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Re:Trying to become a better developer by learning more abou... by bombcar on Monday July 31, 2023 @05:28PM (#36949121)
My CFI said "graveyards are full of people the world couldn't do without, it can wait a day" - important to remember for many things, if you start pushing your luck it'll eventually push back.
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Re:Trying to become a better developer by learning more abou... by sokoloff on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @06:29AM (#36954399)
“NTSB investigators usually wear sunglasses.”

They will be investigating your weather accident in the sunshine, meaning you could just wait a short while and fly in that good weather rather than crashing today.

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Re:Trying to become a better developer by learning more abou... by bombcar on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @09:55AM (#36955997)
"The problem with scud running is it often works" - this is really important because if dangerous things killed everyone who tried them, nobody would try them anymore.

But if you put yourself in a precarious position, eventually it will catch up to you, and you HAVE to force yourself to avoid those positions, no matter how tempting.

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Re:Trying to become a better developer by learning more abou... by sokoloff on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @09:58AM (#36956027)
“We can wait and get there late, or leave now and it’ll take the rest of our lives to get there…”
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Re:Trying to become a better developer by learning more abou... by bombcar on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @12:11PM (#36957994)
"Wait and late or now and plow" was mine :)

I wonder if CFIs could basically be replaced by ChatGPT making pithy statements about "don't fly into weather you idiots". Probably too polite, though.

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