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Speaking for myself, I am impressed by something that is necessarily complex in order to accomplish some difficult task, and dislike needless complexity that could be simpler. A good example of necessary complexity would be this post from yesterday https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43448457. Another example would be how the A-10 had to be fueled right before takeoff because it would leak fuel until at top speed.



> Another example would be how the A-10 had to be fueled right before takeoff because it would leak fuel until at top speed.

I think you mean SR-71? The A-10 is very hardened for close air support. It even has self sealing fuel tanks

https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/1044...


I did; thank you for the correction.




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