psunavy03

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by psunavy03 2mo ago
At my (now former, thanks layoffs) company, we used to gripe about getting nontechnical management to understand how stupid it was to skimp on pre-prod funding . . . because pre-prod was our prod.
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by psunavy03 2mo ago
It's also possible to point the AI at legacy spaghetti and say "document this in detail" as a starting point for unspaghettifying it.
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by psunavy03 3mo ago
As someone who has been both a software professional and a jet aviator, the same process is going to occur in both. Humans will still be in the loop, but the span of control and effectiveness of each individual human will explode. There&#
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by psunavy03 3mo ago
With respect to assessing whether an AI-controlled aircraft using only available onboard sensors and datalinks can defeat a manned aircraft in BFM, it's not even in the same ZIP code. You've never flown BFM, have you? I have.
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by psunavy03 3mo ago
The simulator is not the aircraft.
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by psunavy03 3mo ago
Because the most powerful military in the world can only do so much when ordered to execute a crap strategy by civilian leadership. Desert Storm worked because it followed the Powell Doctrine and was bounded to ejecting Iraq from Kuwait.
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by psunavy03 3mo ago
So many people in this thread not understanding what a luxury and a privilege "staying put" for decades is in this era of layoffs.
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by psunavy03 8mo ago
I wouldn't call it a "long time." MAGIC CARPET per se, especially as a default mode of operation, did not become mainstream until the last 10 years, and that's only for the aircraft that have it.
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by psunavy03 8mo ago
Citation is my professional network as a former Naval Flight Officer who flew off aircraft carriers, and it's not the deckplates, it's the nonskid coating that goes on top of them. It's expected to wear and be replaced every
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by psunavy03 8mo ago
I'm sure Google Maps has had to put their thumb on the scale in numerous instances. I recall reading articles about it "discovering" more optimal routes between Point A and Point B only to find things like the new "opti
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by psunavy03 8mo ago
It already is.
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by psunavy03 8mo ago
The DOD is not using "flagrantly using Signal." The Secretary of Defense, whatever his preferred pronouns are, is breaking the law.
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by psunavy03 9mo ago
IIRC, there was a similar problem on aircraft carrier flight decks, where they had to induce some randomized amount of dispersion to keep the tailhook from hitting the same spot over and over again.
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by psunavy03 9mo ago
People can't even have a conversation about any kind of societal issues these days without pointing at the other political tribe and casting aspersions about "what they really meant" instead of engaging with what's actua
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by psunavy03 9mo ago
As a former Naval Flight Officer, it's somewhat ironic how the private sector is more "sir, yes sir" command and control than the military ever was, and they're the ones who stereotype servicemembers for being drones who
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by psunavy03 9mo ago
This is how these kinds of articles always go.
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by psunavy03 9mo ago
Tell that to the Mujahedeen, the Taliban, the Viet Cong, Mao, and George Washington. Just because the government has tanks does not mean "we have tanks and nukes, therefore we'll win" has proven true across military history.
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by psunavy03 9mo ago
Yes. That's what the impeachment clause is for.
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by psunavy03 9mo ago
The President made a nomination. The Senate refused it. It's the Senate's prerogative to deny confirmation to the nominee.
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by psunavy03 9mo ago
The Supreme Court has told Trump to pound sand as often as it's upheld his policies. As dangerous as many of the things the Trump administration is doing are, there are other dangerous narratives out there, and the caricaturing of the
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by psunavy03 9mo ago
There's a great generalization that conveniently excuses you not having to engage with viewpoints you disagree with.
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by psunavy03 9mo ago
I frankly can't see how someone can look around at the world in 2026 and come to the conclusion that "military" == "automatically bad." There are bad actors in this world who would be more than happy to kill you an
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by psunavy03 9mo ago
"Bothsidesism" is a lie that is used to avoid criticizing one side when the other side is also bad. Just because one side is awful does not grant the other side a free pass to be immune from criticism or to get their way on every
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by psunavy03 9mo ago
"Bothsidesism" is a tired argument. Somehow if you don't think that one side of a debate is utter evil and the other side is as pure as the driven snow, you're engaging in "bothsidesism" if you acknowledge the
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by psunavy03 9mo ago
> IMO the sort of person who wants a vehicle like Elon's dumpster has a strong overlap with Elon's politics. Basically everything about its design and marketing was aimed at the sort of person who is focused on presenting a mas
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by psunavy03 9mo ago
Until someone who hates Elon (not saying that's wrong per se) throws a brick through the window (which IS wrong per se) and you're on the hook for paying for it.
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by psunavy03 9mo ago
They may not have put it there because they were "self-conscious" about their "statement car." They may have put it there in an honest attempt to avoid having their car vandalized for something they had nothing to do wi
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by psunavy03 9mo ago
I mean, in certain circles online, people were literally calling Cybertrucks "Swasticars." Not the greatest for marketing.
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by psunavy03 9mo ago
While there's more than enough room to criticize both agencies these days, and if I did work for one of them I'd be retaining personal legal representation, doxxing people is not the answer. Sure, if some bad actors can be sued&#
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by psunavy03 9mo ago
The difference is Orson Scott Card only seemed to have been called out for being a bog-standard Mormon, at least as far as I know.

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