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WrtCdEvrydy··on Backlash after 500 drones light up New York City sky to celebrate Candy Crush
> This person should be censured for spreading disinformation that benefits him/her when it is a lie and the audience is sophisticated enough to not need to eve use colloquial English.

The truth that the FAA has sovereignty over the navigatiable airspace... and unless someone wants to litigate it to give the state/city more power it will stay that way.

WrtCdEvrydy··on Backlash after 500 drones light up New York City sky to celebrate Candy Crush
> I’m more correct than an asshole saying “my employer owns the sky listen to me”

Ohhhhh.... I get the employer thing... the FAA Safety Team is a volunteer organization tasked with education. We don't work for the FAA... wow, I finally get it.

WrtCdEvrydy··on Backlash after 500 drones light up New York City sky to celebrate Candy Crush
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/part-91

> Note: The following procedures do not relieve the pilot from see-and-avoid responsibility or compliance with FAR 91.119.

Plenty of things that you must follow.

WrtCdEvrydy··on Backlash after 500 drones light up New York City sky to celebrate Candy Crush
Flying aircraft in formation is gonna be hard to argue as a hazard... honestly the "light polution" argument would probably be the best one.
WrtCdEvrydy··on Backlash after 500 drones light up New York City sky to celebrate Candy Crush
The FAA won't ban something unless there's a safety component. Light is covered under the FDA (surprisingly) and there's an interest Defcon talk about jamming Lidar guns (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQtLms02PFM). If you made the argument to the FDA that the lights from the drones are a safety issue... it could be done.
WrtCdEvrydy··on Backlash after 500 drones light up New York City sky to celebrate Candy Crush
> every citizen of the United States has “a public right of freedom of transit in air commerce through the navigable air space of the United States.” 49 U.S.C. § 403 (1940) (current version at 49 U.S.C. § 1304 (1976)).

I will also add this one as well... as a citizen you have the right to transit in air commerce through the airspace so long as your actions do not cause risk to property or people.

WrtCdEvrydy··on Backlash after 500 drones light up New York City sky to celebrate Candy Crush
> I own the airspace and you’re my employee, get it fucking straight.

Not sure about this one... why would you believe I am your employee?

> you are pompous as shit.

Willing to listen to this one.

> dual mandate clowns are a fucking joke and we all know it.

The FAA Safety Team's mandate is as follows

"Lower the Nation’s aviation accident rate by conveying safety principles and practices through training, outreach, and education; while establishing partnerships and encouraging the continual growth of a positive safety culture within the aviation community."

You may refer to it at https://www.faasafety.gov/about/mission.aspx

WrtCdEvrydy··on Backlash after 500 drones light up New York City sky to celebrate Candy Crush
> There must be some interesting questions to solve, like how to avoid collision, or if they need error correction in case of wind, etc.

Yes, interestingly collisions aren't that difficult to avoid and wind can be countered but you can also simulate your show and tweak your "safety distance". You can actually see it in action in some drone shows when the lights go out... you'll the movements begin on the outer edge and then spread inwards minimizing the risk of collision.

RTK stations have been coming down in price little by little and are even commercially available from drone manufacturers like DJI for not a ridiculous amount of money.

WrtCdEvrydy··on Backlash after 500 drones light up New York City sky to celebrate Candy Crush
That is correct, maybe I mistyped something on the way to writing that wall of text.
WrtCdEvrydy··on Backlash after 500 drones light up New York City sky to celebrate Candy Crush
The FAA owns the sky. As long as they deemed the risk of property damage, injury and loss of life was properly mitigated to aircraft and people on the ground, and the operation was performed within the constraints of the waiver they have the ultimate power here... however nothing here is being done in the shadows.

Part 107 (commercial drone operations) waivers are available publicly and can be searched online at https://www.faa.gov/uas/commercial_operators/part_107_waiver.... The waiver for drone swarms will be waiving the drone swarm requirement under "107.35 – Operation of Multiple Small UAS" so you can search there to find who was given the waiver and their contact information.

WrtCdEvrydy··on Backlash after 500 drones light up New York City sky to celebrate Candy Crush
Here's the answers for everyone who has questions.

As an FAA Safety Team Member (24891, https://www.faasafety.gov/FAASTApp/directory/view.aspx?appID...), I can shed more light on this. The FAA owns the skies and provides waivers and this was probably a waived operation from the FAA so they were probably coordinating this on the ground.

Cities, and states can pass laws about where it's legal to operate drones, but no city or state may pass a law restricting the "navigable airspace". New York City's ordinance states that it's "illegal to operate drones from NYC and Manhattan" but that's as far as they can go. It's up to the FAA to decide if an operation is a threat to the public and whether it can be done safely. For drone swarms, the controllers are pre-programmed and have RTK modules providing additional accuracy down to the cm or millimeter compared to meters from GPS and once the modules are loaded and launched the flight can be executed autonomously (however, most of these light shows don't have any sensors so collision avoidance is really within the swarm itself and careful planning to avoid manned aircraft and buildings).

If you'd like to see one of these shows in action from the air (self plug), I have a video from the Independence Day show that occurred in Miami on my channel here -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWO3Bo1y3B8

WrtCdEvrydy··on Backlash after 500 drones light up New York City sky to celebrate Candy Crush
I can actually speak to this.

So there is software that does this for you using RTK base stations which provide better than GPS accuracy. The software is out there (skybrush is a good one open source one), you load your points into the flight controller of your drones and the show is actually fully automated after launch, the flight controllers just have waypoints and times where they should move so that the swarm doesn't collide.

You can actually do it without RTK but you have to come to terms with the fact that your drones could be within 6 meters off of the target location while RTK can give you cm accuracy in the sky. The FAA actually approves swarm operations and I was able to capture some of it in Miami during the Independency Day celebration (self-plug for my own channel incoming) which you can see here -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWO3Bo1y3B8

WrtCdEvrydy··on Ask HN: Anyone else receiving unsolicited Datadog marketing spam?
That's kinda weird, I will tell you that signups are kinda limited right now since we're slowly rolling out features since we want to offer value to people.

Try the sign-up link with the referral code (https://bk.poachme.dev/PayMeToo)

WrtCdEvrydy··on Ask HN: Anyone else receiving unsolicited Datadog marketing spam?
Yes, and those people get my full priority.
WrtCdEvrydy··on Optimizing images with the HTML <picture> tag
> avif conversion: 67.96s > jxl conversion: 42.74s

Holy shit-balls? Also I thought that quad bayer would come down to 12MP for the output?

WrtCdEvrydy··on Ursula Le Guin on Star Trek: TNG (1994)
> "Lots of young people watch it, too, of course, and, recently, at a conference about science fiction, one of them told me why: “A lot of science fiction shows us a future just like now, only worse,” she said. “I like The Next Generation because it shows us a future I could live in.” "

I'll argue this isn't a problem with Star Trek as a problem with our society... in general we have seen a general bitterness in media since 9/11. Imagine a show that you saw before then and generally whatever you imagine will be far more positive than post-9/11 television.

WrtCdEvrydy··on Ask HN: Anyone else receiving unsolicited Datadog marketing spam?
[Self-plug] After building poachme.dev with a friend, I have personally found that a lot of people who spam really do it because it's low cost and wasting your time costs them nothing so I personally grab the standard reply message template and hit them with a

"Great. Please book a slot on my calendar and we can chat more about this: https://bk.poachme.dev/Lazaro"

I know they didn't "read my profile" or "find me to be the best candidate" so I just respond in kind... you wanna waste my time? Fine, I'll sit through your shpeill for $100 and if I'm so important to you, you'll pay it, if not, well, that's fine too.

WrtCdEvrydy··on Incidents caused by unappreciated OSS maintainers or underfunded OSS projects
> It's a hobby, not a job. If it's becoming too much of a distraction - just...stop doing it?

Sounds good, I'll just remove my libraries from npm... (oh wait, that's left-pad)

Okay, plan B, I'll hand it over to a random person... (oh wait, that's event-stream)

WrtCdEvrydy··on Show HN: I'm trying to guess your personality by your comments with an NLP model
Primary Theme Energy

You are a pioneer. You like to work on projects. You want to do things that you know how to do, so you like to learn new things. You don't like to waste time and money. You like to have fun. You like to explore new things. You like to learn. You like to do things you can be proud of. You have lots of patience and can be patient with others. You have a lot of energy. - 8/10

Secondary Theme Ideation

You love to see your ideas come to life. What already exists is simply not good enough. You want to see YOUR idea out there. Maybe improve something that's already there. You think through your projects from start to finish, and motivated by the challenge of turning an idea into reality. - 8/10

Secondary Theme Ready for Anything

You're a rugged outdoorsman who's always ready for a challenge. You're ready for any kind of adventure. You love to hunt and fish, camp out under the stars, and explore new places. You like to be outdoors, in nature, and you love to meet new people. You can't wait to find out what's out there. You don't just play it safe. You're a risk-taker who loves adventure and a challenge. - 0/10

Needs/Desires Your Needs, Desires, and Values (beta)

Acceptance Good Mental Health Achieving Happiness This feature isn't really tested yet. Let me know how it works in the subreddit. Recommendation You might own

You might already own or plan to buy something like the sodastream because you'd get to create a bunch of random drinks before you went back to just buying name brand soda - LOL, no, nicer try.

Possible Theme Ability

You are someone who is determined, strong and proud. You are not rude, and you do not tolerate rudeness. You are confident and are aware of your own strengths and weaknesses. You are proud of your accomplishments and achievements. You believe that your opinions are valid, and you are comfortable with who you are and what you believe in. You are confident, but not cocky. - 6/10

Possible Theme The Bigger The Better

The internet is awesome. You work with tech or maybe have considered it. You probably have a knack for coding, and might love to work for a tech company if you already don't. You are patient and have a passion for the job you do. - 8/10

Possible Theme Independent

You've earned what you have. You're the first to take on a job. You're tough, you're confident, you're in control. And it's your life. You want to be recognized for your uniqueness. You're a leader at home, your family, and at work. - 5/10

Possible Theme Expression

You put a lot of thought into what you say and how you say it. You use your words to make an impact on people. You give life to the words you speak. You are passionate about your personality and what it is you do. You care about what you put out into the world. You are intuitive, and you use it to find your way around this world or the one you create. - 6/10

Possible Theme Quiet Storm

You are compassionate and have a soft spot for the underdog. You are often the life of the party. You are a free spirit, and you like to be comfortable. Love is in your heart and your soul. You are a romantic at heart. You are often confused about love. You are often misunderstood. You like to be liked and to feel appreciated. You are attracted to the arts and people who are creative. - 2/10

I don't know, maybe needs some more testing and less sodastream profiteering.

WrtCdEvrydy··on DaVinci Resolve for iPad
Holy shit, this is free and will be available on iOS devices!
WrtCdEvrydy··on Show HN: I made a new AI colorizer
Wow, any way to run this locally?

I love this technology but it would feel kinda terrible to upload a whole bunch of stuff to your site and exploit your generosity.

WrtCdEvrydy··on Ask HN: What not-profit-seeking project are you tinkering with this week?
3d printing ducts for a 5" quad while I await components for my 3" quad so I can 3d print ducts for that same 3" quad.

I love building and FPV drones are the right mix of drone and building for me.

WrtCdEvrydy··on Ask HN: What not-profit-seeking project are you tinkering with this week?
Golden Ratio font sounds neat...
WrtCdEvrydy··on GitHub Copi­lot inves­ti­ga­tion
I wonder what will happen when a company pays some overseas developers $50 for some code, they copy it from Copilot and it copies a bug from a US developer and that company gets hacked for $10 million.

Will the lawsuit fall on the overseas developer, US developer or Github?

WrtCdEvrydy··on Unlaunching the 12GB 4080
Every single reviewer has shit on this thing... Nvidia might be semi-scared.
WrtCdEvrydy··on I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
Yeah, I had a lawyer buddy a long time ago tell me sometimes there's not a lot of improvement of technology coming down to the legal field because the overlap on "tech nerd" and "legal scholar" is kinda not there.

Is there something missing in the legal field that makes you think "this is 2022, this should be easier"?

WrtCdEvrydy··on I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
Ohhh, I asked a question last time on what technologists can do to help out and I'll ask it again.

What can technologists do to help out the legal field, specifically in immigration land?

WrtCdEvrydy··on Ask HN: How did you stop drinking?
> Any tips on cutting out something completely and how to get out of just hating yourself when you fail?

Honestly, cutting something cold turkey is the hardest thing and requires hard willpower.

It might work better if you wean yourself off, don't turn down the drink but just zip a bit and leave it. If the foggy head feeling still happens with a zip your body will eventually just reject that idea.

WrtCdEvrydy··on Pentagon Puts DJI on Blacklist
Some of it comes down to whether the app should rely on that positional data... like for catching an uber or something.

I do think that's exploiting the ecosystem and I have a feeling one well placed complaint with Apple would cause a stern message to McDonald's... does the app tell you it's because of your location accuracy?

WrtCdEvrydy··on Pentagon Puts DJI on Blacklist
so Android permissions actually separate coarse and precise but the prompt for location is the same whether you request one or the other.
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