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James Cameron says the Titan passengers probably knew the submersible was in trouble (www.npr.org)

submitted 2 years ago by SpacemanSpiff@kbin.social to c/news@kbin.social

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The Titanic director has made 33 dives to the shipwreck and visited ocean depths in a submersible he built himself. He compares OceanGate to the Titanic in that both ignored safety warnings.

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[–] ikantolol@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago (20 children)

feels like they probably knew that in their heart the moment they see the $30 Logitech controller...

[–] static@kbin.social 21 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Using a game controller is not that unusual.
but it was wireless, that is bad.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah. It's not unusual, for example:

[–] SpacemanSpiff@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

I’ve heard of this. Out of curiosity (because I don’t actually know), do you know if the controllers used in military applications are literally “off the shelf” or if they’re “Xbox-like”, which is what most descriptions about them say.

In other words, I suspect the military(s) using these type of controllers are not just ordering them off Amazon and using them as-is, whereas it sounds like that’s exactly what OceanGate did.

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