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> brand new jet acts up and results in crashes The thing is, we waste so much money it's better to crash 15 jets but build 2000 of them than waste the same amo

> brand new jet acts up and results in crashes The thing is, we waste so much money it's better to crash 15 jets but build 2000 of them than waste the same amount of money and build 5 jets. Even us SWEs out in the wild, we sometimes... disable tests (gasp heard everywhere) so that a refactor can work. I mean it's why we have the expression "sometimes you have to crack a few eggs".

efnx 11mo ago
That’s putting a pretty low price on human life.
- almosthere 11mo ago
  No, it's putting a high price on human life, but it depends on how you look at it. We can be a nation that gets bombed into nothingness, or the only country that can defend our own or another one. But we can't do that unless we're willing to actually build weapons of war. It's why WWII vets did what they did knowing not every bomb, aircraft or handheld weapon was perfect but still ran in to stop Hitler. I would say that put a high price on human life. These last few generations won't get it until it gets its WW.
  - watwut 11mo ago
    Right now USA is cpintry that threatens others and is primary threat to stabilily. Its rhetoric is not building up to defense.
    - almosthere 11mo ago
      I don't know to me it sounds like Isreal and Russia if you ask, well anyone. NK wants a lot of people dead too.
      - watwut 11mo ago
        Although Israel is committing genocide, it is not a threat to worldwide stability. NK is not threat to world wide stability either, as evil they are, they are no where near to that. USA half switched alliance to Russia, so yeah. Current American leadership admires how Russia does things and wants to be more like them. There is a reason why USA is currently seen as the biggest threat to stability - because USA is intentionally trying to make the world unstable.
  - poulpy123 11mo ago
    > We can be a nation that gets bombed into nothingness There is literally no one that can bomb the US into nothingness. Even if the US decided to stop develop new weapons, they cannot be invaded. They are too big, too rich and too protected by the ocean and weak neighbors for that
    - almosthere 11mo ago
      It would sound extremely surreal but Russia could invade Alaska and also attack California, these are actual threats that exist right now that we may not be able to stop.
- ACCount37 11mo ago
  We're talking modern fighter jets. You can fly those around with a mass simulator in the pilot seat.

efnx 11mo ago

That’s putting a pretty low price on human life.

almosthere 11mo ago
No, it's putting a high price on human life, but it depends on how you look at it. We can be a nation that gets bombed into nothingness, or the only country that can defend our own or another one. But we can't do that unless we're willing to actually build weapons of war. It's why WWII vets did what they did knowing not every bomb, aircraft or handheld weapon was perfect but still ran in to stop Hitler. I would say that put a high price on human life. These last few generations won't get it until it gets its WW.
- watwut 11mo ago
  Right now USA is cpintry that threatens others and is primary threat to stabilily. Its rhetoric is not building up to defense.
  - almosthere 11mo ago
    I don't know to me it sounds like Isreal and Russia if you ask, well anyone. NK wants a lot of people dead too.
    - watwut 11mo ago
      Although Israel is committing genocide, it is not a threat to worldwide stability. NK is not threat to world wide stability either, as evil they are, they are no where near to that. USA half switched alliance to Russia, so yeah. Current American leadership admires how Russia does things and wants to be more like them. There is a reason why USA is currently seen as the biggest threat to stability - because USA is intentionally trying to make the world unstable.
- poulpy123 11mo ago
  > We can be a nation that gets bombed into nothingness There is literally no one that can bomb the US into nothingness. Even if the US decided to stop develop new weapons, they cannot be invaded. They are too big, too rich and too protected by the ocean and weak neighbors for that
  - almosthere 11mo ago
    It would sound extremely surreal but Russia could invade Alaska and also attack California, these are actual threats that exist right now that we may not be able to stop.
ACCount37 11mo ago
We're talking modern fighter jets. You can fly those around with a mass simulator in the pilot seat.