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1. lamp (lamp@berserker.town)'s status on Saturday, 24-Jun-2023 19:03:08 JST lamp

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   • Thorwegian ❄️

   @thor game controller no worse than the consumer grade pcs and software controlling it. it's all *most likely* going to do the job just fine, but there should be a way to physically override it all and power the thrusters directly, because things do spontaneously fail

   • Thorwegian ❄️ (thor@berserker.town)'s status on Saturday, 24-Jun-2023 19:03:09 JST Thorwegian ❄️

     yeah, you can definitely criticise the sub company CEO guy for violating all sorts of safety standards.

     the use of a game controller? i mean, it wasn't even the source of failure. game controllers can take a lot of beating and they're a mature piece of tech at this point. using them instead of building your own controls is pretty common for all sorts of ROV stuff these days. at worst, the calibration's gonna be a bit off after a while, but a hard failure is unlikely.

     the problem was the mechanical engineering and a structural failure of the vessel's hull, which likely couldn't withstand the pressure. the novel use of carbon fibre instead of steel for some parts of it has been stated as a possible cause of the failure.

     Machismo repeated this.