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Re:Is a trillion dollars’ worth of programming lying on the ... by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @12:54PM (#23405633)
> Superiors are generally better about considering the advise of their experts because the decision maker owns all risks and consequences.

Even though it still does not literally happen anymore, there is still the tradition of the captain going down with the ship. The captain's authority was unchallenged on board the ship. But, if the ship sank, the captain paid for it with his life. This would inherently cut a lot of the bullshit. If you are the captain, your life depends on your people telling you the facts, not just what you want to hear.

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Re:Is a trillion dollars’ worth of programming lying on the ... by frank2 on Thursday June 04, 2020 @05:21PM (#23421968)
What does literally happen still in the US Navy, I heard, is that if a warship sinks, the ship's commanding officer's Naval career is over even if everyone involved knows that the sinking was not actually the officer's fault.
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