budman1

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by budman1 2mo ago
There is a heart surgeon on YouTube / TikTok that has a couple of videos on this topic. He says, without symptoms, never get a stent. Never get a bypass unless you have chest pains, shortness of breath, or other symptoms. Lot of peopl
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by budman1 2mo ago
As long as the first derivative is negative, you can finish with a usable product. If the first derivative is positive, adding people does not help.
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by budman1 2mo ago
The required hours at the study center is a good idea.
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by budman1 2mo ago
As an instructor, what do you do if 1/2 of the class lacks the pre-requisites for the material. 'give them an F' sounds good. But that impacts a lot of people. What you need to do is move the material down a bit. Within rea
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by budman1 2mo ago
M.S. Programs, non-thesis options, are cash cows for every university. Most of them are not ABET accredited. Class sizes are large. In defense of this practice, how do you handle students that finished undergraduate 5, 10, 15 years ago? I
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by budman1 2mo ago
Good Idea. Force young people to work with and get to know people from other backgrounds.
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by budman1 2mo ago
As a person who has listened to stupid and crazy things out of Trumps mouth for about 10 years; I almost think this was him 'joking'. Unfortunately, none of the other things that should have been jokes, weren't
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by budman1 2mo ago
Speak for yourself.
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by budman1 2mo ago
In Texas, the election judges are supposed to stop you if you pull out a cellphone or any device. Paper is all you are allowed to use during the voting process.
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by budman1 2mo ago
Consultants will make a mint dealing with these systems. It will make Y2K look like a nothing-burger.
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by budman1 2mo ago
No. Not only that, I would not get on a plane where a defined and followed process was not used in the development of the software. Code review is one step of many.
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by budman1 2mo ago
The 'never happen' events need a human. Like "birds. both engines. looks like we are setting it down on the Hudson".
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by budman1 2mo ago
If you are just wanting "to use it", sure. If you are building a cable for a specific purpose, or want to actually ensure that it will work, use test equipment. IT interconnect closet vs. air vehicle.
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by budman1 2mo ago
This is why you don't have FSD for airplanes. (of course, an argument could have been made that FSD would have handled the leak a little better)
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by budman1 2mo ago
Absurd. Why have engineers do any design work? Just make all decisions based upon a gut feeling.
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by budman1 2mo ago
"Most people join the modern day military so they can have a chance to kill people". Strong disagree. Jobs training, money for college. Exciting way to spend your 20's (99% of the military does not directly kill anyone). Pa
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by budman1 2mo ago
The ethics department at Raytheon is focused on questions like "Is it OK to give a bribe to the president if we call it a donation to the ballroom?" They don't have anything to do about using the products they sell. Neither
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by budman1 2mo ago
I hate to break the news to you, but Raytheon doesn't do the targeting. The idea to bomb that girls school may have came from Grok, but a card carrying, uniform wearing member of the US military agreed it was the thing to do. Where was
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by budman1 2mo ago
7% is an easy, healthy layoff. 10% of the workforce is in the wrong job (and thus not cost effective), burnt out and with an attitude problem, looking for another job full time, or hating the company for some slight (real or perceived). If
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by budman1 2mo ago
JDAM's are a lot cheaper. They are a guidance kit bolted on to a MK-82 gravity bomb. There are a lot of MK-82's in stock, as they have been made since the 1940's. Problem is you put a crew and an expensive airplane at risk.
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by budman1 2mo ago
An Army Captain and a Navy Captain are different things. Army Captain is an O-3, same as a Navy Lt. Commander. You make O-3 at 5 years of service, or a little less. An O-3 is a jr. officer. Navy Captain is an O-6, same as an Army Colonel.
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by budman1 2mo ago
I think every company does what they think will make the execs the most money. Look at how many companies complied with the 'trump shakedown'. Ethics are great, until it messes with the bottom line. It only takes a little thought
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by budman1 2mo ago
Assessed as 0% AI content. By me. I thought this was a wonderful 5 minute read. As for my preference, I enjoy coffee. My favorite vendor is McDonalds; although I can appreciate a pour over at the local hipster joint. (leaving the $5.50 wi
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by budman1 3mo ago
I yield to your experience.
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by budman1 3mo ago
a strong reason to use a pilot is to protect a large capital investment. in war, you get shot at. things are over stressed, equipment fails. a pilot has the ability to improvise, and perhaps bring the aircraft back to be repaired and retu
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by budman1 3mo ago
US lost a lot of aircraft to the soviet provided air defense network. SAM's were all over the country.
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by budman1 3mo ago
even with mechanical controls, there is an autopilot / flight director. which has a mechanism for inserting control inputs into a mechanical flight control system.
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by budman1 3mo ago
Social Security, my friend. And there are still some pensions out there.
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by budman1 3mo ago
no airline will take the risk. they will have a check ride, with an instructor.
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by budman1 3mo ago
with respect to assessing tactics, it is very close.

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