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by danaliv 6y ago
Just want to say: I feel you.
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by danaliv 6y ago
Google TCAS.
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by danaliv 6y ago
> For me, and I think the majority, memory is where you keep what your brain thinks that it will use again. There's some pedagogical theory around this. (I learned this through the FAA's instructor training.) Sort of common s
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by danaliv 6y ago
I don't think I've ever been able to write software without an API reference, and I've been at it since the (late) 1980s. I guess it depends on what you're Googling. Sometimes I can work out a way to do something, but wh
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by danaliv 6y ago
Where does seaweed fit in here?
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by danaliv 6y ago
I didn’t get it either at first. But MDN Web Docs is Mozilla’s (very good, IMHO) web developer documentation site. Open Web Docs is apparently some kind of foundation/organization to collaborate on web documentation with other industry
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by danaliv 6y ago
> Anyone who has been in a tech support role has seen the bizarre cargo cult rituals that result from unpredictable failures. I remember when “zapping the PRAM” was the solution for everything on classic Macs. (Maybe it still is?) It w
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by danaliv 6y ago
Rare as it is—and I’d argue it’s not as rare as some people think, having experience three avionics GPS loss-of-signal events in the past two years (in different aircraft)—they’d be nuts not to have considered that risk in the design. I can
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by danaliv 6y ago
You’re right of course. I was addressing the larger question of the impact of GPS jamming tests on aviation in general. Less of a reply to you and more of a note to anyone else reading.
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by danaliv 6y ago
WAAS won’t help you when the GPS signal is being jammed. It’s ground-based navaids, pilotage, or stay home.
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by danaliv 6y ago
You’re talking about RAIM. But you’re also required to check NOTAMs, where these tests are documented, under the “all pertinent information” clause of the preflight regs.
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by danaliv 6y ago
Everything I know about instant messaging, I learned from communicating via radio with ATC. Pleasantries are not required, but brief (< 3 words) ones are appreciated. Just saying “hi” wastes time and effort. Ask your question. Put these
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by danaliv 6y ago
Don’t feel too bad. I thought Java was DOA. Oops. (Might be fun to do a “your worst tech predictions” topic on HN.)
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by danaliv 6y ago
I was reading this as a licensed professional in a different field, and trying to imagine someone without my licensure trying to sell me an app that made my decisions for me. Let’s just say this was always going to be a tough sell, no matte
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by danaliv 6y ago
Guy sitting at folding table with large sign in front of it that says, “convince me that Bitcoin is not a massive mis-allocation of resources.”
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by danaliv 6y ago
This looks fantastic, and is precisely the sort of thing I’ve wished I had for this system. As it is, the data collection is very much “MVP.” I’ll definitely get in touch!
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by danaliv 6y ago
Thanks! The controller (box that runs the network and all the algos) keeps a day’s worth of raw sensor data, intermediate calculations, and final user-ready observations. The data behind the web interface is just observations and never gets
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by danaliv 6y ago
I designed and built an airport weather sensor network. Output is available here: https://davidsen.aero/awas/kgbr/ (Still working on vis, sky condition, and present weather.) As you can see by some missing data on
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by danaliv 6y ago
The highways are policed. Parler was not.
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by danaliv 6y ago
My new computers get this right too. This is a design flaw.
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by danaliv 6y ago
I promise you people have gotten this right. I have a 198? Mac Plus on my desk that I can boot up and do this on and it will work properly. I’m having trouble even imagining the insane event-processing architecture that results in keystrok
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by danaliv 6y ago
I would tell those people the good pots weren’t the first ones, they were the last ones. Which suggests smashing the poorly built prototype and starting over. In other words I read it as an elaboration on “practice makes perfect.” Or, there
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by danaliv 6y ago
I’m a professional pilot. I put my life in the hands of the National Weather Service. They are reliable, and consummate professionals.
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by danaliv 6y ago
Indeed - I got lazy with the characters there.
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by danaliv 6y ago
I was asked the correct pronunciation of /etc in an interview once. Diabolical, if you ask me.
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by danaliv 6y ago
White-bread American Midwesterner. :-) Not sure where I picked this pronunciation up. I think what I’ve learned today is that no one pronounces any of these words even remotely the same! ...and while we’re at it, let’s do “char.”
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by danaliv 6y ago
I hear ya. It’s not a terribly common consonant cluster. (In fact I think all English words that start with s[c]hm are Yiddish loanwords, but don’t quote me on that.) Try pushing your lips forward before making any sound, and drawing them b
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by danaliv 6y ago
It isn’t. There’s no vowel sound between sh and m. Think schmear. Onset: shm. Nucleus: o. Coda: d. One syllable.
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by danaliv 6y ago
Yup. It’s /shmod/!
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by danaliv 6y ago
Never heard fsck spelled out. It’s always been /fisk/. I guess that’s the sort of nonsense one should expect from a person who wrongly abhors the great and beautiful emacs. ducks

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