I've looked at this picture and tweet many times but I still don't get it.
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the diagram shows damage to returning bombers in WW2. Plan was to armour the areas getting the most damage. But then...
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it was pointed out the sample was planes that returned. planes that were hit in the unmarked areas didn't return.
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i want my friends who quit twitter because of the nazis to come back
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of course. But that's a slightly different question
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no. i don't think it is at all.
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the people who stayed, and follow him, are a different sample to those who left, or never joined.
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I want to know what aircraft that is, what the dots are and why you included it with this tweet.
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damage to returning bombers. Planes damaged in unmarked areas didn't return. So, where do you add armour?
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Relates to this mathematician apparently.https://www.fastcodesign.com/1671172/how-a-story-from-world-war-ii-shapes-facebook-today …
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Armour didn't prove that useful though. The best solution was speed and agility - such as the Mosquito.
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not a strategic bomber
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True of course. The ultimate solution was long range fighter escort.
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I want to replace my B-17 with an A-10.
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a10 almost certainly had a larger payload
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I mean considering all those holes in the B-17 I want the A-10's armored cockpit :)
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