metanoia

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by metanoia 4y ago
I definitely point and call to myself when doing deploys and running DB migration scripts... just to make sure I'm not changing production when I don't mean to.
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by metanoia 6y ago
HART (the light rail system they're building) is a complete disaster, for the same reasons. I can't see the government there being able to handle much of any major infrastructure project. The airport expansion is moving at a glac
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by metanoia 6y ago
This sounds really great, and I think that this will open up a new frontier in winemaking. One question I have is how you plan to replicate terroir. TA, Brix & pH are great indications of when to harvest but drainage, soil composition,
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by metanoia 6y ago
Before 9/11 we could easily tour an ATC facility with a group of pilots - tower, center, tracon - under Project Raincheck. Not sure if they've started that back up again or not, but it was definitely eye opening. Edit: Just read t
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by metanoia 6y ago
It's a bit out of date as far as some regulations go, but I am a big fan of Rod Machado's Private Pilot Handbook. Really simple but rich explanations of most of the concepts in a digestible way.
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by metanoia 6y ago
I love the DA-40, it was definitely a step up in capability from the 172 after I got my ticket. But the one time I flew it through the Mojave I definitely felt the DA-40's roots as a glider, I got pretty tossed around!
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by metanoia 7y ago
throttle (v.): (1) to compress the throat of; choke (2) to kill by such action
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by metanoia 7y ago
The OP was about sub-launched ballistic missiles - I was trying to make the point that when a ballistic missile flies from a sub, you cannot tell the yield, and the potential hair trigger-response will be the same regardless of yield. This
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by metanoia 7y ago
Exactly this. An infrared flare from a missile launch, seen from a launch detection satellite, looks exactly the same, 20kt or 450kt warhead.
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by metanoia 7y ago
Called off due to high winds above the limit for first flight. (2 days in a row)
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by metanoia 7y ago
On MacOS, iTunes/Finder stores (optionally) encrypted backups at ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup I was thinking of creating a symlink to Dropbox, for instance and having my cloud backup there
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by metanoia 7y ago
It's precisely due to this lack of real accountability that these kinds of things happen in C-suites everywhere. Massive golden parachutes are the "punishment". Asset seizure and jail time work wonders, too bad they're
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FBI Got Data from an iPhone 11, Why Is It Demanding Apple Unlock Older Phones?(forbes.com)
1 points by metanoia 7y ago|0 comments
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by metanoia 7y ago
I listened to the ATC tapes on LiveATC (and now can be found compiled by VASAviation on YouTube). When DL98 first declare an emergency, Socal asks the crew if they need to dump fuel and they indicate they do not, but end up doing it anyway,
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by metanoia 7y ago
It's brutal because of lack of easy access to data, and more importantly, the ability to create bookings. IATA NDC API's should theoretically change this and get around the GDSs but I'm not holding my breath. I've had a
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by metanoia 7y ago
From the US perspective, other countries YMMV: I tend to say confirmatory statements such as "I understand," "I follow you," "I hear what you're saying.", in contrast to "Mmhmm","yep",
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by metanoia 7y ago
I've wondered if this flight was the first departing flight for the day at 6:15 AM, so the first radar track headed towards the R&D facility and thus the "scenario fulfillment" they'd been waiting for all night (as m
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Boeing Fought Lion Air on Proposed Max Simulator Training Requirement(aviationweek.com)
3 points by metanoia 7y ago|0 comments
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by metanoia 7y ago
Unfortunately, in my experience, I've had my fair share of "shit funnels" or "shit multipliers." That applies to any manager role, really. As a former product manager, I think of it as being at the bottom of a canyo
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by metanoia 7y ago
My team and I switched about a year ago now, haven't looked back. Postman was getting too bloated with features that tended towards a QA, or possibly even non-technical audience. Thanks to gschier and the Insomnia team for simplifying
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by metanoia 7y ago
If it's a ResMed Airsense 10, you can put it on airplane mode. I checked with an RF meter and it has zero emissions afterwards. Now, the data is within your control and not sent to ResMed and other unknown parties. If your insurance co
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by metanoia 7y ago
Like other feedback in this thread has already covered, the upside is that coding is applicable anywhere, and in fact, I think that outside of our little tech-bubble, it has greater impact as fewer people have those skills. Even a small amo
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by metanoia 7y ago
Modified for myself: I was a kid programmer and my parents thought it sounded crazy to spend college learning to code. I studied pre-med but didn't go to med school. This was in 1998 for me, and at that age I didn't know how to
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by metanoia 7y ago
Very true, attribution error on my part :)
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by metanoia 7y ago
The 2JZ engine was one of the best (as in, most durable) engines that Toyota ever produced. The sheer number of Supras, Lexus IS300s (1st generation), and GS300s that are still running today, most with over 200k miles, is a testament to the
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by metanoia 7y ago
I was wondering why it was only a handful of airlines! Thanks for the insight.
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by metanoia 7y ago
This is the essential issue with the travel industry. The data, and especially integration with the GDS's themselves is tightly controlled. I've had many an idea for travel startups but data has been a non-starter. I give Duffel p
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by metanoia 7y ago
The Bombardier saga played out extremely well for Boeing, given Airbus picked up an amazing new plane for the sum of $1 (Canadian $, probably!) ...
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by metanoia 7y ago
Any of these, these are major investigations carried out by the NTSB: https://huntlibrary.erau.edu/collections/aerospace-and-aviat...
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by metanoia 7y ago
I also am a senior engineer now because of this tutorial :) I'd taken a mess of CS courses in college but had never done professional web development. Along with many, many other things, this tutorial taught me the basics of TDD, which

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