jerbs

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by jerbs 6y ago
Your second line is simply not true. Both American [1] and United [2] have committed to waiving change fees if you don't want to fly on a 737 MAX. Southwest is farther away from bringing the MAX back into service, so they have less det
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by jerbs 6y ago
The CFM 56 on the 737 (NG or Classic) also has a flat bottom. E.g., [1] shows a 737-800 with an engine with a flat bottom, and [2] shows a 737-300 with an engine with a flat bottom. [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki&#x2
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by jerbs 6y ago
It's fairly common in antitrust. Section 16 of the Clayton Act [1] gives states power to bring federal antitrust suits on behalf of their residents, and states will often bring both federal antitrust claims and state antitrust/unf
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by jerbs 6y ago
Yeah, I laughed when I read that sentence. Although some rules in law have naming conventions that tell you something about the underlying rule (for example, the merger doctrine, or assault with a deadly weapon), a huge number of rules are
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by jerbs 6y ago
Not a lawyer, but have worked with lawyers in a law firm and government offices. Everywhere I worked did almost all legal work in letter format. I occasionally saw legal paper, but no more commonly than in non-law offices.
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by jerbs 9y ago
It's also worth noting that the quote he presented from the Oculus Rift thread was criticizing someone for pointing out that it is less concerning if surgical training equipment crashes than if surgical equipment crashes, not for say
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by jerbs 9y ago
You're absolutely right that designers, regulators and, in some cases, courts should take every death (and accident/near miss) seriously. But it seems to me like there are two questions here. The first question is, "should we
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by jerbs 9y ago
I don't think the people arguing for a different standard are saying that it is ok for one person to die because people die every day. They're asking for observers to look at self-driving cars in comparison to human-driven cars.
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by jerbs 10y ago
And blackberry really is a good example here, as the USG loved it and is a massive customer, but no one customer is able to keep an OS thriving