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Oh it keeps going at 3:30: [CEO gestures at interior lighting] “I got these from… Camper World.” “We run the whole thing from this game controller.” [shows som
by svnt 3y ago
Oh it keeps going at 3:30: [CEO gestures at interior lighting] “I got these from… Camper World.”
“We run the whole thing from this game controller.” [shows some knockoff controller]
- svnt 3y agoI found the (wireless, $30) game controller: https://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Wireless-Nano-Receiver-Controller-Vibration/dp/B0041RR0TW https://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Wireless-Nano-Receiver-Contr... and this from a review: “Pretty good controller, fits in hand comfortably and is compatible with anything I throw at it in a Debian linux environment. The conductive pads are extremely low quality though as I've had to replace them 3 times in the 2 years Ive been using it. For a Logitech product I expect better build quality and reasonably easier to find replacement parts but not true for this product. Last night I had the left directional button go out on me and without parts on hand I ended up breaking down an old wired controller I had laying around. The IZDTech controller i used for parts is over 5 years old and the conductive pads are still in good shape. With a little modification I was able to get them to sit 'okay' on the buttons. Until i can find the appropriate conductive pads this will have to do.”
- londons_explore 3y agoSo it's possible this sub is stuck turning in right only circles deep underwater because the left button has broken...
- swader999 3y agoThey would just drive upside down for a bit.
- svnt 3y agoI mean that’s good lateral thinking but the issue is not that one particular button will go out but that any button or buttons could, and at any time, and it would probably be the most-used buttons since it was wear-based failure. They also briefly showed a single button on the wall that it was implied functioned like an elevator button. There were a lot of ways it looked like things could trivially go wrong, once you got a feel for how it was built.
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- fullstop 3y agoGood lord, at least use an Xbox controller. They are supported pretty much everywhere and are very durable. The US Navy uses them because they are durable and because new recruits are already intimately familiar with them.
- inconceivable 3y agoalso microsoft has been supplying the navy for a long time.
- GartzenDeHaes 3y agoEOD robots too.
- kossTKR 3y agoOk that’s absolutely bizarre! That and the rest of the interior made from alibaba products that should have been military grade. Can anyone even try to explain this choice? Even a hobbyist would curate the inside with top of the line products and aesthetics - this dude this dude has just jerry rigged some cheap chinese crap - what the actual hell?
- l3mure 3y agoUsing a wireless controller for this is so funny, we need more grifters like them.
- WalterBright 3y agoWhat's the matter with that?
- svnt 3y agoIt is a submarine that carries people to depth. I don’t think it should have consumer-grade lighting designed for an RV that has windows and an exit that is always possible to use. It should not have a low-cost consumer-grade controller. The CEO should not be bragging about the fact that it does, on camera. It demonstrates an incredible lack of experience and/or mental disconnect. All of this would be fine if it were a boat in an amusement park 1 meter pond or something, but it is in the open ocean at depth. It was a matter of time before people died.
- jacquesm 3y agoApparently he's on the sub. That is probably the one place where he could be that he won't end up being sued out of existence for gross negligence.
- aaron695 3y ago[dead]