@83dollaroring Because if you work in defense, taking vacation either outside the USA or where there’s no cell service is literally the only way you can get away from work completely
> that's not something the claude i know would ever do or condone.
>> "the claude i know" - this phrase alone explains how bad humanity's situation is today
This is a really fascinating topic and a lot of people in industry are thinking about this. Mach 3+ before CFD + FEM. But, the really short answer is the USA used to kill a lot more experimental test pilots than it does now
People look at the SR-71 and B-2 and assume the government must have technology today that would melt our brains.
I suspect the opposite.
Those aircraft came from an era willing to spend obscene money, accept failure and give small teams the authority to solve impossible problems.
Since then, 51 major defense contractors became five. Procurement became a moat. Regulation became an incumbent advantage.
The companies meant to be challenged learned how to out lobby, out wait and out comply the challengers.
BREAKING: Lead investor behind Flock Camera Technologies caught funding a firm that is able to locate, hack, and ALTER both live and archived security camera footage without a detectable trace.
Guess who he is also linked to...