Dalewyn

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by Dalewyn 2y ago
The name of the specific Starliner that got stuck at the ISS? Calypso. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Starliner_Calypso Who/what is Calypso? >In Greek mythology, Calypso was a nymph who lived on the islan
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
If we're talking institutional investors, logic suggests most of their votes would favour intermediate-term policies overall since their various interests encompass the whole breadth of short-, mid-, and long-term.
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
The problem isn't Exec vs. Union or McDD vs. Engineers or any specific bit of Boeing, it's all of Boeing as a whole from top to bottom including the striking workers and that's why a bankruptcy will be a good thing. A bankr
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
The economical benefits were already laid out by another commenter, so I will lay out the cultural benefits. Namely, seeing an American darling like Boeing go under could finally destroy the idea of American Exceptionalism(tm). Like it or n
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
Airbus of the ones listed. However, Northrop Grumman could also buy out Boeing's large aircraft bits and (re)enter the commercial airliner market. I doubt Lockheed Martin would be interested, they're into smaller aircraft these da
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
I hope the workers reject and continue the strike, forcing Boeing into bankruptcy will be a very good thing for the country even if it leaves investors and banks unhappy.
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
Thinking about shareholders in one broad stroke isn't useful. There are shareholders who care explicitly about long-term (at least 20~30+ years) profits. These are investors who are investing for retirement. The problem here is most of
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
You're probably thinking of Orion which is being manufactured by Lockheed Martin and Airbus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(spacecraft)
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
Boeing has (had?) more money than Musk ever did, so Boeing's failures are their own fault. When an entire fucking conglomerate including a substantial portion of the military industrial complex loses to a lone man, the problem isn&#x27
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>Of course it's rational No, it is absolutely not. Merchants can price their products however they want, and they have no obligation to sell to you. Customers can purchase a product if it suits them, including the price, and they ha
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>They did buy the ticket. Legally. Yes, that ticket is a binding contract for both sides. If you sign a contract fully aware you don't intend to honor it, you are an asshole. >Skiplagging is only determined on intentions, ...Yes?
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>customers react to them rationally There is nothing rational about maliciously misleading someone in a business transaction. >If the airlines allowed customers to notify them that they won't be taking the final flight without an
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
I can respect why CERO might want extra for ports. Ports can be different, and it will take manhours to check through that possibility which means more money on the payroll. I also find the per-port fee to be a nothingburger: 20,000 JPY or
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>legitimate reasons to skiplag? i.e they cannot afford the full fare, Air travel is a privilege, not a right. If you can't afford a ticket, don't fucking buy it. >they cannot make the following flight for other reasons? Sure
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>there was one time the first leg of my journey was late, I missed my connection and I was going to be in the airport for 8 or 10 hours to catch my 1 hour flight to my final destination. I decided not to, and instead minimized my misery
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>you should know people “skiplagging” won’t check bags The point is that a no-show still causes hassle, and in this case hassle that didn't have to happen. Shit happens, if you turn into a no-show due to factors outside your control
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>I don't understand how someone can be barred from an airline because they got a better deal on it. Because they cause a truly stupid amount of inefficiencies and hassle with their desire to save a buck at the cost of everyone else.
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>It soon stopped being about that It's because everyone forgot about Chesterton's Fence. Stuff like the emergence of exchanges and the story of Magic The Gathering Online Exchange in particular are the result of people realizin
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
That is awesome.
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>a lack of infighting and turf wars. If I didn't know better I would think you were trolling. Japanese companies absolutely have infightings and turf wars the likes of which make western ones look like child's play. Toshiba l
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>The SD Card was developed by two Japanese companies (Panasonic and Toshiba) and Sandisk. Yes, but that is after Toshiba threw away NAND flash technology saying Intel invented it (yes, really...) and Sandisk went and picked up free real
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
It's not a caveat since checking is a prerequisite to the law that shall not be violated. If you are "fixing" a Schroedinger's Cat, my dude the Supreme Court of the Universe will not be kind.
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>We’d all probably be happier with a solid narrative underlying our senses of self and society. Religion, at its most fundamental core, is about providing a set of guidelines and contexts with which to make sense of life and the world ar
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
One of the first laws of the universe that a good engineer learns is: Do not fix what is not broken. And no, being old is not broken.
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
What ended up happening is that actually universal payment systems like credit cards (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX, and JCB) and digital wallets (PayPay, Alipay, Apple Pay, Google Pay) were ultimately successful in carving up the formerly cash-do
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>Hopefully someone figures a way out. The only realistic solution I've seen so far is placing Japanese companies under foreign control. Kioxia is an absurd example. It went from being Toshiba's rejected-and-dejected NAND flash
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
This reminds me of electronic payment systems like SUICA and ICOCA. Once upon a time: The Kanto region had SUICA which was introduced and pushed by JR East. The Kansai region had ICOCA which was introduced and pushed by JR West. Yes, the tw
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>several examples JIS isn't relevant outside of Japan, though. Everyone cares about ISO (USA) and standards like RoHS (Europe), nobody even knows what a JIS is. >there’s a practical reason for camera brands to have different moun
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>So it would be a mistake to read too much into this project being Japanese, As a Japanese(-American) I can tell you why this project failed and more broadly why Japan's computer industry has failed outside of vidja gaemz (and that
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
Way too many progressive people proclaim the virtues of free and open and then <pikachu_face.gif> when others take them for their word. If you want compensation of any kind you must stipulate them before the fact.

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