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avionicsguy

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About avionicsguy

Hey, if you're reading this, then I guess I should put something here. I worked with (mostly) military aircraft as avionics tech/ (later)engineer for about 18 years. Got bored, started working in Consumer Electronics, then manufacturing, then ... back to embedded systems. Love realtime challenges.

Note: I don't check email that often but I do check it.

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    I'm not puzzled. Coinbase is great as long as you stay in crypto it's the fiat to crypto that causes concern. I'm about/in the process of cancelling/closing all my accounts. Why? I…

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    Kris got fed up and decided to live off of the grid...here's his story. In my opinion this is both a Hacker Story and an inspirational story (below is quoted from his website): "Wh…

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    Well while this is not indisputable proof there is a very relevant discussion on virological.org related to both Furin cleavage sites and orgins of SARS-COV-2. The damning part of …

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    I've been surreptitiously rick-rolled by myself ... funny but kind of evil at the same time ;-)

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    You are evil!!! I've just rick-rolled myself :D

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    Please don't take this as being directed explicitly towards your comment. But why does anyone think there is such a thing as herd immunity for Covid-19? I've been following the res…

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    For me, it is knowing (or more accurately recognizing) when I'm going down the wrong path. Sometimes this is, of course, part of learning and sometimes it is a waste of time. One t…

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    This should probably be a separate submission but why is search so bad everywhere? - Confluence: Native search is horrible IME - Microsoft Help (Applications): .chm files Need I sa…

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    Yes. It is much, much faster...until you get behind someone who: Never used it before; Has no idea what they want to eat; Wants to check the prices on all the sides; Is waiting for…

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    I worked with Boeing during the 00's. It's when they started outsourcing everything including IT. Holy shit this goes deeper than I thought and some people are heavily cleaning Wik…

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    So is Microsoft, at least, on Linked-In. I tested it last year and deleted my profile. Had a friend check and everything was gone...Everything including public posts. LinkedIn has …

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    Has anyone on HN ever used RTE-6?

    What is it? It is a real time operating system for the HP-1000 "mini" computer. The HP-1000 was in vogue for smallish companies in the '80s and it is the system they used to teach …

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    @al_chemist Thank you! Between software frameworks and embedded systems engineering...oh hell just being in tech. in general there are way too many acronyms. Thank you for actually…

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    Okay, this may what it has become but I've done both jobs at the same time. To me DevOps: One must understand the build system, stack, and the minutiae related to maintaining that …

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    I've been both insured and uninsured. I agree with you. I'd rather die than go to a hospital and leave with enough debt to cover Harvard, Standford, or [name your institution]. Als…

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    A TV set never turns off! It is well known in the industry. Standby usually just turns of the LCD, backlight and changes LED colour. Try this: Switch TV to standby then turn on. Ti…

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    Actually from the link you provided, airspeed is absolutely a quantitative indicator of a stall. "The airspeed indicator provides quantitative information about angle of attack, wh…