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by lucasjung 15y ago
> I think the dumbest thing is having to turn off a Kindle. Is that even possible? Pushing the power button just goes to screensaver which uses exactly as much power as when you're actually using it. You can turn a kindle off by holdin
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by lucasjung 15y ago
First, it's not just an "honor system," as there is generally at least some effort at enforcement on the part of the flight attendants. I have personally had the experience of having a flight attendant ask me to put away my kindle because
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by lucasjung 15y ago
> millions of flights have been conducted in the cell phone era without an issue. First of all, this is not true. I have read aviation safety reports that cite consumer electronics as a contributing factor. Second of all, the fact th
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by lucasjung 15y ago
Apple only pays for things that they expect good ROI for. I doubt very highly if they would recoup the money spent to get their phones FAA-certified, let alone the opportunity costs compared to spending that money on something else.
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by lucasjung 15y ago
I have a BS in EE, a masters in Aeronautical Engineering, and fly for a living. I currently work in developmental flight test. Allow me to explain a couple of reasons why you should turn off your cell phone when flying: 1: It is not a "sa
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by lucasjung 15y ago
I would hesitate to use the term "dangerous failure modes." The danger generally stems from interference with key avionics during critical phases of flight. For example, if your ILS starts acting wacky right in the middle of an approach i
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by lucasjung 15y ago
As I said, it's not just the different models, it's the different avionics suites within each model (e.g. two aircraft of the same model might have different radios or different navigation equipment, etc.). For each plane, you would need a
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by lucasjung 15y ago
They would have to test every model of iphone against not only every model of commercial airliner in operation in the U.S. (including puddle-jumpers), but against every major variation in avionics suite among each model. This testing is no
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by lucasjung 15y ago
I currently work in developmental flight test. Any time we add a new piece of electronics to an aircraft (or replace an existing piece with a new version), be it a radio, a computer, or test instrumentation, we have to conduct an Electroma
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by lucasjung 15y ago
I'm saying that any government (possibly not some of the more representative governments, but certainly many of the more oppressive ones) could outlaw for unlicensed RF transmitters any encryption they are incapable of breaking. As to what
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by lucasjung 15y ago
One thing the article didn't mention, which I've been considering in regards to this problem: an RF-based internet alternative would be prone to all sorts of other forms of government interference/monitoring. The U.S. government already ha
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by lucasjung 15y ago
Does everyone get this free education, or just some people? I grew up in Germany, where only a small percentage of students got into Gymnasium (as opposed to more trade-oriented high schools), and only a small percentage of them got into u
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by lucasjung 15y ago
> There is absolutely no incentive to lower costs or improve efficiencies. This is almost never true with cost-plus contracts. There are normally all sorts of incentives and written into the contract. For example, bonuses might be pa
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by lucasjung 15y ago
I don't know why this is getting downvoted. This is pretty much exactly why the government (mostly DOD) uses cost-plus in some cases. The pendulum in government acquisitions tends to swing along multiple axis: sometimes the trend is towa
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by lucasjung 15y ago
I think that's the idea, although you could do it either way: -Plug it directly into the USB port and use cable+adapter to connect to HDMI. -Plug it directly into the HDMI port and use cable+adapter to connect to USB. Actually, a third way
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by lucasjung 15y ago
Exactly. My checking account earns interest, but right now it's paltry because rates are so low. I have automatic transactions in place to move part of each paycheck into various savings and investment vehicles. I have calibrated it so t
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by lucasjung 15y ago
I use my credit card for almost everything. Before I explain why, it's important to state that I pay my balances in full every month. Anyone who has a hard time doing so should not be using credit cards. There are three reasons why I use
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by lucasjung 15y ago
Keep their number in your phone. Hopefully you'll never need it, but IMO it's the second most important number after 911. Even if you have had a little bit of training, helping a suicidal person can be very bewildering and difficult, so i
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by lucasjung 15y ago
I receive annual suicide awareness training at work. One of the things they train us to do is, if we suspect someone might be considering suicide, to ask point-blank: "Are you thinking about hurting yourself." Most people will answer hone
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by lucasjung 15y ago
That doesn't mean that marketing types won't try to convince people with more money than sense that hand-harvested produce is somehow superior to robot-harvested produce. Even if nobody believes that BS, some wealthy people will pay more f
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by lucasjung 15y ago
> There's a difference between believing someone I know and trust (in this case, my mother), and some random guy on HN (who I don't know at all, much less trust) who claims some of his friends (who I don't even know exist) claimed somet
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by lucasjung 15y ago
> These are certainly some significant data points, if what they told you actually happened. I would be interested to know whether they spoke about this sort of treatment in the 60's and 70's rather than waiting until much later -- whe
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by lucasjung 15y ago
> So the Americans are evil to impose Karzai's regime on Afghanistan and maintain it by winking at massive election fraud? That situation is actually much more morally and ethically complex than you seem to imply. Let's consider the a
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by lucasjung 15y ago
I would hardly describe the article as "content-lite." I think that maybe you are not getting the same lessons from this article that others are. To me, one of the big take-aways that is relevant to HN is that military service, especially
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by lucasjung 15y ago
> If that were true, policemen and firemen, who face danger and death every day, and teachers, who have low pay for doing a very vital social task should be getting equal or greater respect. This was precisely my point. First of all, p
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by lucasjung 15y ago
I agree to a certain extent that the definition of "noble" is subject to a degree of interpretation. However, I reject the idea that it is completely subjective. You might make an argument either way that fighting to impose representative
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by lucasjung 15y ago
Yes, that's what I meant. Thank you.
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by lucasjung 15y ago
Soldiers have always held worthy adversaries in high regard, respecting them even more highly than allies perceived as unworthy (i.e. allies who are craven, weak, incompetent, etc.). However, the key word there is "worthy." I don't see a
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by lucasjung 15y ago
Others have stated some of the big reasons why service members get so much respect: they risk their lives for their country, they give up some of their Constitutional rights (although they also gain some extra rights, such as Article 31 rig
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by lucasjung 15y ago
I have several friends and relatives who personally received this exact treatment. In fact, the overwhelming majority of the Vietnam veterans I personally know did. When my father left the service, he went to work for Pan Am and spent his

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