Odd Stuff (Part 2)

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‘Agile’ F-35 fighter software dev techniques failed to speed up supersonic jet deliveries

Separately from the GAO report, US magazine Aviation Week reported, citing its own sources, that a bug which would have disabled the radars on all F-35As came “uncomfortably close to being released” to the US Air Force early last year.

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I wonder why agile, a methodology designed around delivering piecemeal features, multiple updates and rapid feedback from end users about what does and doesn’t work, is not suitable for fighter jets?

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I presume this is sarcasm.

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And once the micro-wasps have killed the moths, what do they release to kill the micro-wasps?

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Some type of bird that specializes in wasps of course. Then those will be controlled by legions of feral cats. Naturally dogs will handle the cat population. The usual sticking point will be securing cows with crumpled horns to toss out the dogs once their job is complete.

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D’uh! Gorillas, of course. And then the gorillas die off in the winter.

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You think the cane toads will allow the gorillas to live until Winter?

tim curry legend GIF by absurdnoise

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I just reminisce about the old days and try to work out in my head how long this would take using a 400 baud acoustic coupler.

Or go and make me a nice cuppa.

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The NLRB has standards about unionization efforts that employers cannot TIPS (threaten, intimidate, promise, or spy). On a side note, the NLRB is unionized (businesses hate that).

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When do we get the cane toads?

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May or may not be… maybe. Journalism!

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maybe journaluhmism?

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