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What is the funniest instance of reality slapping the spoiled rich person in the face that you have seen? (lemmy.world)

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[-] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 1 week ago

Of course it is. The US Navy uses Xbox controllers for their photonic masts, which we can all agree is pretty safety critical.

[-] froh42@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

Thanks. I did remember that US subs used a off the shelf controller but couldn't think of the specific example.

Additionally with an off the shelf controller it's really easy to pack a replacement one. (And building a controller yourself - that one will always be worse and heavier than an off the shelf one plus replacement)

The crazy thing really is how they ignored everyone on warnings how not to construct a hull.

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

World you get into a plane that was controlled with one of those?

[-] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 23 points 1 week ago

The army uses Xbox controllers because the recruits are already familiar with them and don't need training on a new and expensive custom controller. It's more user friendly and reduces input errors.

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 week ago

No, but not due to reliability.

Rather because an Xbox controller is not designed to fly a real aircraft.

I would however go on a boat that was controlled with an Xbox controller, less speed and one less direction to worry about.

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