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Re:'Hairdryer used to trick weather sensor' to win Polymarke... by tedd4u on Thursday April 23, 2026 @02:52PM (#47879935)
Re externalities, don't they use the temperature to calculate the length of the takeoff roll and other stuff about the flight, fuel load, etc? Maybe they use the plane's own temperature sensors for that though.
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Re:'Hairdryer used to trick weather sensor' to win Polymarke... by raverbashing on Thursday April 23, 2026 @03:18PM (#47880306)
The airport needs to know that by themselves as well because it's part of METAR

Now imagine we're can't have this basic resource anymore because some nerd fuckr needs to win a bet on the internet

Makes me want to bet on creative uses of a baseball bat

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