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Simon_O_Rourke commented on NTSB Preliminary Report – UPS Boeing MD-11F Crash [pdf]   ntsb.gov/Documents/Prelim... · Posted by u/gregsadetsky
Simon_O_Rourke · a month ago
That's terrible. If the NTSB had flagged this flaw before then someone failed with an inspection regime or maintenance.

The NTSB doesn't ever accept the "sometimes bad things happen, shrug" excuse and kudos to the professionals there.

Simon_O_Rourke commented on Report: Tim Cook could step down as Apple CEO 'as soon as next year'   9to5mac.com/2025/11/14/ti... · Posted by u/achow
Simon_O_Rourke · a month ago
I presume he's moving on to some Trump appointed position.
Simon_O_Rourke commented on The Pen and the Spade: The Poems of Seamus Heaney   literaryreview.co.uk/the-... · Posted by u/Caiero
Simon_O_Rourke · a month ago
Bush league poetry compared to WB Yeats or John Berryman.
Simon_O_Rourke commented on I Am Mark Zuckerberg   iammarkzuckerberg.com/... · Posted by u/jb1991
Simon_O_Rourke · a month ago
I would send business that guys way if I could, he seems like good people, unlike the more famous Zuckerberg.
Simon_O_Rourke commented on Eating stinging nettles   rachel.blog/2018/04/29/ea... · Posted by u/rzk
Simon_O_Rourke · a month ago
Great way to 'other' a group of folks who don't tend to stick to an all veggie diet. It wasn't enough just to say you can eat nettles and they're ok, but they had to take a dump on meat eating while they're at it

Dead Comment

Simon_O_Rourke commented on Meta is axing 600 roles across its AI division   theverge.com/news/804253/... · Posted by u/Lionga
Simon_O_Rourke · 2 months ago
That'll save them a few million dollars when things are tight.
Simon_O_Rourke commented on Ask HN: Abandoned/dead projects you think died before their time and why?    · Posted by u/ofalkaed
Simon_O_Rourke · 2 months ago
CORBA, it got hopelessly complex but it's full potential was never reached as the greed heads took it over.
Simon_O_Rourke commented on Five years as a startup CTO: How, why, and was it worth it? (2024)   distinctplace.com/2024/09... · Posted by u/mooreds
Simon_O_Rourke · 2 months ago
I respect the honesty that went into that writing.
Simon_O_Rourke commented on Greenland is a beautiful nightmare   matduggan.com/greenland-i... · Posted by u/zdw
Simon_O_Rourke · 3 months ago
Beautiful, but definitely not worth invading or sending our troops to take over, if you don't awfully mind Mr. President.

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