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by steffan 6y ago
> It makes sense to me that moving from electric to piston would require an endorsement. For a long time, it will be the reverse; the default will be a requirement to be able to fly a conventional-engined airplane, with electric propulsi
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by steffan 6y ago
> It would make some sense as mis-managing the fuel-air mixture on a small piston plane can lead to catastrophic failure. (frozen carb for ex) Carb freezing doesn't occur as a result of mixture mismanagement, but rather by failure t
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by steffan 6y ago
> still radial engines due to the nostalgia that sells to tourists Given the relatively thin margins in aviation, I think it's probably less about nostalgia and more about the $1M USD price of e.g. a PT-6 turbine
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by steffan 6y ago
Unless you know of some secret section in the tax code, it's not a "2 for 1 deal" - if Bill Gates donates a billion dollars to a charity, it makes sense that it wouldn't be taxable; it's no longer his money. Typica
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by steffan 6y ago
This is biology-dependent. With CRTs, I could detect flicker all the way up to 85Hz* (where it vanished for me). Made it a real pain to find a good monitor. * Hitachi 21" CRT which seemed enormous at the time
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by steffan 6y ago
The 787 also pressurizes the cabin to a lower altitude. Most aircraft pressurize to an altitude of 8,000 ft (~2,438m). The 787 pressurizes to 6,000 feet (~1,828m), which is a noticeable difference - it's like being in Denver vs. high
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by steffan 6y ago
The article states (and I have heard this independently) that the Boeing 787 is the only aircraft which does not use engine bleed air to provide air to the pressurization and air conditioning system.
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by steffan 6y ago
> The beauty of inflation is that it hurts you in direct proportion to how well off you are This seems opposite of reality. During inflation, prices of assets rise, as the currency with which to procure them becomes devalued; those who
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by steffan 6y ago
I encountered this and was able to switch to landscape mode and complete the captcha
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by steffan 6y ago
From a marketing standpoint it doesn't make sense to update the design (this is typical Apple from what I've observed) - People will buy into the novelty of the new CPUs. For the refresh, you will probably see some design changes
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by steffan 6y ago
Even though it's not included (and supplies are incredibly constrained right now for new ones) a standard USB webcam can work. Logically it doesn't really make sense to include a built-in webcam for a keyboard form factor. Addin
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by steffan 6y ago
This is an unacceptable use of customers' information (email). It would be equally unacceptable if he was urging a vote for Trump. This type of politicization of communication channels is an unnecessary imposition on customers and an
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by steffan 6y ago
That’s not really how credit reports work. At least in the U.S. a loan typically doesn’t report until the first statement period usually 30-60 days after loan issuance. Most likely it would just show as a paid loan after you returned the
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by steffan 6y ago
I think this a lovely sentiment, but (1) would never get past HR - what do you do with that $30K for a renter? How do you ensure parity between upgrading a high-rise condo in NYC vs. a simple ranch-style house in Kansas? Like a bonus, is
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by steffan 6y ago
> Corporate travel will never return to pre-covid levels, and credit card miles are a big part of this as well. One example - The last several years, I probably charged in excess of $120k / year on one particular airline card. This
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by steffan 6y ago
I've noticed the same thing on EC2 instances, compiling, e.g. Alacritty, there wasn't a lot of difference between 8 vs 16 vCPUs since the last step took a significant portion of time and was single-threaded. It's fun watchin
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by steffan 6y ago
In the parent article, the author talks about obtaining replacement bulbs - Since this is an arc lamp, there's no filament to burn out. Does anyone know the failure modes of an arc lamp? Do the electrodes wear out / erode? Is r
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by steffan 6y ago
I understand what you're saying but I disagree that it can be reduced to 'buy the right glue' and 'make sure it gets put on correctly' any more it does any more justice to a model CPU to say it's just 'tak
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by steffan 6y ago
> Do people really think that "gluing the glass in" is some bit of advanced engineering? Conversely, do _you_ really think that - evenly applying an adhesive to an incredibly smooth surface (repeatably) to bond it to a frame a
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by steffan 6y ago
> commuting has significant mental-health benefits This seems like a stretch for anyone who has ever dealt with rush-hour traffic in a major city.
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by steffan 6y ago
It would be challenging to adapt in current circumstances with diesel-powered tractors, but electrically-powered tractors might be able to make use of electromagnetic couplings (at least to get the process initiated). You might be on to so
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by steffan 6y ago
Supposing you could adapt the ROM/EFI/SMC to work with the new motherboard. (I'm not claiming practicality here, just possibility), perhaps desoldering & resoldering the respective chips onto a new daughterboard or even
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by steffan 6y ago
No, it's not related to Darling, but it did provoke the question for me of whether it is [legally] possible to 'upgrade' an original Mac to modern components and still have it be considered a Mac. Clearly a hard drive, ram r
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by steffan 6y ago
You’re welcome! It sounds like you had a frustrating day. I’ve definitely been there and have the stories also. I hope your next attempt goes more smoothly. I just got a quick hitch myself recently and it’s like magic! The only downside
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by steffan 6y ago
This is somewhat a philosophical question/ Ship of Theseus - you are only licensed to run MacOS on Apple hardware, but what if I had, say, an Xserve and replaced a hard drive? What about a Motherboard? Would a Franken-XServe with an
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by steffan 6y ago
I have a theory that for women, it's really the middle ground that is hardest; small light things are easy enough for anyone, and very heavy things level the playing field also; nobody, man or woman is going to lift something that weig
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by steffan 6y ago
I believe it is the author of the Python Requests library, and I believe this is the logo in question: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Requests...
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by steffan 6y ago
This reminds me of fun times compiling and upgrading libc on a running system. It's challenging, but if you plan it out, it's not bad. But if you miss a step...better hope you have some statically compiled tools somewhere that c
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by steffan 6y ago
Exceeding 10,000 ft. is orthogonal to needing anti-/de-ice systems. In fact, you're often less likely to need them at the higher altitudes because it is too cold for airframe icing to occur. Counterintuitively, if it is too cold
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by steffan 6y ago
It could be unrelated to a prior jailreak - I had installed the iOS 14 Beta and my banking software insisted my phone had been jailbroken. Fortunately it allowed me to 'Accept the risk' and continue. I think the most likely scena

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