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Re:The Nation Needs a Shipbuilding Revolution by raverbashing on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @03:44AM (#42929825)
> The Jones Act was supposed to help American shipbuilding

Yes

And this is what happens. Naive protectionism 101

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Re:The Nation Needs a Shipbuilding Revolution by poisonarena on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @05:15AM (#42930558)
chuckling to myself in my bed while reading this comment after working 12 hours on my oil tanker today. I am an OS in the SIU and i spend every night reading a little HN to motivate me to finish my software hobby projects so i can escape this hell
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Re:The Nation Needs a Shipbuilding Revolution by walthamstow on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @06:27AM (#42931021)
More power to you mate. I knew nothing when I first came here, now I've been a working SWE for 5 years.
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Re:The Nation Needs a Shipbuilding Revolution by themaninthedark on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @09:20AM (#42932632)
Good luck! My brother is a Merchant Mariner, I think he is a First Mate now...he gets way better pay than I do but the working hours sound terrible. The shit that you guys went through with COVID with the extended rotations was hell.
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