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[–] YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean it fits into the pattern of procurement projects that aren't allowed to fail despite having had serious coherence issues starting at the design stage. Though the military is usually less prone to the "problem in search of a solution" dynamic that VCs are prone to if a project gets started it can shamble forwards as a zombie for years before anyone finds the political will to kill it.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

there is nothing sam altman more fervently desires than his own F-35 project

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

saltman doesn't have skunk works or anything f35-shaped

Maybe not, but their product certainly stinks.