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Re: Easter egg in flight path of last 747 delivery flight

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Post by dspillett »

thayne wrote: post #313
varenc wrote: post #284

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I suspect if you access the site from an EU IP address you’ll see an option besides “Accept All”. The layout [0] even seems to leave room for where this other button might be. edit: looking at the code I even see references to a “Reject All” button as well as an XHR request to a geolocation endpoint. edit2: I set a breakpoint in their code and changed by country to "FR" and sure enough, I now see a "Reject All" butto…

so apparently they only care about your privacy if you are a citizen of the EU? And that just brings up the question again: why show the popup to non-EU viewers if the only option is to accept the cookies. It isn't even effective as a form of protest because those viewers have even less influence over EU regulations than EU citizens.

> so apparently they only care about your privacy if you are a citizen of the EU?

No, they care about being minimally compliant and laws vary.

A number of places have legislation that just says "users much opt in" but the EU has legislation that says "users must opt-in, but cannot be forced to opt-in by there being no opt-out option".

They don't care about your privacy at all, no matter where you are, if any claim otherwise is made it is a lie.

Re: Easter egg in flight path of last 747 delivery flight

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Post by ronjouch »

cute_boi wrote: post #306
gtirloni wrote: post #269

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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?

https://github.blog/2020-12-17-no-cookie-for-you/

Re: Easter egg in flight path of last 747 delivery flight

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Post by girvo »

gorgoiler wrote: post #320
runarberg wrote: post #314

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This reads like its from a questionable research paper funded by an HR group with the sole aim of gaslighting workers into working harder for less money. I’m not buying it.

It is certainly questionable research, but from the lived experience of a superannuated engineer (me!) not an HR group. As for gaslighting? Well, my aim is indeed to make you work harder. Not only that, but for you to have more money not less. At all levels — our society, the sector in which we work, our businesses as a whole and each team in those businesses — your success has a positive effect on everyone else as w…

Working smarter and for better companies/people is what got me more money, not working harder

Re: Easter egg in flight path of last 747 delivery flight

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Post by mcv »

supernova87a wrote: post #46

I 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…

While I certainly appreciate the passion and artistry to design and fly a path like that, I also wonder if it's not incredibly wasteful to do that with a kerosine-burning 747.

Re: Easter egg in flight path of last 747 delivery flight

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Post by mcv »

dbingham wrote: post #188
americanmotto wrote: post #176

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Agree. I've said for ~10 years now, that it seems the American Dream has transitioned from "Anything is possible as long as you work hard enough." to "Do as little as work possible to get the same paycheck." Something has definitely changed in the culture.

What could have possibly changed in the last several decades that might have affected someone's willingness to give their job there all? https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/ Sorry for the sarcasm, but it is very frustrating to see people standing around wondering at this change as if it's a moral failing when people have been pointing out for decades that those at the top broke the social contract and that there…

The moral failing is definitely in how corporations are lead and how work is rewarded. I don't blame anyone for not being passionate about a job that barely pays a living wage. In fact, I think it's incredibly harmful for a country when work is not properly rewarded.

Re: Easter egg in flight path of last 747 delivery flight

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Post by z303 »

jbandela1 wrote: post #44

The 747 IMO is the most beautiful aircraft ever, certainly the most beautiful civilian aircraft. A couple of years ago, I made it a point on an international trip with my kids to book seats for us on the upper deck. It was really awesome, and I am sure they will look back on it as a great memory. If you are able to, before it is too late, I would encourage doing it. The most iconic seats on the most iconic civilian a…

Like most people a 747 was my first long haul flight. I've not been lucky enough to fly the upper deck but a few years ago, I did get to fly in the nose, seat 1A. A great experience, strange being in front of the pilots and surprisingly noisy when the nose gear is moving up or down

As for being the most beautiful civilian aircraft. I see your 747 and raise you a Concorde

Re: Easter egg in flight path of last 747 delivery flight

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Post by lobochrome »

mcv wrote: post #344
supernova87a wrote: post #46

I 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…

While I certainly appreciate the passion and artistry to design and fly a path like that, I also wonder if it's not incredibly wasteful to do that with a kerosine-burning 747.

Of course, it is. And you don't wonder; you know that ;)

But it is also deeply human. Humans are designing this aeroplane and building this aeroplane. It's a piece of human history and a significant one in recent times.

So it is well worth ignoring efficiency and commemorating it for the sake of the humans involved. After all, our entire human existence is incredibly wasteful.

Re: Easter egg in flight path of last 747 delivery flight

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Post by rocqua »

losteric wrote: post #286
americanmotto wrote: post #176

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Agree. I've said for ~10 years now, that it seems the American Dream has transitioned from "Anything is possible as long as you work hard enough." to "Do as little as work possible to get the same paycheck." Something has definitely changed in the culture.

MBAs instead of promote-from-within. Bringing along egotistical bean-counter superiority with typically vastly inferior performance. Seeing this trend in big tech has me very bearish - the non-tech MBAs just can't execute on long-term big bets that require the deep understanding/cross-cutting coordination that comes with career insiders.

Is the problem of outside MBAs their lack of deep understanding? Others here have argued that the promotion of outsiders erodes loyalty and passion of the workforce towards their jobs.

I could imagine good outsiders who have the skills for long-term big bets are quite common. But then the erosion of the community inside the company could still foil such bets.

As an aside, this alternative narrative seems more palatable to MBAs then your version. Hence it might be more easily accepted.

Re: Easter egg in flight path of last 747 delivery flight

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Post by ant6n »

usrusr wrote: post #149
alexose wrote: post #140

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More cynically: Roughly 2.4 tons of fuel, equating to 16.8 tons of CO2 emissions.

Yeah, this can't be some prank by a renegade flight crew, it can only be a farewell celebration act with a kick-off meeting, a budget and a dozen people who signed off. But I'm not criticising, by that measure we'd have to question any resource expenditure that exceeds the bare minimum for sustaining life.

Well this admittedly cool looking stunt represents more than 5 persons worth of annual sustainable co2 budget (estimated at 3T/year), so I‘d say it’s a smidgeon above the „bare minimum for sustaining life”.
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