Worth mentioning the story of John Barnett (RIP) here too:
John Mitchell Barnett (February 23, 1962 – March 9, 2024) was an American whistleblower who was known for his substantiated safety and quality reports to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) about Boeing's production of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and death which occurred amidst a lawsuit he brought against Boeing. Barnett worked in quality control at Boeing for 32 years, serving for seven as a manager in North Charleston, South Carolina.
In March 2024, after he failed to report for his third day of deposition, he was found dead of a gunshot wound.
America, used to be engineering-led. Seeing “Made in USA” most often meant you were holding something that was engineered to work and to last. Exceptions to this were rare.
The economist-led America of today? Well, I’ve got a modern “made in usa” through hole socket set in the garage with a shattered 13mm socket. I could tell from the second I lifted the first socket they had saved some cash on the materials.
Policy type discussions today aren’t fundamentally based on whether something is physically possible or whether a thing would be desirable - discussions today are inevitably founded on cost, they will often touch on other subjects for sure but the one lens that cannot be discarded is the cost one.
It’s ok. I’ve collected a few nick nacks from NASA’s glorious days to keep me cheered up.
Apparently Boeing has had to pay _billions_ to settle lawsuits related to their shady practices.[0] I wonder how much their competitors partake in similarly unethical management.
boramalper ·20 days ago
John Mitchell Barnett (February 23, 1962 – March 9, 2024) was an American whistleblower who was known for his substantiated safety and quality reports to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) about Boeing's production of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and death which occurred amidst a lawsuit he brought against Boeing. Barnett worked in quality control at Boeing for 32 years, serving for seven as a manager in North Charleston, South Carolina.
In March 2024, after he failed to report for his third day of deposition, he was found dead of a gunshot wound.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barnett_(whistleblower)
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CraigJPerry ·20 days ago
The economist-led America of today? Well, I’ve got a modern “made in usa” through hole socket set in the garage with a shattered 13mm socket. I could tell from the second I lifted the first socket they had saved some cash on the materials.
Policy type discussions today aren’t fundamentally based on whether something is physically possible or whether a thing would be desirable - discussions today are inevitably founded on cost, they will often touch on other subjects for sure but the one lens that cannot be discarded is the cost one.
It’s ok. I’ve collected a few nick nacks from NASA’s glorious days to keep me cheered up.
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lenerdenator ·20 days ago
PaulStatezny ·20 days ago
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/what-has-happened...
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gnabgib ·20 days ago
[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40010992
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