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I'll admit I haven't read the full thing, but I have and like Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition

Not sure if air traffic controllers do it but pilots do. Often will have one radio on in the left ear and another in the right. The newer audio panels will do “3d audio” so it’s more spatial.

When you have it this way, it’s easier for your brain to ignore one when you are paying attention to the other.

The transmitters near John Tune airport in Nashville regularly interfere with avionics. Been that way for years, and no action....

>I do raise a stink with the receptionist every time and she's good about it, but should probably escalate it higher in the organization.

This is the part that sucks. It's not the receptionist's problem, he/she just wants to get on with their day. Generally they're powerless to do anything anyway.

Last time I went to urgent care they had one of those screenless digital signature collection pads. "I just need you to sign a couple intake forms" and she motioned at the pad. I asked what I am signing, and she said "just some intake forms." She looked at me like I had six heads when I asked to see the actual forms, as if no one had ever done that before, then took a few minutes to find them.

Felt bad for making her life harder. Makes me wonder if something like that is even contractually valid: how can you collect a signature "on" a form that you don't even show the signer?

Well articulated and completely agree. Starting to feel a bit like how things must have felt in the 60s...exciting.

I have both an MK3S and an X1C and the MK3S has basically been unplugged since the X1C came. I love the Prusa and I would not hesitate to recommend it, but the X1C is a generational improvement in 3d printing.

I really have no idea what you’re talking about with regard to it being loud, and I’ve had pretty much zero failed prints (at least not attributable to the printer).

JLC is awesome. Shipping takes 3x as long as it takes them to make the boards, even with PCBA (which is to say they are fast). I do wish we had the equivalent here in the states to cut down on the shipping time.

Tesla is about to open their supercharger network to everyone. Like, starting 10 minutes from now.

Hondas, BMWs, Teslas, Jeeps. The truck is my favorite combination of performance, utility and quality. Especially compared to the Tesla, the build quality is exceptional.

Data point of one, but my R1T is by far the best vehicle I've ever owned. Rooting for them.

Oof. Good thing they found the bug, and good thing the only issue was two tail strikes.

Inaccurate weight and balance data is no joke, with the potential to cause much more serious issues.

Wow. I appreciate the perspective, but it’s hard for me to even understand how a person could operate that way.

As far as I can tell, it's programmers and adjacent. I am currently hiring for an infrastructure role (sr. network engineer/architect) and it has been miserable, even for remote positions. Certainly don't see an influx of available talent happening in the infrastructure world.

NOTAMs/TFRs are not particularly noteworthy, but this kind of TFR reads like something non-routine and out of the ordinary.

ISL is active

TBH I think misrepresenting this as identifying the "actual" source training material to make an image is way worse than what SD is doing. That's just a blatant lie.

As a former BMW super fan, it’s so sad to watch them systematically destroy everything that made the brand awesome.

It is almost definitely this. Plenty of discussion about exactly this thing if you look into the Helium subreddits/discord etc.

Noncompete != Nondisclosure

I trust you are aware that a very very small portion of aviation fuel burned is leaded (mostly just small general aviation aircraft)

Probably not. Best case you're getting a few kbps, but generally less - especially if you want long range.

Yup. Nothing like an AD AP CLSD stuck right in the middle of 53 different unlit tower NOTAMs

Yeah, the thing people always miss is that these engines are flat-rated at whatever hp. I.e., they'll do it for most of their operating lives, vs. the occasional WOT in a car.

I kinda like its method though. Think I'm just gonna throw my own "Internal server error" response out when I get the 12th frustrating email reply and I've had enough.

Pro-tip, at least on Apple devices: "buy" the trial, then immediately cancel it in your subscriptions. You'll still have access to it for whatever the trial period is, then it'll just stop working (vs. bill you).

Whether you believe in the crypto aspect of it or not, the Helium network provides really good public LoRaWAN connectivity in a lot of places. Much easier than building out the whole network, including gateways and the backend. The cool part is that the LoRaWAN protocol allows you to keep your data totally encrypted to your app, and still use public networks.

Nope, it's not meant for that. Think low-bandwidth, small transmissions with highly compact but valuable data (sensors, actuators, etc). Even with LoRa as-is, changing settings to optimize for bandwidth costs you real range.

> I'd personally like my Starlink to use its real GPS for calculating which satellites it needs to talk to, but only report a truncated (or no) location to HQ, so that SpaceX doesn't have my meter-resolution location every time I'm online.

That’s actually what it does by default. Unless specifically activated for debugging reasons, the terminal does not send its lat/lon, so the most they know is what cell you are in (~10km-ish resolution)

This is a game changer. It works really, really well - better than I ever expected to see internet on a plane work. The price tag seems ridiculous, but will probably make sense for a lot of the operators of the planes on their initial STC.

What do you expect them to do, especially considering legal and healthcare/PHI constraints?