The Steam Deck Is Now Being Used To Control Mars Rovers

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• scholar@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This feels like the opposite to a cheap logitech controller driving a submarine

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• NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  And somehow, Tom Scott doesn’t even know what it is! He just calls it “basically a gaming console” with no further clarifications.

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  • markz@suppo.fi ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    But it is basically a game console. What clarifications do you need? It would be kinda awkward if he started explaining that a steam deck is technically a pc that runs linux and so on.

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    • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Knowing him, I expected something like: “Turns out, it’s a Steam Deck, and half of you will have been screaming at the screen about how I could possibly not know that.”

      That’s it. Not an explanation of what it is, just an acknowledgement of what it is. This kind of thing happens on Lateral pretty often.

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  • Miaou@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You wanted them to turn this into an advertisement?

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    • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No idea how you got that from my comment

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• rmuk@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yoooo bro your ping is fucking dog water. Fix it.

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• RicoBerto@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s a fully functional pc that can run any software you need, with built in controls that are ergonomic and familiar to almost any potential user. It’s basically perfect for controlling things. Saw a guy on YouTube using it to control industrial robots or something since you can use the back grips as a dead-mans switch.

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  • dmir@gehirneimer.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think capacitor sensors might make better dead-man switches here, especially with chords (requiring both being active at the same time), as holding the grip buttons feels kinda tiring quickly and awkward to my hands.

    But it's still so cool.

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    • xthexder@l.sw0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Capacitive buttons can get pressed by drops of water, so I personally think the physical buttons are better for a safety system.

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• Sabata11792@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I use mine to shitpost at work and for my DND character sheet.

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• metalhead_@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  “The new mars rover simulator looks awesome”

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  • DeLancre@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And runs great on my steam deck! Ping to servers awful tho.

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• varden@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Shout out to Mars First Logistics, a very fun game where you build rovers out of Lego-style connecting pieces, then use them to deliver things from point A to point B.

  I got really sucked into it and spent like a month straight playing only that game. 5/7 perfect score

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• xthexder@l.sw0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  With the one-way latency being upwards of 20 minutes, I wonder what the software looks like… They’ve basically got to queue up an hour worth of actions before they’d even see the first response from the rover.

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