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by tjohns 3y ago
FWIW, the primary way to configure a Mikrotik device is via WinBox (desktop app). The web UI is definitely not as polished, even if it looks similar. If you're not using Windows, WinBox will run just fine under Wine on Mac/Linux.
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by tjohns 3y ago
That's what the 8087 coprocessor option is for.
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by tjohns 3y ago
Actually, yes. For the first half of the pandemic, much of the medical community was unsure if COVID was airborne. Examples: - https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-reverses-agai... - https://w
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by tjohns 3y ago
Because they're not really a safety issue in an aircraft. When you're in cruise flight, things happen slowly. Heck, on a pre-touchscreen general aviation GPS unit, you dial waypoints in one letter at a time with a single rotary k
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by tjohns 3y ago
Already exists: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/21287
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At least in theory... lower tower construction costs, lower ATC labor costs (especially in high cost-of-living areas), and economies of scale from colocating multiple towers into a single facility (i.g. ability to quickly reallocate control
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by tjohns 3y ago
Do we know this for sure? Yes, they both have management engines (as does every modern CPU), which is a potential risk... and AMT/DASH/IPMI is a bigger risk. However, I wasn't aware a backdoor was ever found?
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by tjohns 4y ago
> IP restrictions are easy to overcome using mobile networks. Only if the connection is over IPv4. The mobile networks were among the first major adopters of IPv6, and most now give each device a unique IPv6 address.
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by tjohns 4y ago
My teachers were always clear that encyclopedias were not to be used as a primary source either. They're not even a secondary source. Encyclopedias are tertiary sources. They're better than Wikipedia... but only barely. In the e
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by tjohns 4y ago
Most CPAPs prescribed these days are Auto-PAPs that self calibrate as you sleep. They often don't even do a titration study to figure out the right pressure range anymore. They just give it to you with a reasonable default setting, let
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by tjohns 4y ago
Same with large stretches of Highway 50 in California - which is exactly where you need the weather alerts most, due to snow. No cell signal.
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by tjohns 4y ago
In the US, we have the presumption of innocence. Until a court says you're guilty, you're innocent. Most modern countries consider this a fundamental right.
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Any airborne aircraft are easy to hear, due to line of sight. The tower and anyone on the ground are usually the trickiest signals to receive unless you're close to the airport.
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Because the alternative is further spread of the contagion, leading to systemic bank failures. Not to mention the possibility of mass layoffs this week when payroll can't be processed. Nobody wants any of this. It's a small price
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by tjohns 4y ago
The first amendment to the US constitution does not apply to Canada. Unless you believe US law is globally binding. (That said, Canada does have their own freedom of speech, under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.)
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by tjohns 4y ago
I am suddenly horrified at how many posts I've somehow accidentally flagged without realizing it, presumably on mobile.
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by tjohns 4y ago
This is the big reason I originally signed up with them. Being able to reliably schedule same/next-day appointments is such a breath of fresh air. You might not see your specific primary doctor if it's short notice, but I've
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by tjohns 4y ago
You have the use case backwards. This device emulates a (private, short range) cell tower.
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by tjohns 4y ago
It's theoretically possible to get up there in a manned balloon, but this was up at FL600. Most aircraft can't even go that high. It's not something that's done casually. Going up to those altitudes is the domain of ei
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by tjohns 4y ago
Metabolism does slow down, but there is a lower limit. The exact numbers and rate will change, but the fact is that sufficient caloric restriction will cause weight loss. That said, as someone who struggles with weight loss, it's sti
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by tjohns 4y ago
First, we're not talking a tiny 12 inch party balloon. Weather balloons are easily 20 feet wide at altitude. But more importantly, you've always got a sizable package of hard electronics dangling off the balloon for sensors and te
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by tjohns 4y ago
That's not really feasible. Transponders require relatively huge power sources - 70-125 watts of RF output. The battery needed to support that for a usable length of time would be far too heavy. However, they often do have passive rada
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by tjohns 4y ago
Just off the top of my head: - A Tesla near that drive into the median divider near Sunnyvale on Highway 101, because it thought the gore point was an extra lane. Split the car in half and killed the driver. [1] - A Tesla that autonomously
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by tjohns 4y ago
The autopilot parameters and control inputs would still be captured by the flight data recorder. Aviation as an industry is built on blameless, honest post-mortems. There's a strong safety culture, and pilots are encouraged to share th
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by tjohns 4y ago
The pilots voluntarily filed an internal safety report upon arrival - which automatically gets forwarded to the FAA and acted on by the airline's safety department.
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by tjohns 4y ago
The flight was likely in IMC. There wouldn't be much to record. If so, it's also entirely possible passengers didn't realize what was going on. The human vestibular system is notoriously bad at interpreting motion without out
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by tjohns 4y ago
The pilots reported it upon arrival via the airline's internal safety reporting process.
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by tjohns 4y ago
A microburst is an intense column of descending air that sometimes occurs within thunderstorms. They are incredibly hazardous, and often produce downdrafts that exceed 6,000 feet per minute - well beyond even an airliner's climb perf
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by tjohns 4y ago
If you're a pilot, you read all of this (or at least skim it for the important details, then decide if the rest is relevant). It's part of the training. Compared to what you have to memorize from the FARs to get even the most basi
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by tjohns 4y ago
> Don't pilots planning a trip in an area of NOTAM have to read it as well? Yes, pilots are included in "those whose job involves reading these all the time". Every flight begins with a weather briefing, which includes NOT

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