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Ok after rereading the preliminary report, ATC gave them a vector north and clearance to a named fix. They were not off course. While on a vector clearance, terrain and obstacle cl…

The accident flight descended into hostile terrain at night and had a CFIT. That has less to do with GPS jamming than it does accepting a visual approach from 14 miles out with an …

MON adds four new SSVs: VL and VH for VORs; DL and DH for DME. There's range changes in VOR, DME, and VORTAC. See AIM 1-1-8. NAVAID Service Volumes https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/…

Yes, but… They are enhancing the navaids that remain. Greater range, and a documented network of airports serviced by ground based instrument approach procedures. The shrinkage of …

In general I agree with this. (Without respect to this particular crash.) If GPS signal is sufficiently degraded or lost, TAWS is probably unavailable (highly dependent on what nav…

Kernel oomkiller is useless for the desktop. It only cares about kernel survival. There's user space oom options, like oomd, earlyoom ... but I'm not sure any heuristic really know…

$800?! I wonder if Gaudi gets a cut!

I expect pilots called company, and risk assessment made the decision. Pilots can and do make flight safety decisions, but operational control is an airline decision.

I prefer the term "hugged to death" which I only ever have seen used on HN.

We need a synthetic or phytoestrogen that provides some (or all) of the benefits of natural estrogen, without at all stimulating Er/Pr receptive cancer.

Elderly undue influence costs victims billions. I shouldn't have to consider getting a parent an under 18 account to protect them better.

The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. ... And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.

>Why would someone let an elected official enrich themselves and their friends with your money? Why would the legislative branch allow that? Republicans in Congress were elected ex…

Send a letter requesting a full refund. If they refuse, sue them in small claims court.

In a sense this is the correct level of punishment for all. The courts are slow and deliberative. The Congress could solve this in a week. Impeachment and removal from office.

Feudalism says: buy new hardware, peasant. I don't know what "equally annoying" would be for a company and its customers, i.e. a fair compromise. But we need a law requiring compan…

Surcharges are permitted in some states. Colorado law recently changed permitting merchants to pass on the actual cost of processing, except for cash, check and debit payments. htt…

They are likely getting more frequent brake pad replacements. Not a significant cost. But they sure as shit aren't getting what they think they're getting. Meaningfully farther ahe…

Winning local elections means having the political power and thus economic power to Deflock your town. Telling illiberal authoritarians to go fuck themselves is reasonable. But pow…

The medical and financial predators targeting elderly makes me wonder how to constrain it. The law doesn’t really help, short of having a court determine there’s some level of inca…

Federal court orders (judicial branch) are enforced by federal law enforcement such as marshals, FBI, ATF, and so on (executive branch). If the executive branch is lawless, then th…

Die Eier Von Satan (also 1996)