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Landing planes with toilet paper in Australia(nytimes.com)
1 points by maxcan 10y ago|0 comments
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by maxcan 10y ago
> The net effect of this, combined with the fact that radar sees through most visual obscuration, is that the car should almost always hit the brakes correctly even if a UFO were to land on the freeway in zero visibility conditions. Unle
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by maxcan 10y ago
tl;dr study shows, in a statistically insignificant way, that interviewing is biased in favor of women. author manages to find a way to fit contradictory results to her preexisting view that women are being treated unfairly.
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by maxcan 10y ago
Sounds like a wonderful plan.. But then again, I'm a homeowner in Oakland.
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NASA unveils plans for fully electric X-57 experimental aircraft(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by maxcan 10y ago|0 comments
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by maxcan 10y ago
nicely written
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by maxcan 10y ago
my mistake.. sorry for the dupe
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Tesla Model S driver crashes into a van while on Autopilot [video](electrek.co)
24 points by maxcan 10y ago|8 comments
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by maxcan 10y ago
embezzlement is a felony. > Jobs are jobs, not training programs. As a manager, I'd say this couldn't be more false. Learning and development is a critical part of any job and if your manager isn't actively concerned with
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by maxcan 10y ago
Yeah, my point is that there are better ways to avoid lawsuits than just firing anyone the minute someone shows an inappropriate text message.
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by maxcan 10y ago
I personally believe that short of committing a felony, every employee gets a warning first. I'm not going to be held hostage by the abstract threat of frivolous lawsuits. And yes, with everything including the PIP being documented,
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by maxcan 10y ago
It's almost certainly inappropriate. That doesn't, however, mean he needs to be fired on the spot.
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by maxcan 10y ago
Its a shame to see how aggressively this is being down-voted. All you're saying is to take a step back and try to improve the behavior before firing the guy. Face to face dialogue, communication, etc etc is much more likely to preven
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by maxcan 10y ago
Exactly. The checklist is actually a product of the solution - transparent reporting and rigorous analysis of those reports. Unfortunately, the healthcare system is basically cargo-culting checklists without putting in place the underlying
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by maxcan 10y ago
Yes, that is correct. I was a bit imprecise in my langauge but was referring to something like a case where a nurse is about to accidentally deliver a lethal misdose of medicine but then catches and rectifies the mistake before causing any
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by maxcan 10y ago
I'm a timid GA pilot too and you're absolutely right. Another big differentiator is the way accidents and liability is managed. When a pilot makes a mistake, they file an ASRS report and instead of being disciplined or hit with a
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The amazing power of word vectors – the morning paper(blog.acolyer.org)
3 points by maxcan 10y ago|0 comments
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by maxcan 10y ago
Propaganda aside, geofencing isn't about stopping a sophisticated group from launching an attack. Its about making sure all my friends around here keep their DJI Phantoms away from SFO arrivals and departures..
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OpenGL tutorial – relevant to the GPUImage2 announcement yesterday(opengl-tutorial.org)
2 points by maxcan 10y ago|0 comments
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SpaceX booster on the ground – first time I appreciated the scale(i.imgur.com)
12 points by maxcan 10y ago|2 comments
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In Cramped and Costly Bay Area, Cries to Build, Baby, Build(nytimes.com)
1 points by maxcan 10y ago|0 comments
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The Water in Your Glass Might Be Older Than the Sun(nytimes.com)
2 points by maxcan 10y ago|0 comments
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A350-1000 Build Album(imgur.com)
2 points by maxcan 10y ago|0 comments
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T-38C passes in front of the Sun at supersonic speed, revealing shock waves(imgur.com)
37 points by maxcan 11y ago|12 comments
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Why Are Airplane Engines So Big? – One Minute Physics(youtube.com)
4 points by maxcan 11y ago|0 comments
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Chilling investigation of a fatal small aircraft crash(youtube.com)
3 points by maxcan 11y ago|0 comments
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SFO's takeoff navigation point names are Grateful Dead-themed(sfgate.com)
3 points by maxcan 11y ago|0 comments
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Moffett Field eyed for NASA cybersecurity facility to protect spaceflights(santacruzsentinel.com)
3 points by maxcan 11y ago|0 comments
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by maxcan 11y ago
There is a separate FAA process for willful violations. Airlines also have their own internal processes.
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by maxcan 11y ago
This is very true. The FAA really takes this seriously. So much so that since one of their duties is enforcement and potentially revoking licenses for violations they have built a system where NASA, a completely separate agency, manages t

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