funnyflywheel

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   by funnyflywheel 1y ago

   I find that having Brendan Eich back in charge of Mozilla would be very unlikely for two reasons: - He’s already built a modestly successful competitor in Brave, so there might not be much incentive for him to jump ship. - It’s possible tha
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   by funnyflywheel 3y ago

   https://xkcd.com/927 comes to mind.
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   by funnyflywheel 3y ago

   To expand on your point, the United States Railroad Association only lasted for a little over two years until the Esch-Cummins Act was passed in 1920. Later, Conrail was under federal control for about a decade before it was sold to private
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   by funnyflywheel 3y ago

   The first thing that came to mind was "switch to Firefox". Other than that, I have nothing to recommend.
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   by funnyflywheel 3y ago

   Louis DeJoy is still in charge.
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   by funnyflywheel 3y ago

   Thanks for the reminder that Heinz (Henry) Kissinger is still alive at age 100.
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   by funnyflywheel 3y ago

   Apparently, the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (the board that regulates other engineering fields in the USA, such as civil engineering) used to offer a Professional Engineer (PE) exam for software engineering,
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   by funnyflywheel 3y ago

   I took a look at the git blame, and the commit title is perfect. https://github.com/gco/xee/commit/750196023da5457d9535b30299...
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   by funnyflywheel 3y ago

   I did some more reading, and it turns out I confused QNH with QFE.
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    by funnyflywheel 3y ago

    This only holds true if you’re flying at or above the transition altitude. The transition altitude depends on where you’re flying: for example, in the USA and Canada it’s 18_000 feet MSL.