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Are we just hearing about this kind of stuff more or is my prediction that we eventually won’t have enough competent people to run all the machines coming true?
by throwaway5959 4y ago
Are we just hearing about this kind of stuff more or is my prediction that we eventually won’t have enough competent people to run all the machines coming true?
- anthropodie 4y agoOr maybe the water level in suez canal has depleted enough that it no longer allows smooth pass through of these giant ships.
- crote 4y agoUnlike the Panama Canal, the Suez Canal is at sea level. If anything, rising sea levels have increased the water level in the canal.
- Laremere 4y agoThe Ever Given was stranded not because of depth, but because it got caught by strong winds, plowing the front into the side of the canal. There's a simpler explanation that the Ever Given was a rare event that primed news to be more interested in more minor blockages. When the Suez Canal was blocked in 2021, the news story had days to escalate as the number of ships waiting increased and the impact on global shipping became important. In contrast, this blockage was over in ~6 hours and would have never been a top of HN news story if not for journalists and viewers being interested in the blockage happening again.
- paulcole 4y agoKnowing that the Suez connects two oceans without locks, where did the water go in your imagined scenario?
- labster 4y agoOnto snowpack and glaciers obviously. If this keeps up all of Canada could be under the ice, making the supply chain issues even worse. If you want to survive the coming winter, buy safe assets like crypto. Fortune favors the bold.
- paulcole 4y agoSlow down, slow down, I’m trying to take notes here. BRB shorting Tim Hortons.
- Apocryphon 4y agoSnowpiercer and Battlefield 2142 can't both be wrong about global cooling.
- eloff 4y agoThe suez canal is at sea level.
- colechristensen 4y ago>Are we just hearing about this kind of stuff more This. The one ship that was such a big deal means people are going to pay more attention to routine things for a while. Plus ships are getting bigger and the canal needs to be maintained a bit more to accommodate them. Plus apparently some of the pilots are morons, but this is more perfectly normal incompetent management than lack of qualified people.
- spaceman_2020 4y agoI'm more inclined to agree with your latter conclusion. We really are running out of people
- lake_vincent 4y agoIt's almost like millions of people with valuable knowledge and skills were killed off or disabled by some kind of global pandemic or something. Go figure!