[HN Gopher] Ghost Ships - What happens when ships become data?
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       Ghost Ships - What happens when ships become data?
        
       Author : kasbah
       Score  : 34 points
       Date   : 2023-01-08 13:47 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | SoftTalker wrote:
       | _Elsewhere, "quants" with PhDs in astrophysics collate historical
       | data with information about geography, weather, stock prices, and
       | ship movements, searching for opportunities to place stock market
       | bets on global trade._
       | 
       | I know that this is just an inevitable/necessary part of a
       | functioning market, but it somehow it also seems a little bit sad
       | that this kind of human intellectual horsepower is spent on
       | things like this. I could say the same thing about the smart
       | people who spend their time doing things such as making social
       | media more addictive.
        
         | ravi-delia wrote:
         | Theoretically market quants are pushing the market to the limit
         | of available info, smoothing over inefficiencies and
         | reallocating risk. In practice they absolutely are not doing
         | that at all and it's all a staggering drain, but the concept is
         | cool. Like futures trading is probably a net positive, though
         | that's the exception.
        
         | FredPret wrote:
         | We should spend more horsepower on high-level resource
         | allocation, not less.
        
       | bragr wrote:
       | Watching some mariners on youtube [1] and they take a pretty dim
       | view on the idea of ghost ships, except in certain short haul
       | scenarios. They cite that almost all of the maintenance takes
       | place continuously while the ship is underway. While automation
       | may reduce the bridge crew, until there are cheap robots that can
       | perform all maintenance tasks - from overhauling engines,
       | maintaining equipment, painting everything to protect from marine
       | air, troubleshooting reefer units, to inspecting internal voids,
       | not to mention routine tasks (docking, cargo operations), and
       | emergency tasks (firefighting, damage control) - there's always
       | going to be a decent number on board.
       | 
       | [1] https://www.youtube.com/@JeffHK
        
         | bjelkeman-again wrote:
         | Most people seem to underestimate how corrosive ocean water and
         | spray is to nearly everything.
        
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