The only manned submersible that could reach the missing Titan is owned by Steam's Gabe Newell
Gabe Newell may now be the Titan's only hope.
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.
Probably he's still been saying that stuff but not enough ppl are left on Twitter to realize it
Best comment I’ve read in a long time. A thorough breathe out of my nose couldn’t cut it
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.
I wonder what controller his sub uses
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.
$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.
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.
If it's a steam controller we're in real trouble 😂
They're making a new one and calling it the "Steam Quarter-Deck"
"My son calls it an Upper Decker." Merideth from The Office
Gaben pls
Rescue operation will happen on Valve Time.
sadly GabeN can only count up to 2
The Limiting Factor is somehow both the nerdiest and coolest name for that submersible.
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
Best I can do is 2999 meters: alyx
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.
Yo for real how are you a billionaire got sub but you're gonna use a 30 dollar knockoff controller with bad connectivity?
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
He's too busy making Half-Life 3 instead of saving lives. Let the man cook.
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.
It's got a steam deck bolted to the front with controls and readouts.
Would be great that Bill Gates, Klaus Schwab, Rothschild, Soros and Larry Fink would went on that submarine...
