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by grotorea 3y ago
That's a serious alternative to the Cape of Good Hope? That seems like a lot of expenses just to put ships into range of Iran instead of Iranian allies.
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by grotorea 3y ago
> Obviously this can't be universally true. It's a bit of a hand wavy argument, and the reductio ad absurdum conclusion would be that reducing global carbon emissions is impossible (which obviously isn't true). But I still
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by grotorea 3y ago
I was thinking "it would look bad on the polls" but yeah that too.
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by grotorea 3y ago
You'd need to factor in the prestige and national morale costs , plus the political consequences.
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by grotorea 3y ago
The self-driving dream.
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by grotorea 3y ago
I think the problem is that the CVR is supposed to stop after landing but there are many successful landings where this is skipped, either because of overwork like here or because the pilots discounted the situation.
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by grotorea 3y ago
This pilot with a popular youtube channel about aviation and air disasters has an video on the topic, if you want a pilot's perspective on something that as a techie seems obviously outdated in 2023: https://www.youtube.com&
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by grotorea 3y ago
Good points. Since there are so many projections I thought there would be one for distances but the equidistant projections only work for specific points of origin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_projection#Equidista
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by grotorea 3y ago
There is an "don't lock" app feature, most obviously used by video apps but I've seen a couple others offering this feature.
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by grotorea 3y ago
Automatically switches to last words recorder mode.
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by grotorea 3y ago
Ships do lose containers regularly though. New market opportunity!
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by grotorea 3y ago
I think the phone thieves have figured this out by now and will keep it unlocked even if it's a 30 seconds timeout.
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by grotorea 3y ago
Wouldn't that hacker include some text in the transaction to prove who did it or send it to an address they control? How they can prove they are the ones that can brag?
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by grotorea 3y ago
Hasn't there been a few countries with some sort of digital ID development already? I get the impression the Anglosphere has an anti-ID card tradition so it seems like it's a bit behind in that.
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by grotorea 3y ago
Are we posting favourites? Mine is "I don't know, Timmy, being God is a big responsibility" https://everything2.com/title/I+don%2527t+know%252C+Timmy%25...
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by grotorea 3y ago
There was the accident with Turkish Airlines Flight 981 caused by the cargo door not locking properly and it seems there was an attempt to blame the baggage handler who couldn't understand the English/Turkish language instructions
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by grotorea 3y ago
I haven't tried that all that much but I don't remember that being my experience. PCGamingWiki has a list for games for which this is true https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/The_Big_List_of_DRM-Free_G... and y
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by grotorea 3y ago
I am far from an expert but I think optimizing for profit/productivity and relying on a combination of insurance, trade and savings to reduce risk is one of the big productivity boosts in the last few hundreds years.
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by grotorea 3y ago
I've had almost the same apps installed for years now, but is that really necessary? Just disable the notification channel after the app sends the first undesired notification.
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by grotorea 3y ago
In defence of the efficient market theory, retail investors can be just the wisdom of the crowd. Meme stocks are a rare exception.
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by grotorea 3y ago
Maybe a better example might be wanting to use a smartphone as the always on sync endpoint. The phone can easily be stolen but with this feature it won't contain the valuable data.
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by grotorea 3y ago
Finally, web design perfection.
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by grotorea 3y ago
There's some other things that are called strikes like when the workers follow regulations strictly in a way that makes normal operations impossible.
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by grotorea 3y ago
And if there is public protest about delivery prices increasing the government won't order the board to stop it and pretend to forget profitability?
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by grotorea 3y ago
Doesn't it make much more sense to use the prices for usable goods and services as the yardstick? Gold is supposed to not lose value to inflation but that's not a proven rule is it?
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by grotorea 3y ago
What's so bad about shutter sounds? Isn't it just mildly annoying?
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by grotorea 3y ago
> I can make a cli tool to deploy something faster and with the boilerplate logging/monitoring. > What political stance am I taking? That this thing should be made more efficient for any of multiple reasons like "boss told m
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by grotorea 3y ago
> Vibes on the ground are not fact. Actionable law is. I really think this is a view that only makes sense in stable countries with strong rule of law, which I don't think is the case for most of the world. And even in the First Wo
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by grotorea 3y ago
Since we're on the topic, you know how much HN complains about touchscreens on cars? Now find out how replacing old school analog controls with software touchscreens UI partly led to the USS John S. McCain colliding: https:/&#x2F
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by grotorea 3y ago
Good point but since the whole controversy is about what's the correct point of view to be defended, it depends. My guess: the "fairy-tale exception or trick" could be simply divine mercy towards the rich he feels are deservi

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