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I found the premise of this odd. I also live in Brooklyn and have had no issues finding bucatini this year. It's consistently in stock at my nearby whole foods.

I agree that we frequently see this on HN in regards to aviation. However, I don;t think it applies to Greenspun. He's a knowledgeable and active pilot himself.

AOPA has a much better article about this flight: https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2008/march/01/e...

They also know better than to call it a biplane ha

Do you have a source for this? My understanding is the Mercedes "Attention Assist" is based off driving behavior and not a camera pointed at the driver.

What about this bed in Queen Size? (First piece I priced out)

https://rentfeather.com/collections/bedroom/products/dunham-...

https://www.wayfair.com/Zipcode%E2%84%A2-Design-Colby-Uphols...

Feather 3 month rental price: $207

Wayfair purchase price (including shipping): $201

I was just about to comment exactly this. I immediately recognized several items from Overstock, Wayfair, etc.

The price of several of the items on Feather is close or sometimes more then the retail price from Overstock/Wayfair and delivery is not included. What am I missing here and what value do they provide?

Feather might as well just drop ship the furniture to your door and send somebody to assemble it.

Edit: Looks like Wayfair even offers 2 day shipping on some items and usually provides an exact delivery day: https://www.wayfair.com/Zipcode%E2%84%A2-Design-Colby-Uphols...

This is anecdotal but a lot of my Furniture is from Overstock/Wayfair and arrives within a week living in a city. Ikea also delivers for a flat fee within a day or two.

358KIAS is in fact (or is close) to the Vne (never exceed) speed of an A330. This is an indicated airspeed limit while mach numbers are based off TAS (True Airspeed).

Here's a link to help explain the differences between IAS/CAS and TAS: https://www.decodedscience.org/airspeed-of-an-aircraft-indic...

Wooden multi-story building are standard in the US, at least in the midwest. Many new apartment buildings less than 7 stories are constructed with wood. I actually live in a 6 story wooden building with about 300 housing units.

Also, stepping back higher stories is commonly done to help deal with shadows.

http://www.woodworks.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Paper_38...

It sounds like this is geared toward "high growth" startups.

"With Stripe Atlas, you can establish a C-Corporation for your business in Delaware."

Probably not ideal for a typical small business.

I agree, I remember it being very poor compared to my Bose aviation headset. Still was a cool proof of concept. I imagine with the right software/hardware it could work just as well as external ANR

There are also ways to do Active Noise Cancelling without an external battery and without a new cable. I had an old Sony laptop that did ANR with software on the laptop and mics on the earpieces wired back into the laptop. Also the connector was backward compatible with a standard 3.5mm. They just used a 3.5mm connector with extra conductors on it like this one: https://www.amazon.com/Connectronics-TRRS-Conductor-Metal-Au...

I've never heard of any restrictions suing a company in small claims. It looks like it does happen from time to time:

https://consumerist.com/2010/04/09/judge-forces-comcast-to-p...

It sounds like they we're trying to use exception (c) of FAR 61.113[1]

"A private pilot may not pay less than the pro rata share of the operating expenses of a flight with passengers, provided the expenses involve only fuel, oil, airport expenditures, or rental fees."

But anyway, I completely agree with you, any private pilot who took part in this service is asking for their certificate to be suspended. This is definitely outside the scope of that exception and is asking for problems by allowing private pilots to take part.

Edit: Just noticed that their FAQ still claim that this is completely okay for a private pilot to use [2]. This should be removed.

[1] http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=69df887b632147859ca...

[2] https://flytenow.com/faq#pilot

It's not entirely new, US Internet offers 10GbE residential in Minneapolis.

http://fiber.usinternet.com/

Mercedes has had this for at least a couple years:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXB82PfNucg

Modern aircraft have excellent redundancy. Commercial aircraft already typically have 3 Pitot* tubes and 3 static ports. They need unobstructed airflow and are placed accordingly. In this kind of aircraft they do cross-verify each other as well, but if they all are reading different values, there's not much to be done. Conditions were such on AF447 that they all experienced some amount of icing until the aircraft descended enough. I don't see how having one more pitot tube is the proper response.

What you're describing is tax-withholding. In this situation you would receive the extra tax withheld when you file your tax return, so you're not really having extra tax taken from you. You could also always claim more allowances on your W-4.

I was also wondering about its ability to determine the direction of traffic. If it relies on a location having a separate entrance and exit, that's a pretty big negative. I'm also wondering how it handles large groups. Does anyone have any idea how the hardware works?

Relevant information about this: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/11/verizon-x-uidh

This is what they claim:

"There are two almost sure-fire ways to understand someone’s perspective. The first is to eat with them. How do they treat the wait staff? Are they demanding, or easily agitated? What happens when things aren’t perfect? The other test is to meet their significant other. What qualities did they choose in the person with whom has the most influence over them? We call these the asshole acid test."

I believe it stands for Social Justice Warrior

Not that it adds much, but the maps must not take into account Comcast's other holdings. The Upper Midwest is missing from that map which includes Midcontinent Communications which is a jointly owned by Comcast.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midcontinent_Communications

My understanding is that one way to reduce the impact of card skimming would be to use a credit card for general purchases rather than a debit card. I would especially avoid pin-based transactions whenever possible.

"Dwolla now supports wire transfers for deposits."

It looks like wire transfer is only supported for depositing money into Dwolla.

That is considered an ACH transfer, which is the same way that you normally fund your Dwolla account. A wire transfer allows larger amounts and is much quicker but usually has significant fees attached to it. ( As well as some other differences)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_Clearing_House http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_transfer