Are you speaking from experience?
You'd think they would've figured this out by now. Hacker News to the rescue!
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 falling out of…
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"You pretty much just..." Ah, there it is. "How hard could coordinating takeoff and landing for thousands of flights be? You just..."
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?
Because it pays half of Hacker News's salaries.
Gosh, you'd think someone would've thought of this already.
Are you speaking from experience?
You'd think they would've figured this out by now. Hacker News to the rescue!
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 falling out of…
[flagged]
"You pretty much just..." Ah, there it is. "How hard could coordinating takeoff and landing for thousands of flights be? You just..."
[flagged]
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?
Because it pays half of Hacker News's salaries.
Gosh, you'd think someone would've thought of this already.