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New comment by searedsteak in "Tesla Roadster"

searedsteak — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 16:48:17 +0000

I live in Germany, and routinely drive faster than that. With good roads and reasonably trained drivers this isn't an issue

New comment by searedsteak in "I opened cockpit door while being attacked, says pilot of Dubai-Israel flight"

searedsteak — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:20:55 +0000

This story once again highlights that this is bad policy. At least this one didn't end like Germanwings or Malaysian.

New comment by searedsteak in "Leaving the U.S. for the Netherlands"

searedsteak — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:11:47 +0000

Is there reciprocity for this treaty?

New comment by searedsteak in "Ryanair flight landed at Manchester airport with six minutes of fuel left"

searedsteak — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 15:46:21 +0000

It is a requirement [1] to land with 45 minutes of fuel remaining, if the pilots go under that, it is considered an incident. As soon as estimated landing fuel goes under the limit, the flight needs to declare an emergency (as was done in this case).

[1]: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-F... is the US rule, EASA has a similar rule.

New comment by searedsteak in "Do you need ID to read the REAL-ID rules?"

searedsteak — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 14:33:52 +0000

This happened on the 11th. See United 93.

New comment by searedsteak in "They don't make 'em like that any more: the 3.5mm headphone jack socket"

searedsteak — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 15:06:30 +0000

From the article:

> Some manufacturers claimed that the presence of the headphone jack made it difficult to keep their phones waterproof; but there’s a whole range of good-quality phones from around 2019-2020 that are waterproof to a reasonable degree, without sacrificing the jack.

New comment by searedsteak in "They don't make 'em like that any more: the 3.5mm headphone jack socket"

searedsteak — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 15:01:28 +0000

I had an HTC Wizard (branded by T-Mobile) many year ago, which had a 2.5mm jack.

New comment by searedsteak in "They don't make 'em like that any more: the 3.5mm headphone jack socket"

searedsteak — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 15:00:12 +0000

The article addresses both points:

> The first manufacturer to make a point of dropping the headphone jack (I believe) was not Apple – as is commonly believed – but Oppo, and back in 2014. Their reason for doing so was at least a credible technical one: they said it made their phones about half a millimetre thinner. Maybe that was a selling point, maybe it wasn’t. But Apple couldn’t fall back even on this claim, because people found ways to fit a 3.5mm jack socket into the iPhones that lacked one, and even posted videos on Youtube showing how they did it. It wasn’t easy, but it was clearly possible. If Apple genuinely thought that omitting the jack would leave more room for other features, they didn’t actually provide any.

New comment by searedsteak in "They don't make 'em like that any more: the 3.5mm headphone jack socket"

searedsteak — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 14:59:01 +0000

From the article:

New comment by searedsteak in "Saint Michael Sword: Are the cathedrals really on a straight line?"

searedsteak — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 10:56:23 +0000

I'd say the bigger question is whether or not the projection used at the time of design was one that would show the straight line. The Mercator projection was first invented in 1569 [1]

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

New comment by searedsteak in "Air Marshals Will Refuse Orders to Go to the Border, Prefer First Class Cabins"

searedsteak — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 18:45:06 +0000

> Locked cabin doors are also good.

These have 150 confirmed kills [1], and another 239 suspected kills [2]. They also weigh a lot, so a lot of excessive fuel is burnt because of them every day. They also sometimes break, causing delayed and cancelled flights.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanwings_Flight_9525 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370

New comment by searedsteak in "Ask HN: Has your total compensation drastically changed with the stock downturn?"

searedsteak — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 09:53:40 +0000

It's like paying 10k in tax over 100k, you just need to wait a year. At least, that's how I interpret the comment

New comment by searedsteak in "Koenigsegg's Tiny Electric Motor Makes 335 HP and 443 LB-FT of Torque"

searedsteak — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 13:40:53 +0000

I've noticed that some EV users talk about charging rates in "kWh/h". Which is interesting, to say the least.

New comment by searedsteak in "Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card slot in 2022"

searedsteak — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 12:23:18 +0000

The Sony Xperia line up has SD card slots, headphone back, and dual SIM capability. I don't think they have OLED, but the screens get good reviews. Looks like you can expect only 2 years of updates though.

New comment by searedsteak in "Debug Programs by Modifying Them"

searedsteak — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 10:42:54 +0000

This is possible in all JetBrains IDEs, just right-click the breakpoint and configure it that way.

New comment by searedsteak in "Developer tools can be magic but instead collect dust"

searedsteak — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 09:38:22 +0000

Is it not in Belgium? In Germany you can count this as 'Werbungskosten' which you can deduct from your income. Anything you use for your job or for professional development counts as this type of expense. Don't other countries have similar concepts in their tax systems?

New comment by searedsteak in "Mercedes-Benz unveils its 56-inch ‘Hyperscreen’ display"

searedsteak — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 09:29:03 +0000

In my opinion, BMW has found a decent solution here, there are still physical buttons for everything, but it also has a touch screen. That way while driving you can use the physical controls, and when stopped you can use the touch screen.

New comment by searedsteak in "Traffic Simulator"

searedsteak — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 14:40:45 +0000

Looks like maxing out acceleration solves all other problems. I guess we should require a minimum power-to-weight ratio for cars from now on.

New comment by searedsteak in "Ariane RISC-V CPU – An open source CPU capable of booting Linux"

searedsteak — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 09:53:36 +0000

Looks like it just shares a name with the spacecraft but isn't related?

New comment by searedsteak in "Technical debt and tacking into the wind (2013)"

searedsteak — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 19:07:41 +0000

If he wanted to say the boat in his analogy is going the wrong way, he failed. Hugging the coastline to Nova Scotia is the shortest route from Savannah to London: http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=SAV-LHR