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The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced (www.404media.co)
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[–] 3 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

A HUD is a HUD

sure but the HUD from the F-35 is very specifically designed to work in an F-35. It's very similar, and comes from the same family, as the software running on other planes. But it's not identical.

And yes, performance limits would be hard coded into the software because the HUD needs to alert the pilot when they are getting close.

Edit: and that's ignoring the fact that a lot of this stuff comes from private companies so you'll run into things like IP/patent laws

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    For the F35 unfortunately a lot of its capabilities seems to be cloud based. (At least for maintenence, I don't know of on the air).

    That's why I'm angry my stupid government still has wants to buy the stupid things instead of sitting this generation out and going to an own 6gen aircraft.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    That's what config files are for. It would be a nightmare to hardcode weight and balance and have to recompile the HUD every time you change the loadout or refuel the plane.

    Most code, algorithms, etc are not any more sensitive than the concept of desks and file cabinets. No, guidance programs for missiles probably shouldn't be put on GitHub, but there's a reason RSA and other encryption algorithms were open sourced. It's better to have more eyes looking for inefficiencies, weaknesses, and vulnerabilities than to just assume it's good because no-one on the team responsible is smart/engaged enough to find them.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago

    If it's developed for the government, even by a private contractor, it's still considered US government code and is public domain. It's why sqlite is public domain.

    I personally doubt there's much available in the off-the-shelf fighter HUD system market, personally.

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