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by cjrp 5mo ago
Does Ferrari have the same "relationship requirements" as other high-end manufacturers? I.e. to get the latest and greatest ICE sports case, you'll need to buy one of these first.
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by cjrp 5mo ago
How much of that comes right back to the government, in the form of tax income?
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by cjrp 5mo ago
Are these the kind you could DIY-install on a balcony for example?
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by cjrp 5mo ago
Smoking on airplanes is the one that just seemed like an accident waiting to happen. And yet there were (relatively) few incidents caused by cigarettes.
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by cjrp 5mo ago
IMO purely people management (1:1s, promotions, goal-setting, staffing/resourcing, involvement in hiring).
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by cjrp 5mo ago
Interesting. I'd define all of those tasks as the job of a team/tech lead, rather than a manager. I've worked at places where the same person did both roles, and it was not always a great mix.
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by cjrp 5mo ago
To be fair they did win the Fastest Pit Stop Award last season https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/2025-dhl-fastest-...
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by cjrp 6mo ago
I wonder if that will remain the case. The input costs for farming are increasing (seed, fertiliser, energy), the output is becoming less predictable (flood, drought) and the grants from DEFRA which are meant to smooth things out have dried
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by cjrp 6mo ago
I think that's what Small Modular Reactors (SMR) are hoping to improve? At least the time to build.
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by cjrp 6mo ago
Any tariffs on imported tractors? My gut says yes
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by cjrp 6mo ago
Yes, I believe some EVs allow this too.
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by cjrp 6mo ago
What if a happy byproduct of pushing for net zero is more investment in renewables, and decoupling the electricity price from gas?
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by cjrp 7mo ago
Yep, if you see someone on a scooter with a clipboard attached to the handlebars it's quite likely to be someone studying for The Knowledge.
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by cjrp 7mo ago
The UK previously didn't allow small plug in solar panels (the kind that you just plug in to a mains socket) due to, I believe, safety reasons. This has changed within the last few days https://energysavingtrust.org.uk/
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by cjrp 7mo ago
That seems mad, given the volume of traffic they're working - even without emergencies. My local GA field is single controller, and that's VFR, grass runways, averages 40-50 movements/day.
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by cjrp 7mo ago
I don't think this explains understaffing though. "The lawsuit doesn’t allege incompetent controllers were hired instead of CTI graduates. Instead, it states that the CTI graduates weren’t given the opportunity to demonstrate thei
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by cjrp 7mo ago
In the US, airplanes can be cleared for landing while the runway is occupied (you can be number two, three, etc. for landing and still be cleared). It's different in other countries, where you can only be issued a landing clearance if
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by cjrp 7mo ago
ATC recording on https://www.liveatc.net/recordings.php Fire truck was cleared to cross and then told to stop. I'm not sure if they were the only controller working at the time, they continued working after the inciden
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by cjrp 7mo ago
Yep, I've worked at two startups which started to really emphasise The Numbers in weekly all-hands meetings, and how we're all in it together to improve them, etc. Both of those jobs ended in redundancy.
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by cjrp 7mo ago
For me that feels like the difference between insider trading and market manipulation.
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by cjrp 7mo ago
I used a Tesla charger (as a non-Tesla driver) recently. I think their pricing model is pretty good: pay per kWh (varies between peak and off-peak), and if the station is busy they can impose a "congestion charge" for anyone occup
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by cjrp 7mo ago
I guess a train line has a similar risk of security concerns/disruption, vs. trucks which can be re-routed.
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by cjrp 7mo ago
Thanks! I'd seen Uber etc. won't cross the bridge, so looks like talking to an actual human is required :)
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by cjrp 7mo ago
The number of promotional emails I get from Virgin and British Airways, offering pretty big discounts for US destinations, suggests this is true.
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by cjrp 7mo ago
Bit off-topic, but how easy was this to do? We need to do the same crossing to pick up a rental car from Buffalo.
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by cjrp 7mo ago
I'd say the incentives are different. Laptop manufacturers see no upside from having the light stay off, whereas Meta might be the opposite.
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by cjrp 7mo ago
The term "Children of the Magenta Line" has long been used in aviation to describe the over-reliance on automation. So even though they train to avoid losing manual skills, it's definitely still a concern.
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by cjrp 8mo ago
> 996 sounds like garbage on its own, as a system of toil. But I also very much respect an idea of continuous work, one that also intersperses rest throughout the day. Doing some chores or going to the supermarket or playing with the kid
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by cjrp 8mo ago
An internet-connected device in your home which is always listening.
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by cjrp 8mo ago
> New wind power records are set regularly, and between 5:30pm and 6:00pm on 5th December 2025 British wind farms averaged a record 23.94GW of generation. Cool!

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