Shivatron

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by Shivatron 6mo ago
> Saying things is not a war crime. On the contrary, there appear to be good legal arguments that Hegseth merely saying "no quarter" is, on its own, a war crime: https://www.justsecurity.org/133970/legal-ad
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by Shivatron 8mo ago
It seems extremely relevant. Your argument suggests the president need only appoint a subordinate who will themselves give the desired illegal order without the president's public command. In the unlikely event the subordinate is calle
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by Shivatron 1y ago
> A lot of these important projects have a single point of failure - who is the president every four years. I wonder how we build institutions and resources resilient to that? We already did. The legislative branch allocates funds for st
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by Shivatron 3y ago
I took 3t208—thank you!
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by Shivatron 3y ago
You probably know this, but for the GP: It's not clear whether the 1500 hour rule directly improved safety. Both the Colgan captain and the FO had more than 1500 hours at the time of the accident. What the rule did unambiguously is sev
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by Shivatron 4y ago
A two-wheel drive vehicle with an open differential is limited in acceleration by only one wheel (the drive wheel with the least traction). However, braking is always the combined effect of all wheels.
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by Shivatron 4y ago
> The steer is basically not higher than the frame. Very bad for back, shoulders and wrists. ... That position is not maintainable for a longer time, especially if you're a desk worker. A slight forward lean is desirable. Sitting b
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by Shivatron 5y ago
Critics of the Taycan Turbo badging usually make some argument about "Turbo" meaning the-model-that-has-turbocharger(s), but Porsche hasn't been consistent about that for some time. The iconic 911 Turbo is turbocharged, but
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by Shivatron 6y ago
> ... it could be a fantastic tool for an affordable, fast commute. I understand the attraction to owning your own plane and buzzing merrily above the wheel-bound masses below on the daily, but I have to think it's a bad idea (avgas
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by Shivatron 7y ago
Wanted to plug this; no connection other than being a subscriber. It's well-written, not spammy in the slightest, and a good overview of what's interesting in commercial spaceflight—especially for someone like me (physics backgro
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by Shivatron 7y ago
Probably not. First of all, "bravo tree uppercase delta mike uppercase quebec" isn't as memorable as "mouse hat door". Further, the NATO alphabet works because both the speaker and the listener understand what'
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by Shivatron 8y ago
As others have said, this is incorrect. Quickly planning a flight in ForeFlight from LAX direct JFK for a Citation X (a midsize, 12-passenger business jet) at Mach 0.8/FL510 gives a fuel burn of 6700 lbs. The same flight in a 737-900E
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by Shivatron 8y ago
As an instrument-rated pilot, I reject your brazen assertion that radio work is "by far the hardest part of flying a plane." Are you speaking from personal experience, or do you have some data to back up this claim? From an instr
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by Shivatron 8y ago
Some additional observations on Mattermost (currently on 4.0.0.43 of the OS X desktop client) 1. The contact list interface lacks in a couple obvious ways. At the top there is an "Unreads" list, except there is a different unread
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by Shivatron 8y ago
I read an awesome comment on HN the other day that I think applies here: something to the effect of, “some seem to think that the law is a simple robot that is easily bamboozled by specious arguments.” In other words, it’s probably unwise t
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by Shivatron 8y ago
There are two packs, one forward and one aft, each 53 kg (~117 lbs) for a total of 106 kg (~234 lbs). For comparison, the same weight of avgas (39 gal) will fly a Cessna 172 for just under 4 hours with reserves (assuming 9 gph), compared to
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by Shivatron 9y ago
Somewhat famously, Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson is an Airline Transport Pilot with a type rating in the 747, enabling him to fly his band's own plane.
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by Shivatron 9y ago
> why on earth do you build chemicals plant that have a risk to explode near habitations ?!! At least part of the answer -- at least, here in Texas -- is "because you can." Lax or nonexistent zoning laws have long exacerbated
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by Shivatron 9y ago
As an aside, I like reading Jane Street's blog. They're one of the few companies in our space (I'm also in "automated trading") that discusses even non-proprietary stuff openly. When you work in an information vac
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by Shivatron 9y ago
> Go to your local flight school and 99% of the time you'll just see a row of 1970s Cessnas/Pipers. This neatly illustrates why: http://i.imgur.com/Un22IYK.png It's not just certification, either. Product
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by Shivatron 10y ago
I assume you have the luxury of an unambiguous birthday (eg. 01-13). I imagine if I wrote 11-12 on a form without regard to what the specific spaces say, it would be regularly misinterpreted in the US.
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by Shivatron 10y ago
You make reasonable and just points. However, while I agree with everything you have to say, surely the solution is not to legislate the existence of your notional worker's factory -- as the subject proposal would likely do for the co
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by Shivatron 10y ago
As a Canadian expat, my experience was nearly identical to FireBeyond's upon moving to the US. As you suggest, I was able to get a store credit card, then it was over a year (during which I never used the store card at all) before I w
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by Shivatron 10y ago
> Getting into a routine is a big thing (and a thing I struggle with sometimes) with improving health and well-being (imo). I will also add -- at the risk of stating the obvious -- having a community (real or virtual) of people who share
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by Shivatron 10y ago
Grandparent was suggesting that 80- bit , not 80- character , passwords were sufficient -- though I agree as a rule that more characters is generally better.
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by Shivatron 10y ago
"Bankers" is obviously a broad term, but I'd point out that just about everyone employed in the financial industry in a role where they are giving advice or soliciting/executing transactions have very strict licensing an
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by Shivatron 11y ago
This is absolutely the right answer. Too often, internet arguments about the merits of various formats devolve to more film/sensor == more resolution, when nothing could be further from the truth. Case in point: I once mounted a 150mm
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by Shivatron 11y ago
While I can tell the difference (6/6 in this test), in practice, it doesn't actually matter to me personally. I'm usually listening to music while there are a cacophony of other noises going on (talking/cooking/dri
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by Shivatron 12y ago
The typos are in the OP's screenshot; the grandparent reflects the corrected titles.
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by Shivatron 12y ago
The idea that Donald Marron (who argues "we ought to allocate the initial property right to the person likely to care most about reclining... the person sitting behind") is wrong simply because the author has never had anyone atte

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