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Lessons from USAF Brutalism

yesterday i spent a couple hours at the national museum of the air force in dayton ohio. military design and engineering is always a fascinating topic because of the varied constraints they deal wi…

the sensor in the picture above was dropped from a plane, dug into the ground, looked like a tree sapling, and listened for troop movement in enemy territory; tens of thousands were deployed. the b17 did not need its massive tail to be so large but many aviators made it back home because of its extra bulk – the bomber could still fly even after half of the vertical stabilizer had been shot off or destroyed. if you follow online forums around software development you will find an abundant supply of people trolling how ridiculous something is that someone else built and oftentimes that claim is based on a misunderstanding or lack of understanding the purpose of the thing.

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