hightowk

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by hightowk 8y ago
>and so on down the line until everyone had bread. At various points, a toaster would finish and would pop up. ... I'd notice that they were done and would run over to give them more toast. You'd give them more bread, not toast
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by hightowk 9y ago
Technically, Time Based Separation helps only arrivals since it tries to negate the effects of headwinds on final approach, but it does add a lot of resilience to the airport to absorb delays that would normally ripple to departures.
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by hightowk 12y ago
I believe their API is open, and might be able to give you more info based on your actual route of flight. I use them for briefings and notifications, life savers.
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by hightowk 12y ago
Great start on combining local data. Do you use flight services? They have made some changes to automatically parse and display this data in an easy to see format, and it is free. https://www.1800wxbrief.com/afss/#!&#x2
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by hightowk 13y ago
I think some folks are missing the point of being able to scale up when needed by just changing the connection string. If you are trying to prove a big data concept with small data, this might be a cheaper path. Now, if there were just stan
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by hightowk 15y ago
Supposedly the biggest on record. 1897 was the last this big. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/events/1897_05...
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by hightowk 16y ago
I have built some pretty impressive AIR apps for our customers (5 apps, 40 KSLOC or so total). It takes a good level of software discipline to make apps that perform, can be reused and are maintainable (like any good desktop app). We chos