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by _pferreir_ 13y ago
Most modern aircraft have GPS receivers built-in. They are actually constantly reporting this information to ground stations [1]. I'm not saying that things couldn't be better (and I'm no expert at all) but I doubt that any o
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by _pferreir_ 13y ago
OK, I found a link on reddit[1] that seems to show something more: http://www.flightradar24.com/2014-03-07/17:20/12x/MAS370/2d8... [1]: http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comment
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by _pferreir_ 13y ago
Sure. I find that I easily lose track of planes if they are below a certain altitude. Still, it is very strange that the last recorded altitude is 35000 ft [1]. [1]: http://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/mh370&
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by _pferreir_ 13y ago
Here is the flight path of MH370, before it ceased responding to tracking stations: http://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/mh370/#2d81a27 35kft altitude.
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by _pferreir_ 13y ago
All modern aircraft are equipped with Mode-S transponders [1] which broadcast several parameters such as altitude, lat/longitude and aicraft ID info. There are also specific messages that signal "emergency status"[2]. You can
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by _pferreir_ 13y ago
Every language has its quirks. Python is not perfect either. But JS shows clear signs of bad design decisions, such as the behavior of the == operator.
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by _pferreir_ 13y ago
> A lot of people have to write JavaScript, but aren't good at JavaScript, [...] they blame it for being a crappy language, when it's really just their own lack of investment. I think it's pretty much an accepted fact that
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by _pferreir_ 13y ago
Are we really going to discuss this again? > code needs more debugging, it is harder to maintain and overall productivity is lower References?
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by _pferreir_ 13y ago
20 years old and still so true.
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by _pferreir_ 13y ago
I don't personally hate Microsoft, but it's true that it is perhaps not the most popular tablet manufacturer in the world right now. I know many people who own an iPad, several others who have Android tablets, but zero Windows tab
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by _pferreir_ 13y ago
> created: 803 days ago
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by _pferreir_ 13y ago
> I find people that "like" companies quite amusing. I think they pretty much account for most of the hate you see on HN. Brand identity is the new opiate of the masses.
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by _pferreir_ 13y ago
Now I really feel old.
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by _pferreir_ 13y ago
Even though I agree that UPnP is a solution for a problem that shouldn't exist in the first place, I wonder how secure that kind of P2P communication will be. I guess people will still need/want residential firewalls and automatic
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by _pferreir_ 13y ago
They could have awarded it to the CMS and ATLAS experiments as well. No need to award it to CERN.
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by _pferreir_ 13y ago
Any references on that?
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by _pferreir_ 13y ago
I asked myself the same question. At first I thought it was some kind of editor using the Stack Overflow Markdown flavor. It's really confusing.
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by _pferreir_ 13y ago
Why not targeting something like this instead? http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/jun/13/antibiotics-c... I think it will be much more of a problem in the long term than aging (pun not intended).
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by _pferreir_ 13y ago
Yeah, then I guess they will just show you an annoying pop-up every now and then, basically pushing you to merge your Calico account into you Google account.
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by _pferreir_ 13y ago
The question is whether that person would suffer from that same problem anyway, due to some other cause. This is where statistical significance comes in.
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by _pferreir_ 13y ago
+1 for 'More or Less'. I am a regular listener. As for the book, I believe the correct title is "The Norm Chronicles".
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by _pferreir_ 13y ago
paywall. nothing to see here, move along...
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by _pferreir_ 13y ago
Yep. I was seriously considering buying it. Didn't do it immediately because I was hesitant. Now I just can't :(
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by _pferreir_ 14y ago
That's not what the author says. > Why burden yourself with such a bulky device, not to mention the cost of it, when your good old phone can take just as good photos.
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by _pferreir_ 14y ago
> Why burden yourself with such a bulky device, not to mention the cost of it, when your good old phone can take just as good photos. This is false. Any DSLR can do better than the author's examples. These are not "nice photos", I am so
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North Korea warns foreigners to leave South(guardian.co.uk)
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by _pferreir_ 14y ago
Indeed. And I can't understand how the EU itself is OK with its citizens being forced to hand over their biometric information to a foreign government. Ah wait, it's OK, they're the good guys.
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by _pferreir_ 14y ago
Great work! It reminds me of an X-files episode where Mulder and Scully find a first century ceramic cup that supposedly contains a "phonograph" recording of Jesus Christ's words during the last supper.
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by _pferreir_ 14y ago
The web is an open, diverse and ever-evolving ecosystem, and I hope that it remains this way for years to come. OK, there are no silver bullets nor panaceas, but that's more of a quality than a shortcoming.
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by _pferreir_ 14y ago
I'm curious as to which of the countries currently in financial trouble can be considered "third world".

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