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wkipling··on Bluetooth keystroke-injection in Android, Linux, macOS and iOS
Because Bluetooth barely works normally for Windows
wkipling··on Australia to ban engineered stone
Ya and the tax payer foots the medical bill. Show some humanity
wkipling··on Active turbulence cancellation makes bumpy flights smoother
Technically not flaperons but drooping ailerons
wkipling··on Air traffic controllers pushed to the brink
An uncurrent pilot is not inherently an unsafe pilot.
wkipling··on A Matter of Millimeters: The story of Qantas flight 32
For Boeing aircraft you compare the totaliser fuel quantity with the calculated quantity based on engine fuel burn to determine a leak.
wkipling··on A Matter of Millimeters: The story of Qantas flight 32
Today we have VA monitoring satellites and aircraft aren't routed through VA.
wkipling··on Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access
Push notifications
wkipling··on The EPA wants total removal of lead pipes
Must be. I'd say most dishwashers are connected to the mains supply and not pre heated.
wkipling··on Air Accident Investigation Branch: film lights caused window damage on A321neo
They are generally plug type
wkipling··on Air Accident Investigation Branch: film lights caused window damage on A321neo
Not oxygen, air. The outflow valves on modern aeroplanes are almost the size of the windows themselves. They would progressively close to maintain cabin pressure.
wkipling··on Air Accident Investigation Branch: film lights caused window damage on A321neo
The walk around is not required to be done by the captain. It's not a checklist but a visual inspection of the aircraft as per the FCOM.

Also the engineer who signed off the aircraft will do a walk around.

The location of these windows might have made it hard to spot the damage.

wkipling··on A coder considers the waning days of the craft
Yeah there's lot's of people in this thread who didn't read the full article and the conclusion the Author comes to.
wkipling··on Rivian R1T is the first EV to win the longest off-road competition in the US
Off-road cars have limitations. I'll bet the Rivian just like other 4wds will have a maximum wading depth for water crossings.
wkipling··on First mini-PC with solid-state active cooling system launches
On a macro scale it is solid state. Ultimately everything is vibrating when you look close enough.
wkipling··on First mini-PC with solid-state active cooling system launches
I believe the filter is incredibly fine because it can generate very high suction. I think they claim its dust proof.
wkipling··on FreeTube – The Private YouTube Client
Protip. Sign up from the Philippines. You don't even meed to fly there...
wkipling··on PC shipments decline slows in Q3 2023, but Apple plunges over 23%
Does anyone else not just buy a new battery? Fresh install, NVMe SSD, a clean fan and fresh thermal paste, maybe a new WiFi card. Makes a laptop feel new again.
wkipling··on Takeaways from hundreds of LLM finetuning experiments with LoRA
I was excited to see long range radio to meet machine learning
wkipling··on Show HN: Use an old tablet as an extra monitor
Didn't Apple drop support for old iOS devices so they can't access the web anymore. Safari is useless even for local sites I believe.
wkipling··on LibrePCB
KiCad wont let you do this as part of the design rules. The DRC will also flag the error.
wkipling··on WiFi without internet on a Southwest flight
Not quite how it works.

These are the instruments we are referring to not the ability of pilots. In fact in RVSM airspace the autopilot must be used.

Instruments must be very accurate given the reduced separation in RVSM airspace. Often on modern aircraft multiple altimeters are compared and voted to provide a single output provided to the displays and autopilot.

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