"The whole idea is to replace the system. No more floppy disks or paper strips," Rocheleau told the House Appropriations Committee during a hearing on Wednesday (via...
  • Optional@lemmy.world
    14·
    15 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.

    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      15 days ago

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

    • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      15 days ago

      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.

          • Deflated0ne@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            15 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.

  • SinningStromgald@lemmy.world
    6·
    15 days ago

    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?
    • MadMadBunny
      2·
      15 days ago

      They are gonna replace them with LLM subrotines…

      Edit: fuck it I’m leaving that typo

  • NatakuNox@lemmy.world
    4·
    15 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