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901.
by db48x 2y ago
It probably depends more on the ISP than on Netflix. Engineers over in my ISP’s subreddit are talking about how flows from Netflix jumped by over 450Gb/s and it was no big deal because it wasn’t enough to cause any congestion on any of
902.
by db48x 2y ago
For greenfield development I’ve started using the new C++ compiler rustc.
903.
by db48x 2y ago
It’s gradually got so. < https://youtu.be/JIlpjJnc6qY?t=54 > Literally, Larry Wall was adding things to regexes all the way back before the release of Perl 2.
904.
by db48x 2y ago
You’re welcome.
905.
by db48x 2y ago
No, we don’t need to compute e very often; it’s value is pretty well known. The article is just showing off Raku (or Perl 6 as it was then known) by writing a small program of moderate complexity that still manages to show off some of Raku’
906.
by db48x 2y ago
Yea, I think he has a knack for that. If you want some more I recommend a talk he gave a few years back called “Three Little Words” < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1T7WbKox6s >.
907.
by db48x 2y ago
Here’s a nice article which uses this feature well (and several others) while computing e < https://blogs.perl.org/users/damian_conway/2019/09/to-comput... >. An example: #| Dörrie's bound
908.
by db48x 2y ago
The redacted version of the report does not state that there was any causal link between switching to SVTOL and the failure of the HMD. Only that the HMD happened to fail shortly after he switched modes: 95. Approaching the final appr
909.
by db48x 2y ago
The standby display is only “tiny” in comparison to the primary flight display, which is a 25” LCD panel. It’s actually the same size as the artificial horizon in most general aviation planes. The information shown on it was not degraded in
910.
by db48x 2y ago
Eh, it was struck by lightning. It lost several non–critical systems as a result. Both the HUD and the primary flight display turned off and came back on a few seconds later. Both showed numerous error messages and warnings when they came b
911.
by db48x 2y ago
Somewhere in the middle. You don't want to turn your brain off and bail out of a perfectly good airplane, but at the same time if the very first step of the checklist says “LAND ASAP” in giant red letters then maybe you should just div
912.
by db48x 2y ago
That’s true if it’s the same organization doing both things. In the case of aircraft accidents, we deliberately separate out the investigators from everyone else precisely to avoid that problem. The investigators make recommendations for ac
913.
by db48x 2y ago
Thrust is important but actually secondary to steering. You don’t necessarily bail right away if you lose thrust because you could still be able to glide to somewhere you can land. You might also be able to fix the problem. Of course if you
914.
by db48x 2y ago
That’s a good way of putting it.
915.
by db48x 2y ago
Fair enough :)
916.
by db48x 2y ago
> with nonfunctional instrument panels This is incorrect. He lost his HUD and the primary flight display, but not the standby instruments. Those are intended as a backup in case the other systems fail, and they did their job and kept ope
917.
by db48x 2y ago
He didn’t lose the controls _or_ the instruments. He lost his HUD and the primary flight display. But the standby instrument display was still working correctly, and the fly–by–wire system was still accepting input and acting on it correctl
918.
by db48x 2y ago
It’s possible. But note that there has been a lot of criticism of the F–35 since the inception of the program because it’s a multi–role fighter–bomber jack–of–all–trades that tries to satisfy everybody. Partly this is a political problem. C
919.
by db48x 2y ago
I disagree. First, remember that we’re not talking about doors here, but walls. Specifically, a door plug which is a type of wall segment that can be put into the space where room was left in the airframe for an optional door. If you cannot
920.
by db48x 2y ago
No, the screens are a separate system from the fly–by–wire computer. You don’t throw your desktop computer out of a window just because one monitor goes out. You use the other monitor to order a replacement from IT or Newegg or whatever. In
921.
by db48x 2y ago
He was doing an instrument landing at the time. When the ILS switched off, he automatically aborted the landing as trained. This is a go–around, so you apply TOGA thrust, point the nose up, level the wings, raise the gear, and climb to 4000
922.
by db48x 2y ago
The book said that ejecting is the correct action when the plane is “unresponsive to the pilot’s commands“. This simple, straight forward statement turns out to be more ambiguous than they intended. Do you eject if the radio doesn’t change
923.
by db48x 2y ago
Be careful about generalizing about Boeing here; it's not really a good example. The door plug incident was entirely caused by managers, not bad engineering. In this case, the managers knew that if they went back and removed the door p
924.
by db48x 2y ago
Not a sphere, a circle. It’s the shield they put between the stages so that they can do hot staging, where they light the second stage engines before the stages have separated. The exhaust from the second stage engines needs to deflected aw
925.
by db48x 2y ago
Yes, it’s worth knowing going in that if you have to guess then you’ve missed a clue. Or several.
926.
by db48x 2y ago
What do you mean by “stopped giving clues”? The clues are all around you. Hair styles, clothing styles, accents, places, etc.
927.
by db48x 2y ago
It’s ok, I may be able to live with it :) Though sadly I have already had to tell some friends that I’m not involved in the project.
928.
by db48x 2y ago
Yea, I guess the communists and socialists and libertarians would all use different tools.
929.
by db48x 2y ago
That is really weird.
930.
by db48x 2y ago
No, you’re misunderstanding. The F–35 has three displays, the heads–up display in the helmet, the primary display which is a large LCD panel that takes up the entire width of the cockpit, and a smaller standby display below that. (You can f

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