_moof

7 ms·

1.
by _moof 5d ago
I don't know the specific items that were called out here but I can tell you, as a flight instructor, that the failure to capture the glideslope was already enough to require a go-around. The late flap settings were too. So was the hig
2.
by _moof 5d ago
Turbofans being slow to spool up is jets 101.
3.
by _moof 16d ago
Time was, if you didn't understand how to use VORs, you couldn't really fly. We used them as primary en route nav, as well as for approaches, for many decades. As a CFI I think most of the confusion around VORs these days comes do
4.
by _moof 16d ago
> sustaining human life Not really. Drone ships are very much a thing these days.
5.
by _moof 22d ago
It's unfortunately misleading shorthand for what actually happens: space becomes time like . It doesn't become time . All this means is that once you cross the event horizon, you can only ever move toward the center of the black
6.
by _moof 1mo ago
> If the sky was clear, as the article states, then lack of GPS is not a good enough excuse for a trained pilot to crash into a mountain, unless the cockpit has no windows. I have thousands of hours as pilot in command and have worked
7.
by _moof 1mo ago
The "skill issue" is that they chose to press on instead of returning to base. Yes, the jamming was a factor, but making a decision to fly a visual into field surrounded by mountains at night is a bad call.
8.
by _moof 1mo ago
I'm sorry, what? Pilot error is absolutely a factor in contemporary accidents. It's the most common one, in fact, because we've rooted out almost all the other risks.
9.
by _moof 1mo ago
Not true. You also need an accurate altimeter to fly the intermediate segment, as well as the missed approach segment. There are mountains under the obstacle clearance surfaces on both segments. That is why this ILS procedure is explicitly
10.
by _moof 1mo ago
It would not be safe at this airport, and the ILS procedure there explicitly forbids it. In the remarks at the top of the approach plate you'll see "When local altimeter setting not received, procedure NA." (NA = Not Authoriz
11.
by _moof 1mo ago
Lack of GPS was one factor here, but poor judgment was the real killer. Flying a visual approach at night into a field surrounded by unlit mountains is suicidal. There's a saying among medevac pilots when it comes to making go/no-
12.
by _moof 2mo ago
I do think cancel is a poor example because it's conceptually very near "go back" - but it doesn't actually mean that. It means "I've changed my mind". Implementing cancel with a URL is an implementation d
13.
by _moof 2mo ago
Turns out immigration in other countries isn't a cakewalk either.
14.
by _moof 2mo ago
And in a truly twisted move, ad tech companies were also using Do Not Track as part of browser fingerprinting. This industry is a paperclip maximizer, and it needs to be dealt with accordingly.
15.
by _moof 2mo ago
I can't find the source now but an idea that really stuck with me is that evolution happens on the margins. If a 0.0001% increase in the height of a giraffe makes it 0.0001% more likely that the giraffe will survive and reproduce, then
16.
by _moof 2mo ago
Because that isn't what evolution does. Evolution is the process whereby traits that make reproduction more likely under selective pressures become more common. There is nothing in that process that necessarily implies a lack of harm t
17.
by _moof 2mo ago
No, they're actually the same thing: making an honest assessment of reality. In the first case you're doing so to prevent self-delusion. In the second you're doing so to prevent others from clouding your judgment.
18.
by _moof 2mo ago
> testosterone is linked to social status and mental well being As well as a zillion other things. And "linked" in which direction?
19.
by _moof 3mo ago
There's a series of platforms where you can see it from progressively higher vantage points.
20.
by _moof 3mo ago
> Before this, everybody in the industry thought GPS solved the aerial navigation problem. Many people in industry believed this but no one with a brain ever did. The vulnerability of GPS has been cause for concern for a long time, and
21.
by _moof 4mo ago
I'm well aware of the law. I was a full-time flight instructor for years, and the relevant regulation is the first one I taught when introducing students to the regs. But I'm not talking about whether the captain has final respons
22.
by _moof 4mo ago
> Actually, I don't think it's a good idea to bring your politics into a an enclosed pace like this where people are forced to be a captive audience, notwithstanding that I agree with theparticular sentiment expressed. That i
23.
by _moof 4mo ago
Sorry, no, I've worked on multiple launch vehicles and "full duration" doesn't mean anything consistent to anyone actually working on rockets.
24.
by _moof 4mo ago
From the industry: I would expect to hear "mission duty cycle" in that case. "Full duration" doesn't have a consistent meaning (a fact which is sometimes used to the marketing team's advantage).
25.
by _moof 4mo ago
They blew up LC-36.
26.
by _moof 4mo ago
> TNT equivalent is defined as 4.2 MJ/kg. It isn't this simple for liquid oxygen and methane mixtures, and there's a great deal of disagreement between industry and regulators over what the right percentage of TNT equiva
27.
by _moof 4mo ago
So, are you getting your share of the surplus or not? And what exactly does it mean to "compete"?
28.
by _moof 4mo ago
Whenever a new way is found to improve efficiency, choices have to be made about how to distribute the new surplus. Choices are made by people who have power and imposed upon people who don't. The people with power under current system
29.
by _moof 4mo ago
> it's public domain data. Are you sure about that? Just because it's now in the custody of the NTSB doesn't mean it's public domain. The NTSB didn't create it.
30.
by _moof 4mo ago
Dawkins doesn't know what consciousness is. He doesn't know what it is because nobody knows what it is. We can't measure it. We can't even detect it, except in onesself. Any claim, by anyone, that someone or something ot

More ›