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Wondering if anyone has experimented with using controllers (PS/xbox/other) to do anything other than gaming ?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They use it to control a submarine

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

For sale: Logitech submarine controller, lifetime warranty.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

They are the OG electric vibrators for people who can't buy vibrators.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Actually yes.

I worked on a crew building pole barns in Colorado. For anyone unaware you basically dig a bunch of holes, set wooden columns in them and pour concrete around them, then hang the rest of the structure off those columns.

We had a dude that swore by the xbox 360 controller. We tried to get him to use a framing hammer to drive his nails but he would only use that 360 controller.

We also did a lot of acid. If you see a weird barn in Colorado, look for the microsoft logo pressed into the wood next to the siding nails.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I heard they are great for killing billionaires in experimental deep sea rigs

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Disneyland uses Steam Decks to remote control droids in Star Wars land.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

ukraine was doing the same but to kill russians lol

[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago

"These blast points, too accurate for Russians"

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The Steam Deck and Steam controller have touchpads which make them totally usable as a mouse for normal PC usage like web browsing

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

DualShock 4 and DualSense touch pads do this too! They even support multi touch so you can do left/right/middle click by using multiple fingers.