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Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepad for steering (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago by BrikoX@vlemmy.net to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] Fauxreigner@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What doesn’t surprise me is that wealthy adventure enthusiast billionaire would think it’s okay to cheap out on something supposed to sustain his life underwater.

I find that surprising, actually. Cutting safety standards that protect customers? Totally in line with expectations, but normally that doesn't touch the billionaire themselves. The fact that his negligence may have killed him instead of just ending up as a cost of doing business fine for killing other people is... appropriate, I guess?