Why isn’t Elon swooping in, offering to build a carbon tunnel to the Titanic (“funding secured”) and calling people pedos along the way? Seems like exactly his cup of tea.
I think his days of pretending to be a good guy are over.
So he can just skip the helping part, just start calling people pedos
He’s busy waging a war on trans
When did he start? Because I haven’t noticed
There’s a great punchline about boys hidden somewhere in there.
He has done it once and cannot be bothered to do the same things over and over again. Rescuing people is a solved problem after all and there is no more challenge in it.
NEXT: Hideo Kojima makes a VR Game that realistically simulates what would be to rescue the Titan, however no player managed to succeed yet, as their submersible also gets stuck in the middle of deep sea, thus also prompting a rescue operation.
Best comment I’ve read in a long time. A thorough breathe out of my nose couldn’t cut it
Probably he’s still been saying that stuff but not enough ppl are left on Twitter to realize it
Too bad the Titanic is below 3000 Meters, we know he won’t pass 3
If only they had sunk to 2999 meters 2: episode 2
I wonder what controller his sub uses
Hey the steam controller was kind of a flop but I got one when they went on closeout at like $5 and it’s actually pretty sweet. Very niche but definitely unique.
Just to defend this as an engineer (though not one that works with submarines in any capacity), using a video game controller might sound funny, but it could actually make sense vs. using a device of your own creation. They’re highly replaceable, so you have an infinite supply of reliable backups to draw upon. It’s not prone to design flaws in the same way a “homemade” controller would be. OTS devices are often designed to withstand certain conditions or modes of use, such as force or moisture or whatever else you anticipate in your environment. They’re also widely used, so there are troves of publicly available information on them to draw upon. It might seem silly, but if I were building a titanic submarine YOLO ship thing, I’d probably use something similar.
Engineer here, I think the issue is that they used a crappy one and wirelessly. I wouldn’t bet my life on bluetooth.
I mean, the controller could even run out of battery or break down without a backup.
Are you sure they didn’t have spares?
$30 Logitechs are awful controllers though.
Ask any serious video gamer and they’ll talk your ear off about highly reliable hall-effect sensor joysticks and other such high-reliability parts (Cherry switches, etc. etc.) that kick the ass of cheap potentiometers + dome-rubber style switches (like found in a cheap-ass Logitech).
And such parts are available at… $50 to $80. Choosing a cheap-ass $30 piece of junk isn’t even saving much money.
Can’t argue with that.
They’re making a new one and calling it the “Steam Quarter-Deck”
“My son calls it an Upper Decker.” Merideth from The Office
It runs off of the steam deck
If it’s a steam controller we’re in real trouble 😂
Please tell me this site is a joke
This site is not a joke, and nor is the headline.
So, /c/nottheonion? We really need that
You ain’t kidding, that sub his GabeNs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSV_Limiting_Factor
the weird part is that even though it says he has it on that page, if you check Gabe’s wiki page there is literally 0 information on it there.
Gaben pls
sadly GabeN can only count up to 2
One of the most bizarre non-the-onion headlines I have read in a while.
other submersibles can reach 4k meters. Why they say only gaben?
Gabe uses a Steam Deck for the controls instead of that cheap Logitech model. Much more reliable.
Are Angry Upvotes a thing on Lemmy? 'cause you’ve got mine.
But the real question is: is it steered by a Steam Controller?
“Great, now that we’re close, use the touch pad to extend the robot arm”
They are doomed.
Yo for real how are you a billionaire got sub but you’re gonna use a 30 dollar knockoff controller with bad connectivity?
Half Life 3? … More like Zero Life 5 I’m afraid.
Crazy to think about these guys sitting in a big tube 4km under water right now with no connection to the outside world.
What happened to James Cameron’s stuff?
- Cameron doesn’t do what James Cameron does for James Cameron. James Cameron does what James Cameron does because James Cameron is James Cameron.*
~James Cameron
Deepsea Challenger isn’t operational. It’s a decade old and in a museum right now.
That tracks. Surprised he doesn’t have a new one, though.
It belongs in a museum!
SO DO YOU
…huh? Even DSV Alvin is still active. I’m sure there are more.
It’s true that after the overhaul about 10 years ago Alvin can dive to nearly twice the Titanic’s depth, but Alvin and Atlantis are in the Pacific Ocean right now
Just don’t expect him to make a 3rd submarine guys
And it’s also named after GOU Limiting Factor from Iain M. Banks The Culture series!
He’s too busy making Half-Life 3 instead of saving lives. Let the man cook.
