Gregory's ServerExcellent in depth and downright scary article on the Titan submersible.
"An accident waiting to happen"
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 Not reading, don't care. But did that wafer-thin jackass really use a PS3 controller to drive that soda can?!  @GGMcBG @Nick_Stevens_graphics Game controllers are cheap, reliable, and widely used by the military—you can get MilSpec ones. That wasn't the problem: the problem was depraved indifference to existing engineering orthodoxy and the application of "move fast and break things" to a safety-critical system. @cstross @GGMcBG @Nick_Stevens_graphics and then suing whistle blowers into silence. @cstross @GGMcBG @Nick_Stevens_graphics Unfortunately, there are many more like him in positions of power.  @GGMcBG @Nick_Stevens_graphics jup any pilot worth their salt uses a proper rc ... something like this. Just as a note for folks, article isn't totally free (I have no "free reads" left, so it automatically pops up to not let me view it.) Free articles often also seem keyed to your location. (I'm in Moldova) I do try these things before I post! @Nick_Stevens_graphics Behind The Bastards have done a couple of episodes on the guy behind this shitshow death machine.  @Nick_Stevens_graphics It’s ultimately a story of world class hubris that resulted in 5 people getting killed becuase of an arrogant asshole and the people who enabled him. @Nick_Stevens_graphics it's sad to see how some people view 'break things' as the only possible way of innovating, and 'disruption' as the only way of being successful. There are other ways of doing either. Sure, they may be slower and probably won't get you the big headlines, but not everyone craves a headline about how their hubris got them killed. |
@Nick_Stevens_graphics the way he pulled strings to get away with so much, chilling.