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by phillc73 10y ago
Perhaps a frivolous comment, but I'd still rather take the $1M, and especially at 35. I'm a few years older and would still prefer the $1M now, even if it was clear this is my entire retirement contribution. I'd back myself o
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by phillc73 10y ago
I've managed to setup Telegram for most of my (non-technical) family - wife, siblings, mother (she doesn't even have a smart phone and just uses Telegram as a message client on her desktop. It's a very convenient way to share
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by phillc73 10y ago
A new European parliament resolution, which is yet be ratified. "the UK will be able to revoke its notification of article 50 but this must be “subject to conditions set by all EU27 so they cannot be used as a procedural device or abus
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by phillc73 10y ago
Adding to this list of R books, I found Introduction to Empirical Bayes[1] very good for a Bayesian view into R. [1] https://gumroad.com/l/empirical-bayes#
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by phillc73 10y ago
It's not just Germany. My Austrian born son didn't automatically qualify for Austrian citizenship at birth. He could only initially obtain the nationality of parents (fortunately he has three to choose from).
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by phillc73 10y ago
I think we really are talking at cross purposes. Yes, my in-built navigation system requires me to tether my phone to receive traffic updates. No tethering, no traffic updates or traffic camera alerts. I don't have an alternative solut
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by phillc73 10y ago
Perhaps I didn't make my point very clearly. Relying on a phone for in-car updates, such as traffic, is already an issue due to data roaming. Relying entirely on the phone will exacerbate this. I appreciate there are offline mapping so
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by phillc73 10y ago
Which is a fine idea, until you drive to a different country and the data connection starts costing a fortune. I have a 2016 Hyundai Tucson. To obtain the traffic camera alerts, I need to tether my phone to the car. The car then uses my pho
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by phillc73 10y ago
Which is fine, except when the seams split due to the stitching disintegrating, and you end up with a large friction burn. I needed a skin graft.
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by phillc73 10y ago
My wife and I usually watch it at Christmas. I always make it through the first part, but somehow never the second.
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Sub-2 Marathon Test Run Yields Fast Times, Lingering Questions(runnersworld.com)
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by phillc73 10y ago
It could be that the SIDS inspections are in place to prevent catastrophic structural failures. One single edition of Flight Safety Australia in 2015 lists five reports of corrosion in Cessna singles, including specifically relating to the
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by phillc73 10y ago
Right. I am most familiar with the Australian regulatory landscape. CASA has made Cessna SIDS mandatory. https://www.casa.gov.au/standard-page/questions-and-comments...
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by phillc73 10y ago
Also keep in mind that these are air-cooled engines. Due to the configuration, it may very well be the case that one or both rear cylinders are not receiving the same cooling effect as the front two. Therefore, even if you're running l
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by phillc73 10y ago
Not sure which comment you're replying to, but if it's my original post about hidden corrosion, then yes it will apply to all older light aviation types. However, some are potentially more vulnerable than others. A high wing Cessn
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by phillc73 10y ago
Thank you again. I've never really thought about it as inspiring, because it's just been "life." I try to do things I'm interested in and then when circumstances change, I look for something else. I have a friend wh
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by phillc73 10y ago
eBay and BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the public service BBC.
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by phillc73 10y ago
Not personally, but I do know it is used for joint pain.
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by phillc73 10y ago
I think the Quest Kodiak is a great aeroplane, and very comparable to the Cessna 208. Both have many advantages over the Cessna 206s and 210s which were fulfilling these types of roles over the previous 40 years. The biggest issues with bot
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by phillc73 10y ago
Thank you. I've also worked at a major dotcom, starting pre-2000 for all the fun, and in the television industry for a major UK broadcaster. While each industry has required its own knowledge, I have more or less been applying the same
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by phillc73 10y ago
Hjelmco is certainly fighting the good fight in that regard. Which brings up the point of the availability of Avgas worldwide. I had an aeroplane ferried from the UK to Australia, via the middle east and asia. Avgas, with engines only certi
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by phillc73 10y ago
This would now probably get into the big debate around running these engines rich of peak or lean of peak. Generally, speaking engines of this type are manually leaned - full rich for take off, climb and landing, then leaned for fuel conser
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by phillc73 10y ago
We went broke, for many different reasons. I now work in pharmaceutical engineering R&D, breed thoroughbred horses and mess about with data science.
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by phillc73 10y ago
Yes, but I'm pretty sure at least some of them are based on automotive diesel technology, such as those in the DA62 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_DA62 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aus
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by phillc73 10y ago
And that is the problem. These old Avgas burning carburetored dinosaurs are hugely inefficient. However, the effort required to certify new engine designs for light aviation is prohibitive, because they're never going to sell in number
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by phillc73 10y ago
I'm surprised the article doesn't mention the Cessna 182, which also started production in 1956 and is still rolling out of the factory new today. While the article extols the virtue of the 172's engine, the fact is that the
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by phillc73 10y ago
In practice, on most older types, you have to trim them to achieve hands free straight and level flight.
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by phillc73 10y ago
And I am pretty sure it isn't 35k, more like £18,600 without children. Nonetheless, any amount above £0 makes my life a misery. I'm British living in another EU country, with my non-EU spouse and British son. Who knows how my situ
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by phillc73 10y ago
As do I, because it's faster than browser based email and many GUI clients (like Thunderbird). I also like the fact that I can just copy across my .pinerc file to a new computer and my mail client is setup. I had not considered the PDF
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by phillc73 10y ago
Fieldbook is also an alternative. https://fieldbook.com

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