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by rpiguy 7y ago
What country was this developed in? Why is there no section "About" the company and its origins. English spelling errors on the landing page do not inspire confidence, nor does the lack of information about the company. I wouldn&#
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by rpiguy 7y ago
True. Would be impossible to prove without a whistle blower. Boeing hasn't been charged with a crime so there won't be any subpoenas of e-mail records, etc. It is within the realm of possibility, but I certainly hope that was not
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by rpiguy 7y ago
Because they taste good.
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by rpiguy 7y ago
It is a critical system. Part of the problem is that AOA sensors and MCAS were never considered critical before the software changes made for the 737 MAX and uprating them to critical was overlooked (which would have forced a lot more testi
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by rpiguy 7y ago
Both accidents could have been avoided if the pilots knew about the changes in handling and in MCAS and how to handle it. So this is not the kind of flaw that would make a plane uncertifiable or unflyable. Combine that with Boeing’s strong
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by rpiguy 7y ago
Conversely I don’t see how they can’t be returned to the sky. Boeing has deep pockets and the US government will push behind the scenes to make sure it happens, regardless of whatever public statements they make. There is no way regulators
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by rpiguy 7y ago
Moderate tax cuts to spur growth with a modicum of spending restraint will produce a surplus, as we witnessed with Bill Clinton coupled with a Republican congress (when Republicans still had some interest in spending restraint). The problem
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by rpiguy 7y ago
There is an underlying assumption that facts are evident and we should be guided to the same conclusion by them, which is false. The authors are acting like it is a new discovery that people can have widely different views in the light of t
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by rpiguy 8y ago
It is not. The people of the United States give not only the most money to charity in the world per capita, but also score very highly on World Giving Index (we are #2), which accounts for time spent helping others and working for charitabl
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by rpiguy 8y ago
As I’ve gotten older, I find the capitalist/corporatist vs. collectivism argument incredibly tired. We now have 100 years of very well documented history that clearly shows regardless of which system is in place, a group of ruling elit
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by rpiguy 8y ago
Cool!
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by rpiguy 8y ago
If it is just a case of one or two people being uncivil, they will just delete the comments. If an article/post gets a bunch of flags they are responding to the community, which is signallng that the post should not be part of the comm
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by rpiguy 8y ago
The mods do a decent job, I commend them. Articles get flagged by users. Users have a wide spectrum and differing opinions on what is relevant to be discussed here. In my experience, articles directly related to tech, like diversity in tech
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by rpiguy 8y ago
NES is more powerful. 70% faster CPU, GPU is much more powerful. Commodore 64 was engineered in 1981 and released in 1982. NES is almost five years newer. C64 had a RAM advantage, but later NES carts had mapper chips.
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by rpiguy 8y ago
This design is clearly inspired by Mainframe I/O design, channel based with intelligent devices, with very little abstraction. It is very simple in that it deals with bytes, memory addresses, and the disk blocks/sectors. It really
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by rpiguy 8y ago
Yes to both. Certified climate change skeptic right here.
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by rpiguy 8y ago
I will happily do my own thing, until the do goodies decide my hamburger is destroying the environment and adding to national health costs and decide to tax it into oblivion. The article wasn’t bad, I was more offput by the comments. I will
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by rpiguy 8y ago
Unlikely as there are no readily available replacement planes for airlines who need to replace their fleet. Airbus can only produce so many, the supply chains and production facilities just aren’t there. Even if Airbus somehow magically inc
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by rpiguy 8y ago
The tone of the comments in this thread terrify me. We have exchanged one set of preachers trying to tell us how to live with a new set of preachers telling us how to live and it is just as bad or worse. Always a group of people trying to s
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by rpiguy 8y ago
The simple economics is in passenger volume. A plane can carry more people, to more destinations within Europe, several times a day. Your statement that "As far as I know, for example, trains are significantly more fuel efficient per p
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by rpiguy 8y ago
So long as fuel is reasonably priced, planes can take more people farther, faster it is simple economics. Trains are still preferable for local trips and even some medium range trips, but to go all the way across Europe by train would be te
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by rpiguy 8y ago
The economic definition of middle class is very different from how people identify themselves. In the US, unless you have enough wealth to live like a celebrity most high earners identify themselves as Upper Middle Class. The cost of mainta
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by rpiguy 8y ago
There is very little concept of thrift left in the United States, so if you make a huge salary the entire economy is designed for you to spend it all and more. What do I mean by that? The more you make, the more banks aggressively offer you
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by rpiguy 8y ago
To add to your hypothesis - making a change to the fly-by-wire system was probably much cheaper than making airframe changes to make the aircraft more neutral in flight (airframe changes which would likely also negatively affect fuel econom
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by rpiguy 8y ago
Makes me more grateful for law enforcement in general. Women are more likely to be victims of violent crimes.
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by rpiguy 8y ago
I have very high levels of empathy for others, but without a viable alternative I am willing to accept the current system. I would be happy to see it improved. The European model for justice doesn’t work either. Crimes are simply not prosec
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by rpiguy 8y ago
I commented myself then deleted it because your rebuttal was more elegant :-) As a father of daughters I am personally glad that prisons exist and fully understand the issues with incarceration, but gladly accept the trade-off (like many mo
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by rpiguy 8y ago
It is not. China, India, and most of Asia have similar or more restrictive attitudes toward nudity as the US and there is no God decreeing that you can’t have sex or be sexual. The lack of real analysis demonstrated in this topic, the weste
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by rpiguy 8y ago
The older generations were the first freed by birth control to have more sex, and their rebellion against the established sexual norms (and their parents) is part of what defined them. Today’s young Germans are growing up in a culture that
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by rpiguy 8y ago
Mac of all Trades - They are a little pricey but perhaps your only option outside of eBay https://www.macofalltrades.com

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