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  • Minotaur@lemm.eeto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneRule
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    3 months ago

    I mean… most industrial machines have a stop button present on them (though not on the controller). I’m not sure that the sub having a “stop imploding” button on the inside of the hull would have done much good though


  • Minotaur@lemm.eeto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneRule
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    3 months ago

    The controller is not a life support device. It’s an input device. It is designed with the express purpose as being an input device.

    Again, any one million dollar “special submarine input device” they could have manufactured would be less tested and more prone to failure than a simple controller already subject to decades of research and both hands on and automated testing.

    I’m not trying to be mean to you and I hope you don’t take it as such, it’s just really standard practice.


  • Minotaur@lemm.eeto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneRule
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    3 months ago

    I mean. Yeah. It does. The controller didn’t fail during the submarines trip lol. It was perfectly fine the whole time.

    Trying to over engineer a specific entirely new device when incredibly developed options already exist is kind of an engineering mindset failure that would only lead to more problems.




  • Minotaur@lemm.eeto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneRule
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    3 months ago

    Just as a fun fact, it’s actually quite common for industrial machinery and the like to be controlled with a gaming controller. Like, a hundred things wrong with the submarine trip - but the PlayStation controller is genuinely one of the more legitimate aspects.

    They’re simply made well, easy to use, and typically extremely durable and long lasting.



  • Minotaur@lemm.eeto196@lemmy.blahaj.zonegenerulesity
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    3 months ago

    This seems… reasonable…? They’re not telling you not to do this. It’s a safety measure in case 1. You either fat finger the tip screen and don’t realize it or 2. You write a $5 tip on your receipt and the waiter rings it up for $50. It probably triggers after 25 or 30% on a tip. Who cares?

    I don’t really get a lot of people on this website. This is just a good faith, consumer friendly security check email and people will still read it and find a way to feel morally superior about it






  • No need to fight, I think both experiences are fine. I would just maintain that what might “appear” to be people invested in progressive, workers rights type issues, perhaps might not actually commit to those actions if it meant any meaningful sacrifice or change to themselves.

    To break the parable a bit, imagine a lion that can somehow contort itself to feel like a housecat. A lot of people can touch it and say “hmm… feels like a nice little cat” - but someone who has had his arm chomped on by the lion knows there’s more beneath the surface


  • Eh. Just recently I’ve seen a lot of people talk down upon like… manual laborers, tradespeople, etc.

    Without being too cynical, I think this website has a lot of people who like to ‘roleplay’ as being leftist, but then when you get into any specific policy points everyone suddenly goes “well I think people should be paid more… but obviously laborers shouldn’t make as much money as people like… oh, I don’t know… middle manager data analysts” and then you look at their history and they’re like “as a middle manager data analyst…”.

    Its a very “communism is when I make more money and maybe some other people can make more too as long as it’s not as much as me” approach to progressivism