Alini Krugeer·Sep 16The 1864 Rule That Still Determines Who Alters Course at Sea, and the Challenge of Teaching It to a…Long before automobiles or airplanes existed, a question at sea demanded an answer: when two ships approach each other, who alters course…
Alini Krugeer·Sep 4The Global Internet Depends on 62 Ships — and Hardly Anyone Knows ItEvery time you watch a video, make an international video call, or move money between banks in different countries, that data almost…
Alini Krugeer·Sep 3Rogue Waves: The Science That Took 30 Years to Admit Sailors Were RightFor nearly a century, sailors told the same story in ports around the world: walls of water rising out of nowhere , amidst already…
Kenan Ayvataş·Aug 28The Weapon No Treaty Can Touch: How Poseidon Slipped Through the Cracks of Nuclear Arms Controlor nearly sixty years, the United States and Russia have lived inside a web of treaties built to keep their nuclear arsenals countable…
Alini Krugeer·Aug 25Python “pretends” to do several things at once. Java actually does it.There is an uncomfortable truth about Python that few tutorials clearly explain: under the hood, it cannot actually execute two heavy tasks…
Alini Krugeer·Aug 20When an Unmanned Ship Causes an Accident, Who Pays?There’s a question naval engineering solved before maritime law did: a ship can now sail without anyone on board. The question still…
Alini Krugeer·Aug 13The Prism: The Piece That Gave Navies Their SightLong before digital cryptography and electronic sensors, navies faced a fundamental challenge: how to see without being seen, and how to…