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I definitely point and call to myself when doing deploys and running DB migration scripts... just to make sure I'm not changing production when I don't mean to.

HART (the light rail system they're building) is a complete disaster, for the same reasons.

I can't see the government there being able to handle much of any major infrastructure project. The airport expansion is moving at a glacial pace as well. And it's a miracle the H3 ever got built.

This sounds really great, and I think that this will open up a new frontier in winemaking.

One question I have is how you plan to replicate terroir. TA, Brix & pH are great indications of when to harvest but drainage, soil composition, sun direction, duration, diurnal temperature swings, seasonal temperature patterns, wild microbes, etc. all have a significant effect on the outcome of the wine.

For those who aren't into winemaking: the most enduring, famous wines such are not just famous because of winemaking technique but because of the specific place - even down to the rows of vines - the grapes are sourced from.

Assuming consistent winemaking technique from a cellarmaster, when you get to the point where you can control all those variables and get to the outcome you want at the individual vine level, then comes blending, which takes flavor profiles from wines made from various plots and/or vineyards and selects for specific flavor profiles to make up the final wine.

So, you'd have to achieve what you're proposing at scale as well as with variation across different "lots" so that you can "replace the vineyard" for a given winemaker.

Just food for thought, I like the idea but I think there's more thought that needs to go into your product development and target market.

They say that wines are made in the vineyard, and that has been true for a long time, but with modern techniques, it's hard to tell if a wine was made in the vineyard, the cellar, or in the lab.

Before 9/11 we could easily tour an ATC facility with a group of pilots - tower, center, tracon - under Project Raincheck. Not sure if they've started that back up again or not, but it was definitely eye opening.

Edit: Just read the section under "Line Up And Wait" and lol'ed to myself when I saw this:

"Do not authorize an aircraft to LUAW if an aircraft has been cleared to land, touch−and−go,stop−and–go, option, or unrestricted low approach on the same runway."

I'm pretty sure SFO lines up aircraft on the 28's and simultaneously clears someone before the San Mateo bridge to land, while waiting for a landing aircraft to clear the runway.

It's a bit out of date as far as some regulations go, but I am a big fan of Rod Machado's Private Pilot Handbook. Really simple but rich explanations of most of the concepts in a digestible way.

I love the DA-40, it was definitely a step up in capability from the 172 after I got my ticket. But the one time I flew it through the Mojave I definitely felt the DA-40's roots as a glider, I got pretty tossed around!

throttle (v.): (1) to compress the throat of; choke (2) to kill by such action

The OP was about sub-launched ballistic missiles - I was trying to make the point that when a ballistic missile flies from a sub, you cannot tell the yield, and the potential hair trigger-response will be the same regardless of yield.

This type of weapon is essentially destabilizing, as the article said.

I agree with you on other weapons, the flight profile will be vastly different.

Exactly this. An infrared flare from a missile launch, seen from a launch detection satellite, looks exactly the same, 20kt or 450kt warhead.

Called off due to high winds above the limit for first flight.

(2 days in a row)

On MacOS, iTunes/Finder stores (optionally) encrypted backups at

   ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup

I was thinking of creating a symlink to Dropbox, for instance and having my cloud backup there. I don't know if the backups are incremental which could be a storage problem, but that can be managed through some scripting.

Since we hold the key it's a blob nobody can get to without brute forcing it.

It's precisely due to this lack of real accountability that these kinds of things happen in C-suites everywhere. Massive golden parachutes are the "punishment".

Asset seizure and jail time work wonders, too bad they're not being used.

I listened to the ATC tapes on LiveATC (and now can be found compiled by VASAviation on YouTube).

When DL98 first declare an emergency, Socal asks the crew if they need to dump fuel and they indicate they do not, but end up doing it anyway, even at low altitudes. Something happened along the way that made them decide to dump fuel and try to get under max landing weight, but when you're single engine, you want to get down on a runway ASAP as you don't know that the problem affecting one engine won't happen to the other.

I am not a 777 driver, but an overweight landing is always an option - in fact, required when you're single-engine. Checklists for engine out say "land at nearest suitable airport." Holding and dumping/burning fuel is, in my limited knowledge, reserved for instances where there is a fault that prevents forward progress but does not necessitate an emergency landing.

Can't think of any examples off the top of my head right now though.

It's brutal because of lack of easy access to data, and more importantly, the ability to create bookings. IATA NDC API's should theoretically change this and get around the GDSs but I'm not holding my breath.

I've had a number of travel startup ideas but all were held back by access to data.

From the US perspective, other countries YMMV:

I tend to say confirmatory statements such as "I understand," "I follow you," "I hear what you're saying.", in contrast to "Mmhmm","yep","yeah","totally","right", or other phrases which indicate assent.

Protip: Avoid use of phrases which indicate you're about to turn the tables on them until they get a chance to get their full thoughts out, such as "ok" (depending on tone), "yes, but", etc. Ask probing questions which draw out assumptions and fully understand their POV first. Being heard and understood makes it a lot easier to have a conversation on the merits.

If you're in India though, you can use the sideways head bobble. Super effective. (I am not Indian but work in/with many from that culture)

I've wondered if this flight was the first departing flight for the day at 6:15 AM, so the first radar track headed towards the R&D facility and thus the "scenario fulfillment" they'd been waiting for all night (as mentioned by another poster).

Unfortunately, in my experience, I've had my fair share of "shit funnels" or "shit multipliers." That applies to any manager role, really.

As a former product manager, I think of it as being at the bottom of a canyon and shit rolling in from both edges of the canyon (business and technical). It's a hard job to do well and keep everyone happy.

My team and I switched about a year ago now, haven't looked back. Postman was getting too bloated with features that tended towards a QA, or possibly even non-technical audience.

Thanks to gschier and the Insomnia team for simplifying my team's life.

If it's a ResMed Airsense 10, you can put it on airplane mode. I checked with an RF meter and it has zero emissions afterwards. Now, the data is within your control and not sent to ResMed and other unknown parties.

If your insurance company wants usage and compliance information delivered to your sleep doc, put in a SD card and hand it over the old fashioned way.

Once the machine is out of warranty (or you just want the radio gone) remove it using these instructions:

http://www.cpaptalk.com/viewtopic/t104578/Semipermanently-di...

Like other feedback in this thread has already covered, the upside is that coding is applicable anywhere, and in fact, I think that outside of our little tech-bubble, it has greater impact as fewer people have those skills. Even a small amount of tech applied to the right place can have huge value.

It's just that the Asian kid in me is thinking I need FAANG on my resume even for a short time to get some street cred. Like you, I do like my job, the comp is OK, but eventually all things come to a end.

Modified for myself: I was a kid programmer and my parents thought it sounded crazy to spend college learning to code. I studied pre-med but didn't go to med school.

This was in 1998 for me, and at that age I didn't know how to push back on my parents. Good 'ol Asian parents didn't know anything out of the big 3 (Doctor, Lawyer, [Licensed] Engineer). Still going to therapy for that.

I am now in a software engineering job as a TL but I'd say I'm about 8 years behind in my SWE career, after soujourns in a microbiology lab, food manufacturing, retail inventory planning, and then product management in retail, and then to engineering. To be fair, this might still be the case as the dot-com implosion happened just before I graduated from college.

I have amazing, varied experience as both an IC and people manager, but I don't have the ticket known as a CS degree. I'm thankful for the path I've taken but eventually I will have to make a jump to a "real" tech company, and I can't say that I don't have some apprehension about my lack of formal CS training, as well as age.

Very true, attribution error on my part :)

The 2JZ engine was one of the best (as in, most durable) engines that Toyota ever produced.

The sheer number of Supras, Lexus IS300s (1st generation), and GS300s that are still running today, most with over 200k miles, is a testament to the amount of over-engineering that went into that engine.

And then there are the crazies who took the NA version and added turbos...

I was wondering why it was only a handful of airlines! Thanks for the insight.

This is the essential issue with the travel industry. The data, and especially integration with the GDS's themselves is tightly controlled.

I've had many an idea for travel startups but data has been a non-starter.

I give Duffel props for having the mojo/influence/connections/funding to successfully implement something like this in an industry that has had few players. The only one I can think of is ITA but they are no longer independent.

The Bombardier saga played out extremely well for Boeing, given Airbus picked up an amazing new plane for the sum of $1 (Canadian $, probably!) ...

Any of these, these are major investigations carried out by the NTSB:

https://huntlibrary.erau.edu/collections/aerospace-and-aviat...

I also am a senior engineer now because of this tutorial :) I'd taken a mess of CS courses in college but had never done professional web development.

Along with many, many other things, this tutorial taught me the basics of TDD, which for me was the big unlock, keeping me out of the debugger for every little thing.

Many thanks, Michael.