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      10 days ago

      I would argue that the consumer electronics had more testing and engineering experience behind them than the structural parts of the sub…

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        9 days ago

        The funny thing is, the news articles got stuck on the least significant (but funny) detail. The main emphasis should have been on the fact that lots of people had noticed serious problems with the design, but one stubborn guy decided to roll the dice anyway. Well, you reap what you sow.

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      Using off the shelf consumer electronics for safety critical applications is fine.

      In this case the controller is engineered to work well for a resonable time.

      Ok, the controller is not waterproof, but if you get water inside a sub, you have larger problems than moving it, and you have other ways of triggering an emergency blow.

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      it’s the same functionality but cheaper and easier to use, it’s such a good idea the navy has been trying to switch everything they can to off the shelf stuff.

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      9 days ago

      Got it, hiring Ivan from nearest kolhoz to kolhoz submarine into existance.