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Windows 7, that other, great OS that represents a bit of a shining pinnacle of what MS has managed to accomplish, along with 95. Hm.

Guided Access is what I occasionally used when our first child was 2-3 years old and I had to hand him the phone to watch videos with input locked out. It was never an effortless process, it would be awkward to fumble around with before handing my phone to someone. It would make it look like I have something to hide (don't we all?) Maybe I'm doing something wrong.

Thank you for this share, because it rings close to another fascination of mine: the shade of green/teal that is the panel color of a great many Soviet aircraft cockpits. It's not the same as the shade of these industrial control panels[1], but it seems to me that they are in a family together. I would include the Windows 95 default background color in that same family; I find it relaxing enough that I still use it today. :)

[1]https://www.google.com/images?q=soviet%20aircraft%20cockpits

I’ve wondered if there is some similar solution that will allow you to rotate your viewing angle, so that you can browse library stacks without bending your neck at a completely awkward angle. The idea of just crouching to a certain height and reading titles horizontally… what a dream

I have a sincere feeling that they missed out.

That is an incredible video.

I discovered this prohibition last week. Absolutely maddening.

After some further investigation, the unbelievable level of attention to detail (the shape of the individually modeled rivet heads, the overlapping of adjacent sheetmetal) explains the price of these models.

https://www.kohs.com/Technical_Pages/Sheet_Meta_Detail.html https://www.kohs.com/Technical_Pages/Rivet.html

That price is astonishing. My modeling knowledge is limited to plastic aircraft kits, so I have no idea what I'm looking at here. I'm not sure what it would take to pay that kind of money for a model aircraft, it would have to be the size of a coffee table and made by PLASMO or an equivalently (freakishly good) builder. I assume that KOHS engine is handmade of brass sheeting (the detail and workmanship do look exquisite)? How much of the cost is from its internal componentry (I assume it has a high-quality electric motor?)? Or is this just what it costs to play at the top of the model train game?

I dislike dealing with caps and enjoy a finer, wetter line. Pilot Precise V5 RT has been my go-to for a while, but I'm a pen hoarder and will try anything.

I won't comment on the robustness of the Embraer construction, but I should point out that the 2006 incident is not necessarily indicative of that; the two aircraft collided head-on, and the relatively fragile vertical winglet of the smaller jet severed the outer third of the Boeing's wing before breaking away, almost cleanly. The Embraer thus was able to continue flying while the 737 was doomed. Swapping the positions of the two aircraft would probably have produced an opposite outcome.

Excellent work! Would be very interested in something similar for Azure.

Surprised to see that this has not been submitted. This was a staple of the old web from when I was a young Star Wars fan.

Page 384/385, "H.14 Good Programming Practices Checklist" seems interesting

I think you win the comment thread

Aviate means to get the aircraft under control, straight and level as you say. Maintaining or correcting the position and direction of the aircraft, navigation, is of lower priority than keeping it under control. The idea behind the saying is to encourage the pilot to not prioritize maintaining altitude, heading, flight path, rules and regulations (or even following air traffic control instructions) over focusing on keeping the plane in the air. Communicating your situation, intent, and deviations to ATC and surrounding traffic is again a lower priority.

Indeed, I pretty much treat userspace as C:\temp, considering how much it gets messed with. Anything that requires consistent behavior needs to live in the root.

If I am reading this correctly then it resembles the behavior of the Confluence/JIRA text input windows.

I did too! I bought the smallest size and at $30 it is pricier than some alternatives but it feels nice to buy a real product instead of a knockoff with a random brand name. If memory serves me correctly, most of them also don't go in the "right direction" in regards to how time moves on the clock.

Great to see Opus mentioned, it has been my file manager of choice for many years now.

That is an unfortunate acronym.

As the proud new owner of a leap day baby, I find this to be extra hilarious

I'll add this channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@flyingformoney777

I like his tone and he's technical like blancolirio.

> use the language code for languages

This is the practice that I followed when I needed to add a regional-language pack for one of our SCCM packages. I put a "DEU" in the icon, not a German flag.

It's worth contrasting the design of this vehicle with what is ostensibly the world standard for deep-sea research submersibles, Alvin of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

https://www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/explore/underwater-vehicles/...

This looks promising, I hope it gets some traction. Simple design much like HN.

The majority of Apollo users I reckon are using the free app. The paid app ("Pro") is what I use, but I do not use the subscription ("Ultra").

https://apolloapp.io/pro-ultra/

It has been a long time since I’ve been so completely unable to stop reading a piece. Broke into tears several times. So awful. Thank you.