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love this

FAA actually tried moving to digital voice (has benefits wrt airband congestion) but it didn't go anywhere. I believe a lot came down to the minimal benefit over current solutions, plus the coordination and safety implications of actually making the switch. Tough for an FAA official to pull the trigger on a rollout that has even 0.1% chance of an aircraft crashing.

fair point!

Some context, the average labeller on our platform puts in a single digit number of hours on our platform, works whenever and how much they want, and earn significantly more than an uber driver.

agree, tough problem to solve. presently a lot of homeless in the US could be considered to be slotted in the non-citizen "underclass" by the state

The manifesto had many disjointed themes, and some of the arguments Marc made seem intentionally inflammatory or oversimplified (and it has to be intentional polemicism, he's too smart -- and it's too on the nose -- for it to be an accident). (And if his goal was to create a stir, well, mission accomplished...the NYT ran two op-eds reacting to it.)

I was galvanized to focus on the deflationary part after reading an opinion piece that suggested that government price controls were more effective...

Looks interesting, I wonder if this works for companies on AWS startup credits as well

Amazon's strong suit has never been design apparently...

Looks like i'm a noob

true. wonder if there's something like the average of the 2 best bids that would mitigate this problem. coupled with anti-corruption enforcement...

this is great. I feel a chrome extension could extend the functionality and speed to use even more...thinking about building something like that?

Love it! Can't wait for when you offer this for other models as well

How long would it take to withdraw money from the account?

no "shroomcoin" meme BS please...haha great line!

I first heard about it during simulator training (from an official instructor, no less) and tried it in the simulator.

Yes. also wingspan and wing sweep as well as flap configuration can affect how an airplane flies as pitch changes (and as distance to the runway changes). So while other aircraft might dramatically lose lift with this type of maneuver, the G280 doesn't.

Agree that it's a bad idea to get creative with flying airplanes.

That said, this maneuver might tend to reduce landing "float" which introduces its own set of risks.

But still not a good idea.

Nosewheel should never be anywhere near to being the first thing to hit the runway. In a Piper, for example, this would be an easy mistake to make but if you're landing a Gulfstream with the nose that low-down, you're in serious trouble.

Yeah i should've added, don't do this! or only do it in the simulator.

100% the nose should never be anywhere near nose-down. And there's a solid argument for never doing anything that's not part of the official training canon. But the fact that it works is fascinating.

I think it is also affected by the slight increase in ground effect as the wing flies closer to the runway surface. so the pitching down is somewhat offset by the increase in wing efficiency--and probably a set of other interplaying factors. The G280 has huge barn-door flaps that extend well below the wing, so reducing the distance between these flaps and the runway may result in an appreciable increase in lift (the wing is affected by ground effect if it is <1 wingspan from the ground)

"But for the Gulfstream 280 there's a little-known technique that will enable the pilot to land smoothly with frightening consistency. The technique: moments before touchdown, the pilot pushes the control yoke forward, essentially flying the plane into the ground. To be clear, it is less of a "push" and more of a tiny application of forward pressure on the controls..."

so true. and analysing generations is more of a Rorschach test than anything else. But an interesting exercise anyhow.

"We will have to wait and see if Zoomers will resort to Millennial-esque coping mechanisms such as retro-themed handlebar moustaches and lumberjack outerwear. Perhaps Gen Z's willingness to see the world as it is will mean that we don't have to turn back our sartorial clock to escape reality for a moment. Perhaps Zoomers' more pragmatic outlook will result in a generation with a heightened sense of control over the future. Time will tell.

As Gen Z enters adulthood, some have become playfully critical of the Millennial generation. One TikTok Zoomer said it well: "they're worried about their harry potter house but they live in a 1 bedroom apartment...y'all worried about the wrong house .""