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

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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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[-] administrator@lemmy.pro 10 points 1 year ago

UK billionaire Hamish Harding, who holds three Guinness World Records and was both in space and in the lowest depth of the Mariana Trench, is one of the people currently on board the Titan.

Yikes, that’ll be some big trouble for them

[-] CoWizard@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Lets hope the company stays afloat after this one. Hopefully they can get more billionaires to sign on

[-] Mack7400@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

oh no not a billionaire how sad

[-] Fauxreigner@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

And yet, probably second to the billionaire CEO also being in it.

[-] AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Yayyyy

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