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atdrummond··on More misdrilled holes on 737 MAX in latest setback
For future reference, Aerolopa.com has the majority of seating maps for the majority of airlines.
atdrummond··on IPTV Anti-Piracy Threats May Increase Male Motivation to Pirate by 30%
That’s not true. A film’s tax write off value decreases with time. As long as the present tax write off value exceeds the present value of all future film revenue, then it makes sense to deliberately not sell it and leverage the tax credit.
atdrummond··on Canon aims to ship low-cost 'stamp' machine this year to disrupt chipmaking
We’ve known they have had this in the pipeline for years. It is priced in until we get new info.
atdrummond··on The cancer that some doctors don't want to call cancer
Likely difference between international and U.S. numbers.
atdrummond··on Alaska CEO: We found many loose bolts on our Max planes
For one, the door plugs are installed not by Boeing but by Spirit Aerosystems. Alaska’s maintenance will be focused on that specific vendor’s performance.

Secondly, other bolts will be checked far more frequently as part of standard maintenance. Door plug fitments typically are only checked during heavy checks (which occur every few years depending on type and interval) unless there’s a specific incident that demands an immediate assessment.

atdrummond··on Boeing whistleblower: MAX 9 production line has "enormous volume of defects"
Embraer is still an independent company. The merger was a victim of COVID market uncertainty.
atdrummond··on Cities are asking SCOTUS for more power to clear homeless encampments (2023)
You’re stripping these people of way too much agency. As a formerly homeless heroin addict, I assure you that the vast majority of addicts and dual diagnosis individuals can get off the street. Estonia and Switzerland have accomplished this for fentanyl and heroin respectively, in addition to stimulant and alcohol abusers.

The issue is there’s a cohort who thinks that the solutions that enable safe streets require too much sacrifice of one’s individual liberty - even if said individual abuses their freedom to harm themself and others.

atdrummond··on Apple's bad faith 27% tax on web purchases
That leaves an opening for someone to exploit with a market clearing price.
atdrummond··on Patrick McKenzie (patio11) on navigating complex systems
I wish this were true but frankly, at least on most social media sites, people will happily move forward with any kind of mob justice irrespective of the truth or one’s writing style.

I do think that precision in writing is useful for defending one’s prior claims (and for other reasons!) but I think that’s orthogonal to defending one’s self from mass action on today’s internet.

atdrummond··on Bluesky has launched RSS feeds
I’m surprised they don’t just use private RSS feeds for posts like they do for podcasts.
atdrummond··on A site that tracks the price of a Big Mac in every US McDonald's
It depends on the market. I worked at the East Palo Alto McD while I was getting back on my feet a few years back and we had hours where 60-70% of the orders used the app in some way. I’d say probably 35-40% of our customers used the app; of regulars, more than 50%.
atdrummond··on Why Prince Changed His Name to an Symbol 30 Years Ago, and What Happened Next
You can get Oxycodone (usually Mundipharma) in blister packs in the UK/EU from dealers. More common than lose pills.
atdrummond··on Why don't grocery stores stock pawpaw fruit?
Dinitrophenol[1][2] has been used by bodybuilders for similar increased mitochondrial energy expenditure to burn more fat.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2,4-Dinitrophenol [2] https://portlandpress.com/biochemj/article-abstract/111/4/43...?

atdrummond··on Substack's Dilemma
Not true. I went to a Reform Temple as a kid and two of my companies I cofounded with best friends who were Jewish. I don’t have to accept your clearly fatuous claim that I’m a Nazi because I’m not.
atdrummond··on Substack's Dilemma
Which has a shockingly low applicability to the actual accounts that will get banned by the policy; a number of the writers (like Cremieux or Hanania) being called Nazis ARE Jewish or are notably philosemitic. It’s a joke.
atdrummond··on Substack's Dilemma
That is not at all a reasonable conclusion or a sufficient criteria.

I am frequently called a Nazi (despite being on, and identifying as left wing, my entire life) on X simply for having the temerity to challenge certain orthodoxies.

Denying that the term has been stretched to its breaking point, especially in light of its use by Russia in justifying the SMO in Ukraine, strains any kind of reasonable credulity.

atdrummond··on Substack's Dilemma
The users Substack doesn’t want are the ones demanding censorship. The moment they succumb to this pressure, they’ll continue to have their content further and further brigaded by people associated with various advocacy causes. They’ll never be able to be an internet publishing platform; they’ll be another anodyne, political newsletter service. That model doesn’t work for vaunted names like The Guardian or The Nation. It won’t end any better for Substack.
atdrummond··on Ask HN: Who needs holiday help? (Follow up thread)
If possible, I’m trying to do this completely out of my pockets, but please email me at da.kanish at gmail dot com or alex at bitspace dot co - that way I can reach out if circumstances change. Thank you for the kind offer!
atdrummond··on Adfree Cities
Kids already get to use Citi bikes for free, as long as they’re part of certain privileged classes (such as asylum seekers or border crossers).

The brouhaha over the pregnant nurse “stealing” a youth’s Citi bike was only possible due to the habit of under-18 users camping on bikes to continue riding them for free when their timer expired.

atdrummond··on Gordon Freeman at the Olympic Games
Are you sure about that? I had to get a therapeutic use exemption when I was training for the Olympics due to my pain management regimen.
atdrummond··on The 50 Years That Made America
The outcomes are primarily due to race, not the contours of the Confederacy. Nearly all of these “red state demographic maps” are isomorphic to the percentage of African Americans within a given state/county/city.
atdrummond··on Ask HN: Who needs help this holidays?
Feel free to email me your details and I am happy to help with this.
atdrummond··on Ask HN: Who needs help this holidays?
There’s no shame in asking. If you change your mind, my email is in my profile and I’d be happy to help.

You’re in my thoughts and prayers.

atdrummond··on Ask HN: Who needs help this holidays?
I’m in Estonia so I am connected with many of your country mates (and attend a Greek-Ukrainian Catholic Church).

Please shoot me an email if you have any specific requests I can help with and I will do whatever I can to help!

atdrummond··on Ask HN: Who needs help this holidays?
Please email me. We’ll figure out something for the immediate needs.

Hang in there; I’ve been in this position and it is possible to get out. Look forward to connecting soon.

atdrummond··on Ask HN: Who needs help this holidays?
Feel free to reach out any time this month if you start to feel the assistance would help.

If it doesn’t bother you, I would love to keep you in my prayers.

atdrummond··on Ask HN: Who needs help this holidays?
I don’t see how this thread violates anything there.
atdrummond··on Ask HN: Who needs help this holidays?
Thank you for sharing this info!
atdrummond··on Ask HN: Who needs help this holidays?
Email me and we will get you taken care of.
atdrummond··on Anduril announces Roadrunner, jet-powered VTOL drone
Prevent illegal incursions across the border? Including violent cartels, not just “migrants”?
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