bjowen

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1. 121.▲
   by bjowen 8y ago

   This is gorgeous, particularly the shadow chases across the disk of Jupiter. But I can’t help wondering what the xkcd What If? version would look like...
2. 122.▲
   by bjowen 8y ago

   ... to you and luckily most people. I think the concern is twofold: the number of individuals who will take the footage as some sort of incitement is non-negligible - as this cowardly psychopath has apparently done with the Norwegian attack
3. 123.▲
   by bjowen 8y ago

   One thing I’ve seen kicking around is that MCAS alternates input between the left FCC and right FCC, which might help understand why the JT43 only had to fight the stick shaker the whole flight (!) but JT610 had the automated trim input as
4. 124.▲
   by bjowen 8y ago

   But - but - but - software is indistinguishable from magic!
5. 125.▲
   by bjowen 8y ago

   Welp that’s a rant. Here’s an example where integrated supply chains and arbitrary supermarket standards cause eye-watering levels of waste: https://vimeo.com/223234033
6. 126.▲
   by bjowen 8y ago

   ... in a mouse model. End of line.
7. 127.▲
   by bjowen 8y ago

   It is probably relevant to the success in implementing the policy. States that brutalise segments of their populations tend to have an easier time convincing the others to fall in line.