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

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had a Logitech F310 which started malfunctioning, where the left stick's signal was always halfway to the left. Logitech's quality isn't what it used to be. I can imagine something like this happening on the submarine. Question is whether they had a replacement and if they even recognized that the gamepad was malfunctioning.

Fun fact: The Logitech Extreme 3D-stick is used in many professional systems, but those are reliable.

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel like that's the different between buying something and repurposing it and buying something and using it as intended.

In other words. Use the right tool for the job. A hammer isn't a screwdriver just because you can technically hammer in screws.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

A crescent wrench, on the other hand...