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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.

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 p…

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 indicat…

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, bu…

It's a bit out of date as far as some regulations go, but I am a big fan of Rod Machado's Private Pilot Handbook.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 d…

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…

throttle (v.): (1) to compress the throat of; choke (2) to kill by such action

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 …

Exactly this. An infrared flare from a missile launch, seen from a launch detection satellite, looks exactly the same, 20kt or 450kt warhead.

Called off due to high winds above the limit for first flight. (2 days in a row)

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 h…

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 j…

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 fue…

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 bu…

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","y…

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" the…

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 i…

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. T…

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…

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 greate…

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 19…

Very true, attribution error on my part :)

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 run…