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Re:Forgetting the Asbestos: Or, how we lose knowledge and te... by highwaylights on Monday October 24, 2022 @05:27PM (#33322877)
Given that’s the case, you didn’t need to include Asbestos in the title of the article to garner more clicks, as I’m sure you must have realised it would have done.
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Re:Forgetting the Asbestos: Or, how we lose knowledge and te... by areoform on Monday October 24, 2022 @05:31PM (#33322914)
It's tongue in cheek. I write for myself and to reach out to/engage in dialog with interesting people. And to just add to the general sphere of human knowledge.

I wrote this because I couldn't find anyone else addressing it.

Forgetting the Thermal Protection System (that included inconel and asbestos) is a lot harder to read than Forgetting the Asbestos.

Usually on HN, people read the article before commenting.

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Re:Forgetting the Asbestos: Or, how we lose knowledge and te... by jimmygrapes on Monday October 24, 2022 @07:05PM (#33323823)
I understand your point and that of the person you're replying to, but I have two points:

1) I read your comment before the article

2) Despite feeling pretty familiar with the subject matter, I don't think I know what inconel is

It was you comment that led me to commit to reading the article, because I'm not interested in yet another article about asbestos but I am interested in the Thermal Protection System.

Sample size of one, but, you know.

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Re:Forgetting the Asbestos: Or, how we lose knowledge and te... by highwaylights on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @03:33AM (#33327324)
With respect, I was pointing out that the word asbestos has certain gravity that would have attracted clicks.

To suggest I didn’t read the article is in bad faith. I did read it, and quite liked it as it happens (I had no idea of the extra heat shields over the engines and how that detail had been lost to time). It just could’ve done without the clickbait title is all.

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