Ok but the dev in me needs to know if this was done manually or programmed into the flight computer, I am assuming the latter as it looks meticulously done!
Easter egg in flight path of last 747 delivery flight
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Re: Easter egg in flight path of last 747 delivery flight
#302Earlier quoted context omitted.
This goes for human organizations and communities in general. If you want something to persist and excel, find a way to empower the people who truly Give A Shit.
Pain ensues when you have two or more people/camps of people who Give A Shit but are in conflict with each other. Then often the organization just rips itself apart or collapses. The tricky bit is how to empower people who Give A Shit while maintaining alignment.
Interesting, I'll make a note to keep my GAS levels around 80.
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#303I find it just really endearing that at companies, regardless of how many other issues they have or the dysfunctions and bland corporate culture, there are people who keep the pride of purpose and "olden days / traditions" in their memory and do things like this. Or are able to call on institutional memory of something bygone, that reappears once in a while. (whether it's a big gesture like this or small cultural day…
Heh, the last time two Marine aviators drew a suitable shape often doodled throughout the Corps[1] it was not as well appreciated! Though they were certainly keeping pride of purpose alive.
1. https://metro.co.uk/2018/11/11/marine-pilots-investigated-fo...
Re: Easter egg in flight path of last 747 delivery flight
#304Earlier quoted context omitted.
Given that they flew this below 15k feet, not requiring the full IFR flight plan which would be required above that altitude, I suspect they might have hand flown this out by Moses lake by following a magenta line on a map. They could have also just programmed the FMS with the waypoints and the plane flew itself.
It appears that flight was flown IFR as the cleared route is available: SEA V120 EAT 4700N/11924W 4723N/11930W 4714N/11915W 4712N/11901W 4714N/11848W 4728N/11831W 4714N/11816W 4711N/11803W 4714N/11750W 4722N/11733W 4707N/11739W 4708N/11811W 4708N/11856W 4706N/11926W 4637N/11918W 4638N/11909W 4657N/11856W 4657N/11913W 4701N/11913W 4701N/11849W 4637N/11904W 4638N/11831W 4657N/11831W 4645N/11841W 4645N/11831W 4643N/1183…
That is an amazing IFR flight plan. I wonder if someone captured the readback on the radio. You’re cleared to the Cincinnati airport via ……
Re: Easter egg in flight path of last 747 delivery flight
#305Screenshot: https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/QmcjrYXR934QZqBuMHioRdcZEmo... On small displays this is otherwise obstructed by a cookie popup that offers only an “accept all” button. What’s even the point of the popup then?
SOS would’ve been a funny prank
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#306Earlier quoted context omitted.
They could just... not use tracking cookies. Then no banner is required. The real idiocy is every website wanting to hoover up data.
The popup is about any cookies, right? Cookies are a basic building blocks of websites. If you login to a legit website, there's a cookie in your browser for that.
github doesn't require such consent?
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#307Earlier quoted context omitted.
More cynically: Roughly 2.4 tons of fuel, equating to 16.8 tons of CO2 emissions.
Fun is a good thing to spend some of our CO2 emissions budget on. We need fun. A joyless society isn't worth saving.
I, personally, don't believe this easter egg provides any valuable joy.
Re: Easter egg in flight path of last 747 delivery flight
#308For those curious: you can see that they drew the top part of the crown first, if you zoom in enough.
Zooming in isn't even necessary because you can use the flight playback scrollbar to see the little plane move along the route.
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#309Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Why would you do anything more than the absolute minimum? For personal satisfaction? You are going to be there anyway, you might as well do a good job. I’m not saying to put in more hours than contracted, but those hours should be high quality (or as high as you can make them, under the circumstances).
Personal satisfaction, like exposure, is not legal tender.
While this is obviously true, the long term effects of a positive, growth mindset are more likely to have an effect on your net worth than if you cannot or will not take pride in working hard and doing the best job you possibly can.
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#310Earlier quoted context omitted.
I find it highly unlikely that any manager would have anything to do with easter eggs.
Just because you don’t like your manager(s) doesn’t mean we’re all bad :)
Not that you're bad ... you just love Jira tickets and spreadsheets and don't want to be accountable to anything that could come back and bight you.