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> stationary target that's 35,000 km long

and what, 12" wide? 24"? that's still very difficult to target

On the contrary - commercial aviation does aim for perfection.

A cross controlled stall can result in a spin (which is probably what you mean by flip upside down). The rudder changes aren't inadvertent, they're intentionally opposite the aileron input - the goal is essentially to fly somewhat sideways, so the fuselage induces drag.

In general forward slips are safe, but yes you have to make sure you keep the nose down/speed up. There's little in aviation that isn't dangerous if you aren't careful.

In the US, we don't typically call Mayday/PanPan (despite it being both allowable and more correct). Pilots literally say "N777DS declaring an emergency. Engine out/Low fuel/Birdstrike". The effect is that all emergencies are Mayday.

Yes, the prices of all things vary according to the market supply and demand. That's very different from the government creating 25% inflation in 5 years.

It's more "real" because it has value that doesn't decrease arbitrarily when the people in power decide to print a couple trillion to deal with the latest hot topic.

Which is hilarious considering they can't seem to stop obvious spam from hitting my inbox

Rape is wrong. It doesn't matter what your evidence or positions or logic are, you will not sway me on that point. I suspect that sort of thing is what GP meant.

Is this a trick question?

> Milling machines are also just lathes

Mills are more limited than lathe - they don't have leadscrews, which are a necessity in the "build yourself" phase. You cannot make arbitrary threads with a milling machine. Thread milling gives some capability in this arena, but that's a CNC process.

> An invading army has no such qualms.

> They won't try to arrest you, they'll simply blow up your house.

The point is, they'd have to blow up so many houses it's not viable.

At my last job I worked in professional services, and after reporting multiple issues over and over and over through the normal process I finally wormed my way into a friendship with engineering and product leadership. A conversation with someone they trust was THE ONLY WAY to get them to take seriously a Jira report from the field saying "this is annoying/broken at every customer. Yes there is a workaround, but can we get it fixed?"

Product at every company I've worked for only ever cared about prioritizing shiny new features or bugs that have people screaming at them.

Maneuvering speed is Va which is about max deflection on a single control surface, I think you're thinking of Vno if you're referring to turbulence

> the safe manoeuverable speed increases with weight

The reason this is true is because at a higher weight, you'll stall at max deflection before you can put enough stress on the airframe to be a problem. That is to say, at a given speed a heavier airplane will fall out of the air [hyperbole, it will merely stall - significantly reduced lift] before it can rip the wings/elevator off [hyperbole - damage the airframe]. That makes it questionable whether heavier is safer - just changes the failure mode.

Reminds me of this presentation from a decade ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FdHq3WfJgs

Can you say "There will be no attestation in the consumer synced passkey ecosystem. Period."? That seems to be the concern, not what exists today.

Why do you believe that collecting data, collating it into useful information and making conclusions from that information is "zero energy"? Yes, testing bicycles will require more calories and exertion, but that doesn't mean that testing computers, sensors, or other technological devices is a zero energy effort.

ESPP is discounted from quarter end price (I vaguely recall it being either last q or following q, whichever is lower but that seems like too good to be true). So constantly increasing share price does have an effect, both short term and long.

> thinner than an ethernet port

The XJACK and similar designs have been around long enough they can vote

That's disingenuous. There were plenty of legit business types included also. Directly from your link:

    ammunition sales

    ATM operators

    cable box de-scramblers

    coin dealers

    credit card schemes

    credit repair services

    dating services

    debt consolidation scams

    drug paraphernalia

    escort services

    firearms sales

    fireworks sales

    get rich products

    government grants

    home-based charities

    lifetime guarantees

    lifetime memberships

    lottery sales

    mailing lists/personal info

    money transfer networks

    online gambling

    pawn shops

    payday loans

    pharmaceutical sales

    Ponzi schemes

    pornography[5]

    pyramid-type sales

    racist materials

    surveillance equipment

    telemarketing

    tobacco sales

    travel clubs

> If you exclude people who are in states where it's legal/decriminalized

There is no state where cannabis derivatives are federally legal.

https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-II/part-1308

At this point in human history, is it relevant to the individual whether someone is a criminal? What matters is whether they've injured someone else.

To use the US as an example (I doubt other countries are much better) it's estimated that every adult in the US commits multiple Federal felonies per day[1], Federal law is replete with ridiculous laws[2] and the number of federal laws is uncountable by Congressional Research Service staff. Does it matter at that point?

[1] Three Felonies A Day - ISBN 978-1594035227

[2] https://x.com/CrimeADay

Our elected reps neither write nor even read the laws that are passed. Laws are written by lobbyists and aides, if we're lucky with direction from the representatives.

I picked two examples of everyday activities that should have been obvious to everyone that they were safe.

Mere weeks later public health authorities encouraged this sort of behavior (going to the beach or the park with ample space between individuals). It seemed a relevant example of "pointless and counterproductive policies around lockdowns"

In Southern California, surfers were arrested for surfing on an empty beach. Parks were closed. This was hailed as a safety measure. I suspect these sorts of policies are what GP was talking about, rather than vaccines or masking.

> Substack has disallowed ChatGPT to crawl anything so you cannot take AI assistance to work on the content

Is that really a criticism?

> prevent space sharing between the ~2-3 social groups where intermingling means friction and fear.

The issue is not space sharing between social groups. I'm happy to share space with people of any ethnicity, skin color, sexual orientation, political leanings, dress code, economic status, educational level or "social cohorts". The issue is civil, polite people being forced to share space with rude, entitled, violent individuals.

> Maybe if you lived in a bigger city the taxis were good

I lived in a suburb of San Diego around 2012, and I switched to Uber after I missed two flights for work because taxi's just wouldn't show up on time. I don't love the rideshare services but taxis were simply so bad that anything was better.

There are literally dozens of stories of people being jailed in the UK for tweets that are not threats or inciting violence, they're just "grossly offensive". I agree, they are almost all grossly offensive - but if you only allow speech you find acceptable, that's not free speech.

And they're typically the ones cheering the loudest for LLM centric coding. It's hard to believe in something people you don't respect are saying is the best thing they've ever seen.