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by danaliv 8y ago
I had radiation therapy a while ago and they were able to take X-rays just by holding a piece of film behind my back. Freaky!
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by danaliv 8y ago
I love them. Without exception they are absolutely nuts. :)
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I've not had the pleasure of flying "full flight simulators" (the kind used by airlines) so I can't comment on those. The lower grades of simulators are good for drilling procedures but are quite bad at modeling flight d
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by danaliv 8y ago
Yes, exactly. The 1500 hour rule is a factor in the pilot shortage. Not the only factor—low pay at regionals, generational demographics, and changing perceptions of the career also play a part—but it's definitely a big factor.
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by danaliv 8y ago
Also the importance of regular evaluation. You can develop a lot of bad habits in 1500 hours.
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by danaliv 8y ago
The 1500 hour rule only applies to air carrier operations—scheduled airlines. A commercial pilot can fly charters, survey, banner-towing, skydiving, sightseeing, demos for sales, even corporate (business jets). Add a flight instructor certi
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by danaliv 8y ago
One of the biggest changes that came out of the Colgan crash is the so-called "1500 hour rule." Before Colgan, only the captain needed to have an airline transport pilot (ATP) certificate, the highest level of pilot certification.
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by danaliv 8y ago
To me the biggest benefit of static types, type hints, annotations, etc. is their documentation value. I don't have a particularly strong opinion on the issue of static typing generally, but if you don't use types, you damn well b
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by danaliv 8y ago
Thing is though, the state of the internet—all that shady stuff Facebook does—is because of ads. Ads aren’t something you can pluck out of a social/technical context and talk about as though they’re in a vacuum. When a site’s existen
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by danaliv 8y ago
The questionnaire you're describing is the PHQ-9. It's the industry standard screener for depression.
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by danaliv 8y ago
Touch screens installed in the instrument panel are very hard to use in even light-to-moderate turbulence. Have someone shake your phone around while you try to dial a number and you’ll have some idea of the difficulty. Knobs, and to a less
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by danaliv 8y ago
I remember when Bungie first sold to Microsoft. In one of the levels in Halo, there’s a bulletin board on a wall with a flyer that reads: FOR SALE - CHICAGO OFFICE - INTEGRITY Glad to see them fully independent again, even if it took almost
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by danaliv 8y ago
Someone drew them? I swear, people are allergic to human effort these days. :)
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nc usually does the trick these days.
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That's basically it. I find that it serves three functions: one is making the other person feel heard, two is making sure I actually understand what they're saying (misunderstandings are more common than I think!), and three is fo
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by danaliv 8y ago
Therapy. :)
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by danaliv 8y ago
Active listening. I'm amazed at how much better discussions go when this simple tool is used. Conflicts big and small melt away. Understanding, trust, and confidence are built. And even if not everyone agrees at the end, they at least
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by danaliv 8y ago
Ha, I remember reading similar advice in an issue of GamePro. They had a section in the back for accolades when someone beat a game or got a high score, and you had to send them a photograph for proof. (Uphill both ways in the snow, etc. et
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by danaliv 8y ago
Others have noted that ILS stands for Instrument Landing System. It’s a system used for landing airplanes when you can’t see the runway, typically getting you down to 200 feet, but with special training and equipment you can get down to 100
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by danaliv 8y ago
It fails a NULL check, where an uninitialized value (probably) won’t. That seems like a pretty important distinction, no?
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by danaliv 8y ago
You can’t just barge into a system that’s being used to safely transport human beings in a high-risk environment and expect to be allowed to do whatever you want with no forethought, planning, or coordination with other users. The system as
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by danaliv 8y ago
It’s true that police militarization is a problem for everyone. The fact remains that any particular person of color is more likely to be killed by police than any particular white person is, and that’s a meaningful difference in the lives
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by danaliv 8y ago
The terminology is different at this level. Asserted means the lines are set to whichever voltage is logically 1.
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by danaliv 8y ago
I just want to be able to classify email by “sent by a human” and “not sent by a human.” My inbox isn’t a (bad) todo list, it’s a (bad) notification center.
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by danaliv 8y ago
If you want to see the true cost of an ad-based internet economy, this is it.
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I don't but I'm a full-time CFI. It's a good time to be in aviation. There's a shortage of airline pilots, which leads to a shortage of instructors and other commercial pilots (banner towers, skydiving, etc.). Just don&#
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by danaliv 8y ago
Trust me - compared to working adults, you do. :)
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For commercial drone ops you need to be certified by the FAA. It’s a quick multiple choice test, so not exactly onerous, but you can’t just buy a drone and start flying for money.
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by danaliv 8y ago
Hey, I played that game on our Mac Plus! Or was it our LC II? Hard to remember the details now. :)
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by danaliv 8y ago
I used to think this was a good idea, but I see so many resumes done in TeX that they cease to stand out.

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