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funnyflywheel

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    Comment #44503352

    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…

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    Comment #39641533

    https://xkcd.com/927 comes to mind.

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    Comment #39481100

    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 fede…

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    Comment #37975607

    The first thing that came to mind was "switch to Firefox". Other than that, I have nothing to recommend.

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    Comment #37869948

    Louis DeJoy is still in charge.

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    Comment #37790264

    Thanks for the reminder that Heinz (Henry) Kissinger is still alive at age 100.

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    Comment #37779214

    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 …

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    Comment #37779044

    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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    Comment #37698074

    I did some more reading, and it turns out I confused QNH with QFE.

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    Comment #37693464

    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 fe…

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    Comment #37513884

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