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Unless something has changed, it's pretty difficult to replace the battery in Oral B toothbrushes. Which is a shame, because they die pretty much like clockwork after about 3 years…

I bought and use a Kindle specifically because it has zero distractions. All you can do is read. You're not interrupted with a text, or another app's notification, or anything like…

Why is vertical speed in m/s? It should be in fpm.

It’s been required in the US since 2020. But, ADS-B would not have played a factor in this incident.

They had the correct SID, but the wrong runway.

It's very active in the amateur radio community.

That's for downloading files from the website. You can still use Calibre to remove & decrypt the files via USB from a Kindle.

It's still "easy" to strip DRM from Amazon books but you need an actual Kindle to do so. If it's something that you would like to do, it might be worth investing in a cheap used Ki…

Why does it need to? What value does that add?

You don't really need to type long form text on it. The primary use of the keyboard on the MCDU is for the flight management computer, and aviation fix names are 3 or 5 letters at …

I volunteered at a museum when I moved to a new city, thinking that I would meet people. I determined that exactly two types of people volunteer at museums: students/recent graduat…

You’re free to purchase a Dell, then.

Pis eliminate variables, for sure. But, if you stick to name-brand business machines off lease, I doubt you'll have a problem like that.

Their automotive industry coverage is pretty good, but their car reviews are pretty awful. I'm not sure what value they add to the automotive review world -- they could carve out a…

The problem with a chargeback is that it doesn’t actually cancel the service. You’re likely to see the same charge on your next month’s statement. Now, as part of the chargeback pr…

The P-8 having EICAS is more of an indictment of Boeing than anything (the P-8 is a Navy 737). It’s completely technologically possible, just that entrenched interests (namely, Sou…

Every airplane type is a bit different, but typically, if the aircraft is powered then the CVR is recording. Even if it’s at the gate with nobody onboard— the CVR does not know nor…

The best part is that Boeing had EICAS, the engine indicating and crew alerting system, in the early 80s with the introduction of the 757/767. In the mid-90s, when they updated the…