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    ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 7 Nov 2019

    Fascinating. https://youtu.be/V0U8uSG3_hM  (5:00) shipyards get penalties from clients if ships don't perform according to specs, and there are lawyers specializing in such cases. I wonder about the incentives and hidden knowledge / skills here. Cc @byrneseyeview

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      1. Genshiken‏ @NamiMeijin 7 Nov 2019
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        Goddamn I wish this applied to government ships

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      1. Arthur Niculitcheff‏ @ANiculitcheff 7 Nov 2019
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        I wonder how much contract law is responsible for ship construction high geographic concentration, if people can reliably do contracts under different jurisdictions that ship builder, etc.

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      2. Ed Rotski‏ @Advanced_COBOL 7 Nov 2019
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        "Naval architecture" I always liked the sound of that. Such an obscure but civilizational necessity.

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      3. Ed Rotski‏ @Advanced_COBOL 7 Nov 2019
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        You gotta figure large commercial spacecraft (The kind that will always operate in space) will have similar sorts of things

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      2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 7 Nov 2019
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        My grandfather was a ball bearing salesman. One fun fact: one quality assurance test is a box with a funnel bottom, a small plate above the funnel, a hole in left wall, a hole in right wall. BB enters through left hole, hits plate, bounces, exits via right hole. ...or fails to

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      1. The Annoyed Man‏ @TheAnnoyedMan 7 Nov 2019
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        Reminds me of a patent attorney I used to know sort of casually back in SoCal. He realized at some point that he needed to know more than just the law when it comes to patents, so he went out and got PhDs in mechanical engineering and chemistry. Dude was scary smart.

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