GreyYeti

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TIL in 2017 the US Navy replaced a $38,000 periscope control stick with an Xbox 360 controller (www.theverge.com)
 

The innovation comes as the Navy’s response to feedback given by junior officers and sailors who said that the controls for the periscope were clunky and “real heavy.” In addition to being hard to manage, the handgrip and imaging control panel used previously also cost about $38,000, compared to the Xbox 360 controller’s cost of around $20. Training time for the Xbox controller also decreased to minutes, compared to the hours it took to learn the helicopter-style joystick.

Steam Summer Sale 2023 starts next week. What games will go on sale? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Before you click the link you should know it’s clickbait. Nowhere in the article is there any insight on what games will go on sale.

Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What you're describing is similar to the leading theory for what happened to the USS Thresher. Flooding occurred and then when the sub went to emergency blow its ballast to surface, ice formed in the piping blocking the pressurized release of ballast water, causing the sub to sink uncontrollably. There's a good gif doing a better job explaining it on the wiki. Interestingly, the evidence used to determine this theory was gathered by Robert Ballard the famous oceanographer who then went on to be the first to find the remains of the Titanic. It all come full circle!