codeduck

7 ms·

301.
by codeduck 7y ago
Flat wings work perfectly fine, they just need a higher angle of attack to generate similar lift, and therefore have higher drag.
302.
by codeduck 7y ago
> And especially CERN? These guys have info and tech to end life. Wat.
303.
by codeduck 7y ago
We coined a title "señor Dev" for people who came in saying they were seniors but who's contribution was net negative over time.
304.
by codeduck 7y ago
Sleipnir forever!
305.
by codeduck 7y ago
A pet crow is one of the most rewarding relationships you can experience. Nothing will teach you powerlessness like the friendly, loving malevolence of a corvid.
306.
by codeduck 7y ago
I use Lyx as my primary tool for writing. I know it's clunky but it's as reliable as the tides.
307.
by codeduck 7y ago
Haven't used tmux much, and last time I used screen was over 10 years go. Rubymine gives me my iterative test results, multiple independent launch commands, the ability to run a single rspec test, refactoring support, autocompletion,
308.
by codeduck 7y ago
I do most of my ruby work in rubymine. I use it not so much for the IDE tools like refactoring etc, but because I can use it to condense multiple bash sessions into a single UI. I also use pycharm and IDEA, and certainly in IDEA's ca
309.
by codeduck 7y ago
Electrical is also a lot simpler and cheaper to maintain.
310.
by codeduck 7y ago
Vetinari is the ruler of Ankh-Morpork, and is notable for imaginative solutions such as "Tax the rat farms" when asked how to solve a plague of rats. He's like Machiavelli, only with more style.
311.
by codeduck 7y ago
I was being glib about the relevance of the xkcd :-)
312.
by codeduck 7y ago
It correlates.
313.
by codeduck 7y ago
this is the point where this page went from "Ok, this guy is comfortable taking risks" to "Ok, I'm out" for me.
314.
by codeduck 7y ago
get out.
315.
by codeduck 7y ago
> Kubernetes wrapper wrapper wapper wrapper at a former job oh god why
316.
by codeduck 7y ago
I find this to be a nice mix of the two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljGMhDSSGFU
317.
by codeduck 7y ago
that's not even exposed, that's public indecency.
318.
by codeduck 7y ago
If the plane is designed to take a BRS then there is a good chance that after some (admittedly costly) repairs it will take to the air again. A 172 or similar that has been retrofitted with a BRS? Yeah, not so much.
319.
by codeduck 7y ago
The benefit of a Fresnel lense is that it only needs to roughly collimate the light, not to focus an image, whereas for a telescope mirror or lense you want as much incident light to come to the focal plane at the same focal length.
320.
by codeduck 7y ago
I'm almost certain I read this exact story about two years go, but bugger me if I can find it anywhere online.
321.
by codeduck 7y ago
I loved learning navigation. You peel away a layer and a new, more complicated set of skills presents itself.
322.
by codeduck 7y ago
True; I think that's the global definition anyway.
323.
by codeduck 7y ago
Thanks, I've corrected my previous comment.
324.
by codeduck 7y ago
An arc along a line of longitude is a deviation in the latitude scale. Lines of longitude lie on great circles since they converge on the poles, but when you move a degree of longitude you are moving west or east along a line of latitude,
325.
by codeduck 7y ago
No, but it's not oblate enough for the difference to cause any noticeable problems in navigation. The difference between an arc length of a minute at the equator vs a minute on the latitude scale is about 0.2% - less than the margin of
326.
by codeduck 7y ago
Distance to the horizon is variable. Sea state, height of deck over water, visibility etc will all affect it. Whereas, with a sextant and a decent maritime chronometer it is very easy (*) to determine longitude and latitude.
327.
by codeduck 7y ago
I find that asking "What is the worst bug you've ever encountered" is a great sounding board.
328.
by codeduck 7y ago
> A minute of arc on the planet Earth is 1 nautical mile. Only if that minute of arc lies on a great circle route. As an interesting addendum, when measuring distance made good on a nautical chart, you will use a divider to measure the s
329.
by codeduck 7y ago
1. There were two explosions - the second of which destroyed the reactor core and distributed parts of the reactor structure (including fuel) over the area. 2. That speck of spent fuel is still radioactive enough after 30 years to push most
330.
by codeduck 7y ago
It's also the name of a hilariously bad courier in the UK - so bad in fact that most people call it Herpes instead.

More ›