• @Duamerthrax
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      3 days ago

      Well, it’s just scientists, so Sealab 2021.

      Eventually, the techbros will make a cheaper version and add the pod to the end though.

      • Pup Biru
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        123 days ago

        as long as they don’t use a logitech controller i’m sure it’ll be fine

        • @Duamerthrax
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          173 days ago

          The logitech controller was fine, although it was questionable to be using a bluetooth one.

          • Saik0
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            03 days ago

            I now wonder if part of the reason that all happened is because the controller battery died, so they couldn’t ascend.

            • @[email protected]
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              63 days ago

              Nah, the shell cracked, pretty much instant death. Dodgy tech works until it doesn’t, only the first critical failure matters

              • Saik0
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                12 days ago

                Well duh? I’ve read the reports. I mean that maybe they went too deep because the controller died. Eg, dude holds button that tells controllers to go deeper. Controller dies… Sub just takes last input and keeps going deeper until it hits the catastrophic depth.

                Guy was an idiot for sure, I just wonder if the controller played ANY role at all.

                • @[email protected]
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                  12 days ago

                  It seems unlikely… The vessel wasn’t up to the challenge of anywhere near that depth, and they intended to go that deep from the get go.

                  I mean, it could be, but Bluetooth shouldn’t work like that - it’s a digital signal with a bunch of failure modes in the spec. You’d have to code it particularly stupidly to have that kind of problem - it’s a very time-synched protocol, even a sudden disconnect with no disconnect signal is something a coder would have to confront explicitly if they were using off the shelf components

                  I’m not one to bet against bad code, but the decompression seemed to be pretty much instant and within the planned trip, it just seems like it doesn’t survive oscams razor

                • @[email protected]
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                  12 days ago

                  The plan was to go to the Titanic, which is on the bottom of the sea. Controller malfunction or not, the hull was the issue.