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The game controller thing gets meme'd to death, but I don't think people focus on the right thing.

Xbox controllers are also used by the US Navy, among other branches of the military.

These are GOOD pieces of engineering, and they're tested by millions of users under pretty strenuous conditions. However, the controller the Oceangate was using was some shitty-ass third-party controller that you can get for peanuts off Amazon.

THAT, IMO, is the issue that this piece of equipment illustrates. A solid Xbox Series S controller is $60 on Amazon, and you're telling me you had to go for cheaper?

At that depth the tiniest structural failure and that sardine can is going to blow into pieces

The opposite of blowing up, actually.

I'm thinking either the golden disk from Voyager, or the puzzle box prop from Hellraiser.

Meh, I'd say it's equally as bad as people showering billionnaires doing AMA with them. Because what Bill Gates really needs is for the plebs to spend dollars giving him shiny paid emoticons on a website he doesn't use on the regular.

I try and take a pragmatic stance.

My desire to find an alternative to Reddit stems in part from a practical aspect. I TRIED using the official app, but it's as bad as Facebook these days and bombards me with ads. The user experience is terrible.

So if the API changes were reversed, that means I'd probably still use Sync to check some super-specialized subs or to look up answers from time to time.

But on the other hand, the damage's been done. I will not use Reddit where there's a viable alternative, and Kbin is not only a viable alternative but actually better for conversation and general discussions. It's a project I'm excited about instead of just using it by pinching my nose.

So I think a large part of the damage is already done. If Spez 100% reversed his decision, it'd still be too late. It's like a boyfriend/girlfriend being supremely shitty to you, then realizing their mistakes and apologizing sincerely... Although you might accept their apology, something about the relationship is already broken.

So I think whatever happens, Reddit has reached the Facebook stage for me. I'm still using Facebook for a few things like staying in touch with some friends or joining events, but the days where I'd go there to find interesting content are long gone.

Bragging about your Reddit upvotes on Kbin. That'll show them!

The fact we can't even agree that sex and gender are two different things is the final proof to me that the Right is arguing in bad faith. It's such a simple concept to grasp.

One podcaster was suggesting we use male/female/intersex to refer to biological sex, and man/woman/etc. to refer to gender identity. Such an obvious and non-controversial idea, yet it'll never fly with the transphobes.

Cyberpuk 2077: In a dystopian future where global warming has brought the planet to a boil, desperate hockey players take their game to cyberspace because ice is no longer available.

Cryptocurrencies. It has the potential to finally overthrow the old financial order and empower end users to...

BWAHAHA. Sorry. I can't even write this crap as a joke.

Maybe somewhere in the middle, honestly. Highly publicized bugs at launch, people complaining they're under-delivering on what we all knew was marketing bullshit, then bugs get fixed under the radar and the game turns out to be amazing by the time they release their first DLC.

People always harp on about not pre-ordering, but you know what's even better? Ignoring launch hype. I mean, look at Cyberpunk.

My guess is they know he's gonna lose, and no one wants to be known as that lawyer who defended the ex-president in prison for treason.

Radial symmetry. Four different positions you can put the screwdriver and it works. More than that and the material might be less sturdy, plus this is easy to manufacture.