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phearnot··on Software development with AI is starting to feel like cooking steak
laser thermometer only measures surface temperature, unlike meat probes that measure internal temp. depending on the cut size or shape, initial temperature and probably some other factors internal temp will vary wildly for the given surface temperature. combustion probes mentioned in the sibling measure temp in several points at once to estimate readings even more precisely.
phearnot··on LaGuardia pilots raised safety alarms months before deadly runway crash
Not arguing with the regulations, just pointing out that based on airport diagram[1], since the truck was crossing rwy on taxiway D, the CRJ was on the right approaching from behind. I have never been inside an airport firetruck, but I guess from the driver's seat the jet would be quite hard to see in this case.

[1]https://www.avherald.com/h?article=536bb98e

phearnot··on France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, etc.
> even though Russia's GDP is merely of Guangzhou's

Am I missing something? [1] lists Guangzhou’s GDP as 435,746 M USD, while [2] lists Russia’s GDP as 2,173,836 M USD.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_top_Chinese_cities_by_...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nomi...

phearnot··on The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe
I suppose it’s exactly the programmer’s job to make sure cursor grabs the edge of the curved window border, not the arbitrary point outside.
phearnot··on Oh My Zsh adds bloat
zsh4humans is even faster than Prezto, according to their benchmarks. that’s what I’m using daily.
phearnot··on Favorite Tech Museums
I’d add the following:

- Kyoto Railway Museum (you can ride a passenger train pulled by a real steam locomotive)

- Central Air Force Museum in Monino near Moscow (you can visit Tu-144 and Il-62 passenger cockpits, as well as check out other rather exotic aircraft)

phearnot··on LabelContactRelationYoungerCousinMothersSiblingsDaughterOrFathersSistersDaughter
It's actually a relation between two contacts, not between you and the contact. The UI allows the user to link several contacts, e.g. link the "spouse" or "brother" contact to your friend's contact card. There's a set of predefined labels to choose from, and there's also an option to add a custom label.