‘This is an idiotic way to do navigation.’
  • NegativeInf@lemmy.world
    15·
    5 hours ago

    But Wilby said that for the Titan, the coordinate data was transcribed into a notebook by hand and then entered into Excel before loading the spreadsheet into mapping software to track the sub’s position on a hand-drawn map of the wreckage.

    They… Couldn’t just make a nice little python script for that??

    Dungeon.

    • Scratch@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      2 hours ago

      “Ill-fated Titan submarine relied on Python script the CEO coded himself. When asked about unit tests, he replied; ‘That shits for pussies, we test in production.’”