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    1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 22 Nov 2018
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      It isn't just Trump... I think in general people think more advanced tech is necessarily more complex. Don't know about catapults, but in general this is not true. EVs are simpler than IC-engine cars. Semiconductor electronics is simpler than vacuum tube electronics.https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1065708141373882368 …

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      The "digital" aside (what does he think that means?) I don't get why he feels like he needs an opinion here. It's a technical question, it doesn't trigger the libs... does he think the steam comes from burning coal or something? pic.twitter.com/b91ZDWh1jZ
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    2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 22 Nov 2018
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      Without knowing any more details, my top-of-the-head guess would be that EM is likely to be much safer. Any time you're dealing with high-pressure steam you're dealing with risks of explosions and leaks and things. Plus you need a whole steam system.

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    5. JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」  🏴‍☠️‏ @CTZN5 22 Nov 2018
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      There's another reason they want to move to EM tho, and that's that the steam systems don't have the granularity to launch lighter stuff (You could probably design a new steam system that has the capacity range tho...)

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    7. JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」  🏴‍☠️‏ @CTZN5 22 Nov 2018
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      Replying to @0pfour @vgr

      my take goes whatever happens for the Ford class is another thing but cat #4 on the Nimitzes should just be retrofitted with EM instead. then they can worry about getting the Ford system right. Maybe 1 system that can rule them all isn't the right path, idk

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 22 Nov 2018
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      Did you serve on a carrier or something? That’s a very specific opinion

      1:39 PM - 22 Nov 2018
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        2. JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」  🏴‍☠️‏ @CTZN5 23 Nov 2018
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          fortunately a DDG was my home away from home. Aegis BMD stuff in DESRON 15 — RF optimization & AWS integration on tech side, BMD+C7F combined TACOPS on the operational side, where my big thing was to take system CAPS/LIMS and extract max performance for any posture/MATCON/etc etc

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        3. JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」  🏴‍☠️‏ @CTZN5 23 Nov 2018
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          obviously, all that gibberish is googleable alongside terms like Aegis or Navy anyway yeah I got pretty much every qual across all warfare domains So cat 4 on a Nimitz: "can't" shoot props; truly can't shoot certain loadouts period; most uses of 4 will foul concurrent ops on 3

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