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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago

That’s probably suppised to be good, but if they’re replacing it with a hot mess shat out by AI, it could be ungood.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago

We laugh, but when did they upgrade to Windows '95? 🤔 2005?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This sounds fantastic but I do have a question or two.

  • If the FAA is so short staffed on air traffic controllers how are they going to get controller feedback on the new system?
  • How will they have time to train them on the new system?
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

They are gonna replace them with LLM subrotines…

Edit: fuck it I’m leaving that typo

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

On a serious note, because getting replacement hardware for systems as they die is becoming impossible very quickly.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Because the app was written by the lowest bidder using tutorials and O’Reilly books and nobody who actually cares enough about the problem to understand it is anywhere near a federal contract.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I was doing a bit. Windows peaked with XP and it's just gotten shittier since.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

3.11 for Workgroups with vampire tap networking was peak.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I had a machine running 3 once. My first computer. Some IBM model I got from a flea market. Came with a set of DOS 1 disks. I got a DOS 3 set later and upgraded it. Couple years after that I got a Windows 3 set from a family friend when they upgraded to 98. My mind was blown. Solitaire and Skifree changed my life.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

They've made this declaration every few years now. Where is the money going to come from? Cuz the republican budget bill cuts funding for that kind of stuff