wanderingmoose

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by wanderingmoose 4y ago
During any incident, the current CRM is one pilot flies the plane while the non-flying pilot runs the check lists. I hope the single pilot is good at multi-tasking. (* I am not a commercial pilot but I've watched enough Mayday/Air
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by wanderingmoose 4y ago
My favorite description of a Red Delicious apple was from Mitsuwa (japanese grocery store in the US): "Looks nice, flavorless. Ok in salads" Growing up, I really liked Winesaps from a local orchard, but those were rated "Hors
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by wanderingmoose 4y ago
To put this in perspective, a family member was treated for leukemia and our billed* medical expenses hit $300,000 in the first 2 weeks of treatment. This included the initial hospitalization, attempted install of PIC line, install of brovi
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by wanderingmoose 4y ago
Caltrans had pilot program in the mid-1990's running self driving cars that used magnets embedded in the road. They would run "caravans" of five-ish vehicles driving almost bumper to bumper. This was tested on the car pool la
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by wanderingmoose 4y ago
+1 What I find really useful about these books is they allow self-teaching. (in my case a 13 year old kid) The books follow a methodology of presenting problems and having you try to solve them before walking you through the explanations. T
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by wanderingmoose 4y ago
Try searching for "sand wheelchair" and see what people who need wheelchairs use when they go to the beach. I had a bud go through a terminal illness that left him paralyzed for the last 6 months of his life. He spent most of that
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by wanderingmoose 4y ago
One is sitting in a parking lot at zamperini field in torrance, ca Part of the Western Museum of Flight, but not on any official display https://www.google.com/maps/place/33%C2%B047'42.3%22N+118%C2...
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by wanderingmoose 4y ago
Keith Code (author of twist of the wrist) has a bike with fixed handle bars that he lets you ride as part of his superbike track/race school. It is really eye opening on how little control you have without countersteering. Here's
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by wanderingmoose 4y ago
I strongly agree with you. I went to berkeley in the 90's. Tuition was ~$2k (usd) per semester. I lived in a shared house for $300/month. I paid for everything out of pocket by working for a campus job (which paid $8/hour vs
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by wanderingmoose 4y ago
As a mid-90's graduate who started in chemistry and accidentally found my way to computer science... Oof. The promise of a well rounded education where you can explore and find out for yourself what you enjoy and where you want to stud
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by wanderingmoose 4y ago
I was part of both as well. I don't condone any of EA's behavior at the time, but the lawsuit benefited the lawyers way more than the artists and developers. I wish there was a resolution to the situation that allowed EALA to cont
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by wanderingmoose 4y ago
Here's a good explanation of some of the issues w/ common programming patterns at the time colliding with the 360 design. This was a huge problem with the initial ports of older game engines to the 360 that required a lot of rewri
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by wanderingmoose 4y ago
One game that was announced and then cancelled was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_canceled_Command_%26_C... It was similar to what you are talking about. There was an RTS aspect with a tactical view where you or
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by wanderingmoose 5y ago
If this article was interesting for you, I'd suggest Greg's Airplances and Automobiles youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCynGrIaI5vsJQgHJAIp9oSg Rabbit Hole warning: The channel features discu
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by wanderingmoose 5y ago
My understanding is you are already allowed to build an ADU (additional dwelling unit) due to state laws. What I've seen in my city (LA adjacent) is the city can find really creative ways of making adding an ADU very expensive. On my b
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by wanderingmoose 5y ago
It is variable. But I'm 220, 6'6" I use ~24 units per day basal rate (continuously pumped, amount programmed over 24 hours) And 1 unit of insulin per 15 grams carbohydrate. I usually average ~50 units per day. Additionally m
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by wanderingmoose 6y ago
+1 This book is excellent. Going through it w/ my daughter as a learning project now. I've worked on renderers in the games and vfx industries, and this is a very satisfying and relatively easy introduction. Once finished, you can