justinspace

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   by justinspace 2y ago

   Are you speaking from experience?
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   by justinspace 2y ago

   You'd think they would've figured this out by now. Hacker News to the rescue!
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   by justinspace 2y ago

   I've seen at least one "why don't you just <misunderstanding of how aviation works>" upthread already. Can't believe this flavor of tech hubris is running the country now. No wonder the goddamn planes are fall
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   by justinspace 2y ago

   "You pretty much just..." Ah, there it is. "How hard could coordinating takeoff and landing for thousands of flights be? You just..."
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   by justinspace 2y ago

   I mean this sincerely. What is more likely: that we've spent several decades ignoring very real automation solutions to this problem, or that it's a really, really hard problem that could get people killed?
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   by justinspace 2y ago

   Because it pays half of Hacker News's salaries.
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   by justinspace 2y ago

   Gosh, you'd think someone would've thought of this already.