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Compressor stall. Inexperienced FO shuts down the wrong engine. They then mishandle the other one somehow. Crash.

How long did it take? I’m doing an MRI for extremely elevated prolactin. Even if there’s no tumor I’ll probably be prescribed cabergoline, but would prefer to return to normal with…

Yes. I think about this all the time. It's so strange, and aside from internet comments it doesn't seem to come up in the mainstream. What happened to people? Why do they not care?…

Thanks all. Wasn't aware of MusicXML or musescore. I do write out exercises on manuscript paper and find that the time it takes and contemplation is helpful. They're legible bug ge…

I’m seeing some products that transcribe songs, but I want to tell an AI to write the exercises I describe for practice purposes. For example: “Write the chromatic 7th intervals fr…

It’s so simple, and consistent over many years of Apple events.

Ha. I did fly a real non-radar DME arc in a PC-12 using just the bearing pointer...once.

Ugh. Aviation before, say, 1990 was amazing. Still necessary to do things like ground speed checks, non-radar approaches, VOR to VOR, etc. Real pilot sh*t. And lots of the equipmen…

Phoenix and Manhattan have about the same population, but Phoenix has five Manhattans worth of parking.

pivot into it later in your career How "later"? Age discrimination seems somewhat problematic in tech. Edit: Two other "old" replies pop up at the same time.

Others have said it better. If you google 'notams are broken', numerous results will show up explaining various problems with the NOTAM system. Edit: Here's a good one - https://fi…

The NOTAM system is embarrassing. This just tops it off. Actually, our whole ATC system and the way the FAA operates is embarrassing. It all works kind of like waste management in …

Cargo planes like the C-17 can make a steep “tactical approach” by creating lots of drag, with spoilers, reverse thrust, etc. It’s difficult to get very aerodynamic aircraft to ‘go…

The characters signing in with their unique splash screens at NYC pay phones in the movie Hackers was quite cool to 12 year old me.

"Specifically, police issued 14 summonses for excessive vehicle noise — the most between 2018 and the present, a period in which the police issued a total of 26 excessive vehicle n…

Yes, happens frequently to me in my area of Queens. Especially on weekends. Often, it's difficult to go back to sleep. A day of productivity lost for me and probably many others fo…

Airline pilot here. We point.

Dr Peter Attia, who has some interesting things to say about fasting, uses a completely different definition of “intermittent fasting”. What’s being described here is “time restric…

There's an incredible amount of inefficiency in the airspace system that causes massive fuel and time waste, but flying VOR to VOR in cruise doesn't seem like one of them. Airline …

Literally heard “Let’s go Brandon” on the emergency frequency today in airspace too far from land for it to not be an airliner or other commercial craft (in contrast to the usual m…

I’ve been an airline pilot for a long time and work for a large airline. In the US, pilots tend to be quite culturally conservative. It’s not my naive generalization. Yes, if the m…

Pilots in the US are an extremely conservative bunch. On my pilot group's FB page, the number of times I've read "Let's go Brandon!" in response to this supposed sickout are numero…