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by andyst 16d ago
Possibly the website has been hugged to death, but the principle resonates with me from the headline. In the large and old enterprises I've worked with, there is such a stark shift from I suppose, lifetime service to the consultant eco
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by andyst 2mo ago
valve would have the money......
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by andyst 3mo ago
and programming is just typing!
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by andyst 3mo ago
well the good news is, you are exactly who they are looking for! you could just buy some merch though, which has the same effect otherwise using ROIC or CAGR might be more optimal way to evaluate your investments
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by andyst 4mo ago
nation state owned airlines dumping prices into unprotected domestic markets rising cost bases in legacy fleet costs, engineering costs. a lot of airlines fail near their capital renewal programs as fleet age > 25yrs pure domestic compet
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by andyst 8mo ago
in the australian market theres often comparison between how BYD/(chinese brands) may unseat Tesla (as the scale EV first mover), but I haven't seen what I think is the prize, which is BYD want to take on Toyota as the de facto ki
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by andyst 1y ago
the AI umbrella has been helpful to my BigCorp to justify more machine learning work, or discrete optimisation and scheduling problems agentic ai which is a huge buzz in enterprise feels more like workflow and rpa (again) and people misunde
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by andyst 1y ago
I (still!) have an uncle who had a similar mindset, broke his leg half way through a race and only realised when he stopped at the end, that he couldnt walk any further finally when they had to (successfully) defib him during a race, that s
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by andyst 1y ago
especially the australian airline example and perhaps with much broader applicability, I know that companies are completely happy with managable competition (Australian domestic airlines are functionally 2 players, and similarly across many
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by andyst 1y ago
I somewhat resonate with this. Working in mature industries where competition has condensed down to larger players with enormous scale and embedded product distribution, don't need to compete _much_ on innovation or product, just on pr
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by andyst 2y ago
When seeing the approach to how Elon/DOGE applied themselves to air traffic control after the incidents, I'm not falling into the Gell-Mann amnesia effect. This group is just incompetent and going to re-learn all the mistakes with
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by andyst 2y ago
the existing systems deliver the international standards for air traffic management that needs to move in sync for all parties, ATC, Airports, Airlines, Manufacturers and Regulators. Technology suppliers to each of those parties where they
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by andyst 2y ago
Having been through similar processes with family, scouring medical journals and trials for the answer as if its stack overflow, you're in a period of high stress I think I can understand that may have led to the authors perspective an
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by andyst 2y ago
the australian economy digs up dirt from the ground and sells it for a lot, it covers all our issues. theres a lot more that could be said, but it fundamentally comes down to that
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by andyst 3y ago
Having played counter-strike on dial-up '99 and not having unlimited internet time, the bots - Botman, PODbot, NNBot and many others using neural nets was ground breaking then. The goals of those niche bots were certainly different but
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by andyst 3y ago
this is what happens when businesses are led by mbas and accountants, I'm sure the numbers look fantastic
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by andyst 3y ago
in the event of an incident, the exec or departments reputational liability
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by andyst 3y ago
Victorville preferable due to lower humidity then alice, for longer term storage its desirable Alice is more fun because you can find snakes on your planes when you go to get them
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by andyst 6y ago
You're misinterpreting this article by skipping to a certain section, each of the graphs and the options you select combine together.
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by andyst 7y ago
Not specifically. The article indicates changing market preferences for travel, digitisation of agency functions, emergence of low cost carriers and market disruption in airbnb as the underlying causes. Although they may have had 150k stran
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by andyst 7y ago
Such a difficult game to get into, convincing legacy airlines who have entrenched and certified workforces and expensive engineering supply chains, the business case of adding another manufacturers equipment is almost insurmountable. Even m
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by andyst 7y ago
The article confuses the differing responsibilities of airlines, airports and air services (ATC) who then work together to deliver a realistic schedule. Airlines are motivated to maximise fleet utilisation so the narrow focus on padding is