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Re:DARPA Moves Forward on X-65: Plane with no moving control... by huppeldepup on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @06:08AM (#38924736)
You need a very diverse community to address these subjects. HN is IT-centered, there’s overlap with a lot of fields and occasionally you’ll get a (few) people who are at home with the subject at hand to explain the subtle intricacies.

But this also relies on the size of the HN populations. Too many and the noise takes over, making it difficult or even frustrating to participate.

Stick to what you know and plough on.

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Re:DARPA Moves Forward on X-65: Plane with no moving control... by mlrtime on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @08:25AM (#38925889)
Thew few topics that I'm "at home with" come up on HN rarely, but when they do 90%+ comments are just so out of touch with the industry it makes me question anything that isn't deep in SV/YC territory.
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Re:DARPA Moves Forward on X-65: Plane with no moving control... by mattgreenrocks on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @09:45AM (#38926733)
There's also an adverse selection bias where the people that talk the most are more likely to be less-informed since they are talking instead of doing.

What's tough is that there's no way to tell who exactly they are. I could be a member of this group for all we know!

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Re:DARPA Moves Forward on X-65: Plane with no moving control... by pdpi on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @06:22AM (#38924846)
It’s not even a matter of sticking to what you know.

Recognising non-goals is a core skill for any technical profession. This is a research project doing completely novel things, and specifically mentions some of the intended use-cases. Of course they’re not the least bit concerned with propeller drones.

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Re:DARPA Moves Forward on X-65: Plane with no moving control... by LargeTomato on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @08:02AM (#38925675)
A diverse community would help but it would also help if people would recognize when they don't know what they're talking about. I don't make strong statements about ML because I don't know ML. That's just maturity.
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Re:DARPA Moves Forward on X-65: Plane with no moving control... by rthomas6 on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @07:53AM (#38925593)
I wish there was a forum like this for engineers. I'm really a CompE/EE masquerading as a programmer.
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Re:DARPA Moves Forward on X-65: Plane with no moving control... by 7thaccount on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @09:01AM (#38926255)
There are a lot of subreddits out there for engineering. They vary in quality and moderation.
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