JorgeGT

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by JorgeGT 7y ago
> leaving things that need to be fixed unfixed which slowly normalizes the state of things being 'messy' Which is exactly what the author did with the landing gear of his aircraft, no?
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by JorgeGT 7y ago
I would say this is the engineering incarnation of the Broken window theory of the early eighties, if you want a term which is much more known: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory
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by JorgeGT 8y ago
Exactly, like the fake armor plating of your car. After you cross the border you can safely recast the white gold into aircraft seats and fly them to India.
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by JorgeGT 8y ago
Much like the Mars probes, the pre-2014 MATLAB color scheme is certainly an staunch survivor!
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by JorgeGT 8y ago
Nice name!
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by JorgeGT 8y ago
There's always Mathematica for the Raspberry Pi, completely free for personal use! https://www.wolfram.com/raspberry-pi/
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by JorgeGT 8y ago
Interesting that the same thing happened exactly a month ago: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/03/14/faceboo...
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by JorgeGT 8y ago
"Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are down for users around the world" says The Verge, which seems more accurate: https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/14/18310069/facebook-instagr... It's in
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by JorgeGT 8y ago
They're down here in Spain at least.
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by JorgeGT 8y ago
I like how this is just a link to facebook.com --- the proof is in the pudding? Here's a link to downdetector though: https://downdetector.com/status/facebook
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by JorgeGT 8y ago
Grotesque in the context of typography is a category of sans serif typefaces, specifically the one from which typefaces like Helvetica descend (they are usually called neo-grotesque). So the GP joke is based on a double meaning: on a firs
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by JorgeGT 8y ago
In this case, the most powerful nation-state on Earth established its exact visual identity by forking a font from an Argentinian dude whose last pic on Instagram is of Ernesto "Che" Guevara x)
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by JorgeGT 8y ago
This is the actual live HD feed with audio, helpfully provided by our Russian friends from Ruptly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlqmKcPS0I8
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by JorgeGT 8y ago
Everything old is new again. It used to be common to live in hotels, specially towards the end of one's life, at a time where specialized facilities were scarce or nonexistent. Just off the top of my head Tesla's last years were s
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by JorgeGT 8y ago
Pitch (q) is not the same as angle of attack (alpha). You can detect q with a gyro, but not alpha. I use this helpful graphic with my students: https://i.stack.imgur.com/A62jW.pngyQ.jpg
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by JorgeGT 8y ago
In that sense, I agree with you. I meant to say that this wasn't a software bug or programmer's fault like "oh, someone wrote max_authority = 6º instead of 0.5º in line 8745679", but something bigger: the very design and
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by JorgeGT 8y ago
Wow... thanks for the link. The details are highly troubling. They assessed the safety of the MCAS based on a statement saying it had max. authority of 0.6º, being thus permissible to rely on a single sensor for this system. But in fact it
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by JorgeGT 8y ago
That... makes it even worse? Why would someone on Earth disregard an available extra sensor for a system that has unlimited authority to bring the horizontal stabilizer to full deflection?
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by JorgeGT 8y ago
I'm an assistant professor of aerospace engineering and I find this analysis quite spot on, in which this is representative of a much larger issue of economic and regulatory negative incentives, rather than just a "software issue&
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by JorgeGT 8y ago
Here's Gary Hamatani, chief project engineer for Boeing's 737 MAX program, explaining that they needed the main landing gear to fit the existing wheel wells: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4IGl4OizM4 I find it v
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by JorgeGT 8y ago
The approval process allowing indefinite "type certificate stretching" may create a perverse economic incentive for companies to mask or downplay relevant changes to the aircraft.
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by JorgeGT 8y ago
The 737 is a great example of a Ship of Theseus, years of small changes have left barely anything of the original besides the name... and the type certificate.
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by JorgeGT 8y ago
This is how it works in my country, although it's done through a website. I usually have to make one or two edits for deductions I can claim and I'm done in 5-10 mins.
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by JorgeGT 8y ago
It is not. If they had 10 cheeses exposed to hip-hop, 10 to classical, 10 controls, etc., and the differences in rating where statistically significant they would be onto something. But per the study factsheet, they used just one box per mu
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by JorgeGT 8y ago
Spain, here's the website of the Royal Mint, some of it is in English: https://www.sede.fnmt.gob.es/en/certificados/persona-fisica In addition there's the ID card which is issued to every citizen and has
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by JorgeGT 8y ago
I just tested and no, it seems not possible yet.
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by JorgeGT 8y ago
Major changes include: * Git integration in the sidebar: https://www.sublimetext.com/docs/3/git_integration.html * Diff tracking in the gutter: https://www.sublimetext.com/docs/3/incremen
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by JorgeGT 8y ago
In my country anyone can get a free certificate from the Royal Mint. But few people uses them for email due to lack of support from webmail providers, as you say.
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by JorgeGT 8y ago
Typical example: you arrive at a crossroads A where both ways work for you, so you choose the one with less traffic. Then at crossroad B you do the same, and then at C, and finally you arrive at destination D. However, it turns out the heav

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