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Old tech blamed for the ground stop that caused flight chaos: 'It got overloaded' (laist.com)
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Grifters promise us fake "AI" while our (unfortunately) critical, tech infrastructure rots. Ride a bicycle instead.

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[–] 2 points 9 hours ago (1 child)

They hooked SMART up 3 days before the shutdown, and over 2 months ago in DC and FL.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 hours ago

    They hooked up the old system decades ago, the last time they had to ground all flights was 09/11/2001, and it wasn't because anything went wrong with the ATC system.

    2 months in regional areas and 3 days nationwide is not really impressive in any way except for how quickly their shit fucked up the existing functional and reliable system that has worked without fail for decades.

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