tests.

If someone happens to die, we've determined this to be acceptable collateral.

This is also known as innovation."

[–] Thrashy@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

The good news is, the hubris is already in a can. The bad news is, the can is several thousand feet under the North Atlantic.