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Re:The U.S. Air Force just admitted the F-35 stealth fighter... by rbanffy on Thursday February 25, 2021 @07:21AM (#26262080)
> It does one thing well

The importance of this engineering principle cannot be overstated. It applies to everything - from home appliances to spacecraft to software.

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Re:The U.S. Air Force just admitted the F-35 stealth fighter... by pas on Thursday February 25, 2021 @04:58PM (#26268864)
Interestingly it does a bunch of things well, fast and takes amazing pictures, goes very high, etc.

But most importantly those are synergistic, they form a coherent whole, we even say one thing, because it does so well at these things simultaneously that we now consider it almost inseparable.

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Re:The U.S. Air Force just admitted the F-35 stealth fighter... by rbanffy on Thursday February 25, 2021 @05:25PM (#26269113)
That's true. Doing one thing well does not mean a single characteristic - it means being fit to operate in a given role.
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