LeChuck

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by LeChuck 6y ago
I'm learning chess at the moment. I can't tell you how frustrating it is to slide back in rating every time I learn a new idea and try to incorporate it into my game. I takes a lot of willpower to stick with it and fully internali
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by LeChuck 6y ago
It was the brightness I was worried about, yes. Should've probably just looked it up myself! I don't think astronavigation is used in any serious capacity anymore, so in that sense it's a moot point. Still, it's a cool p
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by LeChuck 6y ago
Yeah. That's the problem. Celestial navigation can only be performed during twilight, as you need to be able to see both the horizon and celestial objects. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight#Nautical_dawn_and_d
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by LeChuck 6y ago
I wonder if these things will have any effect on astronavigation. It would be sad to see such a cool practice become impossible.
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by LeChuck 6y ago
>If the ships only carry 4 TEU (or 4 FEU), then lashing is likely not needed if they use Twistloc's welded to a boat deck that is designed for the dynamic loads. With only four containers, I wouldn't even dock/undock the s
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by LeChuck 6y ago
Let's say a typical call is about 5000 moves. So that would mean about 625 of your small vessels. It won't take 5 minutes to load the containers, because the discharge containers need to be unlashed and the load units need to be l
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by LeChuck 6y ago
I have. Lots of them, all over the world. On every ship I've worked on the track pilot is used for hands off operation. Hell, some guys would do paperwork or work on stowage plans during their watch.
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by LeChuck 6y ago
It's not even close to the Rotterdam metro area.
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by LeChuck 6y ago
> Even as the train moves toward you, and you move toward it, the train’s image maintains a relatively constant position on your retina[...] That's funny. The very first thing you learn on a ship is to watch out for exactly this. An
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by LeChuck 6y ago
Yeah. This is what I always thought. If we could safe many lives with self-driving cars then we could safe many more with augmented humans.
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by LeChuck 6y ago
You'd think they'd have their hands full with the robotaxi network, building 1000 solar roofs per week, getting the cars to automatically call a tow truck, getting the cars to autonomously find a valid parking spot, powering the G
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by LeChuck 8y ago
Indeed it is. See for example Paris MOU: https://www.parismou.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_State_Control
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Carlsen’s Bizarre Decision Has Sent the World Chess Championship to Overtime(fivethirtyeight.com)
1 points by LeChuck 8y ago|0 comments
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by LeChuck 10y ago
That's not quite correct. It happened in 1977 and in 1982. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_general_election,_1977 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_general_election,_1982
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by LeChuck 10y ago
>who actually spends even 1% of their GDP on defense? Here are the numbers. All but five of the countries do. You're point still stands, though. http://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/pdf_20
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by LeChuck 10y ago
Seems to work fine here in the Netherlands, and we have a bit more than ten candidates. http://i.imgur.com/pdW1ZTe.jpg
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by LeChuck 10y ago
Not only far from inevitable but impossible in a lot of cases. When I was looking for an apartment in Germany most (all? I can't remember) landlords wanted to verify that my income was at least three times the rent.
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by LeChuck 10y ago
Oh man. Something like the (now cancelled?) BlackBerry Vienna/Rome/Mercury. I'd buy that thing the day it comes out. http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/135924-blackberry-vienna-mer...
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by LeChuck 10y ago
Yes, but with planes and ships (on ships it's almost always called track pilot and speed pilot, by the way) you can let go of the controls for extended periods of time. In cars, right now, that's a recipe for disaster. Functionall
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by LeChuck 10y ago
You didn't hear these complaints. They where made, and Mercedes pulled the ads. http://www.autoblog.com/2016/07/29/mercedes-pulls-self-drivi...
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by LeChuck 10y ago
Great story. Having undergone the hazing on a Dutch merchant ship, what stands out to me is how similar the rituals are across countries. I had almost the exact same experience as the author, only including head shaving. P.S. Here is my cer
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by LeChuck 11y ago
>Low sulphur fuel is 4x the cost. It's more like double the cost. Your point stands, though. http://www.bunkerworld.com/prices/port/nl/rtm/
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by LeChuck 12y ago
Not to detract from your general point, but fresh water is used for more than just human consumption.
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by LeChuck 12y ago
It very far from certain that a ship without propulsion will just stay afloat for a while. Even big ships can disappear in a hurry if the weather's bad enough. See for example the sinking of the Derbyshire. http://www.youtub
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by LeChuck 12y ago
Crowded? No. But there are certainly people looking out at the ocean at all times.
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by LeChuck 12y ago
I personally like 'aloof', coming from the Dutch word loef which means windward. The devil to pay is another cool one. From Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey Maturin series (great books by the way): ""'Why, the dev
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by LeChuck 12y ago
It refers to the cat o' nine tails, which was used to punish sailors in the Royal Navy and was, supposedly, kept in a special bag. It's also where "not enough room to swing a cat" is said to come from. http:/&#x2F
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The British Perfected the Art of Brewing Tea Inside an Armored Vehicle(medium.com)
2 points by LeChuck 12y ago|0 comments
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by LeChuck 13y ago
There's also treesheets. It's a nested table editor, but the tables can also be rendered as mind maps. My description doesn't really do it justice, but it's pretty cool. http://strlen.com/treesheets/
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by LeChuck 13y ago
Adding to gk1's comment. Adding the power redundancy needed to tow another ship would obliterate all the fuel savings these ships (potentially) can achieve.

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