I can’t say what MBAs are learning, but I have to point out that it isn’t all executives who think like this. It is, however, a very large and notable subset that gained a lot of power in the 1990s as a particular style of management became fashionable in business. Google “Jack Welch” to understand where this is…

Okay, then. ;-)

Couldn’t take the pressure?

Yes. In addition to building the X-37 and most of the ISS, they build a lot of geosynchronous commercial and military commsats. They built most of the ViaSat spacecraft, for instance, and the Wideband Global Satellite constellation. They built a lot of older stuff too, but those are recent.

The Ars Technica piece is wrong. It’s an easy mistake to make, because it makes such intuitive sense: obviously, cost-plus would be super easy to make money with! But that isn’t actually how it works (you will absolutely lose your shirt on cost-plus if you’re thinking it’s magic money), and it’s miles and miles away…

You’re mistaking a desire for journalistic integrity for sympathy with Boeing.

Wow, you’re taking this awfully personally for something that doesn’t really affect you directly. So personally you’re not able to actually read what’s being written. If you prefer arguing with strawmen, that’s your prerogative, but I won’t participate in that nonsense.

No, that is not his argument. The argument is that you should hold the right parties accountable.

I would bet the problem is just sympathetic vomiting. You’re in tight quarters in an aircraft; if someone pukes, the smell will get around, and the smell alone can trigger vomiting in a lot of people. Once a few people let loose, you can get a whole cascade effect going and it becomes a nightmare scenario very fast.

University of Minnesota defused its protests the same way. Agreed to talk about it, without promising anything. It’s this authoritarian streak that leads to mindless escalation.

“Alternatively, university administrators could have followed the time-honored tradition of ignoring campus protests until they inevitably fizzle out”

Yeah, I’d be reasonably confident the locomotive isn’t going anywhere, but I’d be less confident in the strength of the windows.

Lake freighters have unusually long lifespans compared to sea vessels. St Mary’s Challenger has the advantage of operating exclusively in freshwater, which gives those vessels amazing longevity. Lake freighters often operate over 50 years, but ocean going vessels rarely last over 30 years unless they’re particularly…

“So, of course, because it’s Tesla, instead of a massive sell-off this morning from investors who are done with Musk’s bullshit, the stock is already up about 12 percent today. Make it make sense.”

One quibble: the Biblical description is more of a religious ritual than a practical method, and it’s not really about reducing maternal mortality. It’s more about reducing the impact of cuckoldry. Yeah, when folks want to quote the Old Testament to support their anti-choice and anti-LGBTQ beliefs, there is some…

It might have something to do with how everything’s installed, although if they designed this so you can’t replace a sunvisor without removing the windshield, that’s just another example of completely ignoring design-for-maintainability (which, frankly, is a sign of a prototype being released into production).

I just wish they’d put that on the passenger mat too, since that thing just will NOT stay put.

Well, at least it knows its market.

Including labor and delivery, of course. Especially labor and delivery. It is not entirely coincidental that states with the strictest abortion laws also have some of the worst access to qualified obstetric care. This is likely why neonatal mortality has *risen* since Roe v Wade was eliminated. Not because of…

Oh, that’s all obvious. A home built on property the person doesn’t own will definitely not have permits. ;-)  I would bet that the materials are largely if not entirely scrounged.  And as far as deposit and first month’s rent -- you may be seriously underestimating the cost of living in LA.  It’s insane.