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New comment by therockspush in "Weather Model based on ADS-B"

therockspush — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 00:15:24 +0000

Flight plans are usually filed hours before a flight with old wind data and sometimes can't be changed in congested airspace.

But pilots really care about wind shear. Its the thing that makes people suddenly hit the overhead compartment. It typically requires flight crews reporting it to ATC over radio. Improving accuracy of local wind events is very valuable.

New comment by therockspush in "Lufthansa plane flew for 10 minutes without pilots"

therockspush — Sat, 17 May 2025 20:55:32 +0000

https://jonbeckett.substack.com/p/ils-cat-i-cat-ii-and-cat-i...

Real auto land, CAT iii, is what you're thinking of and it requires specific things that most airports and planes don't have equipped

New comment by therockspush in "Amazon Makes It Harder for Disabled Employees to Work from Home"

therockspush — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:33:32 +0000

You're right about Amazons leverage.

In Santa Clara county we have our local behemoths trying to get their property valuations dropped. https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2024/11/08/tech-goo...

The way commercial real estate lending is tied to lease rates usually means its almost impossible for them to go down unless you operate at these scales.

Most commercial landlords around me would rather have prime main street spots stay empty than refinance because of lower lease rates.

New comment by therockspush in "Urban spatial order: street network orientation, configuration, and entropy"

therockspush — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 22:37:41 +0000

Charlotte is specifically called out as one of the worst offenders in this article mate.

New comment by therockspush in "Urban spatial order: street network orientation, configuration, and entropy"

therockspush — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 16:16:36 +0000

Weird. I just bumped into this paper when I was trying to learn why Charlotte has such a confusing layout. I've never felt more lost.

New comment by therockspush in "Why am I dreaming I have an exam I didn't study for?"

therockspush — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 06:24:53 +0000

Same one about the combo here. Almost every person I ask has some variation on that one. Crazy how universal it is in my world, especially since it's usually about something that would have happened 20 or 30 years ago, but never really happened.

New comment by therockspush in "Ottawa wants the power to create secret backdoors in networks for surveillance"

therockspush — Thu, 30 May 2024 02:14:57 +0000

Four Lions puffin party. Parody of incompetent jihadis using a kids game to communicate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fd4yjFto0A

New comment by therockspush in "The Naughty Words the FAA Removed from the Sky"

therockspush — Thu, 30 May 2024 01:17:21 +0000

Looks like DROWN is still out there.

https://opennav.com/waypoint/US/DROWN

New comment by therockspush in "I organized a 20-acre game of Capture the Flag"

therockspush — Sat, 18 May 2024 23:16:55 +0000

Seeing a lot of similar stories here. We used to do a game of hide and seek on our massive dead end street. Wed use peoples bushes and cars to hide. I still remember the sound of crotchety old mr peabody chambering a round in his shotgun behind us one night. Pitch black. Never saw his face, just heard him let us know we were about to die if we didn't leave. Pretty sure he knew it was 2 little kids

New comment by therockspush in "Lawsuit accuses GM of sharing drivers' data with insurers without consent"

therockspush — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 18:26:15 +0000

I have a 2018 Chevy, and cancelled onstar immediately, which was intentionally an exercise in annoyance and confusion. But I still got metrics emailed to me.

I found a way to detach the wireless dongler tucked up behind my glove box. The only side effect was my little digi-compass not telling me which direction I was pointing anymore.

I don't think they let you do that anymore.

Do they still make pinball machines?

therockspush — Sat, 06 Apr 2024 03:00:44 +0000

Article URL: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/04/stern-pinball-factory-elk-grove-village/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39949634

Points: 6

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New comment by therockspush in "Sky High Sabotage: Major Airlines Are Using TSA to Shut Down Competitor"

therockspush — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 02:57:21 +0000

So far they've had to pull out of a few airports when FBOs stop hosting them, mostly without explanation. The same FBOs that allow part 135 operators, some owned by the majors, to run. Seems related.

New comment by therockspush in "Sky High Sabotage: Major Airlines Are Using TSA to Shut Down Competitor"

therockspush — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:43:54 +0000

I just had a flight with JSX cancelled because of this, it's sad.

Regulations are written in blood, but this one just looks like it's written in green.

New comment by therockspush in "US Air Force DevOps Engineer Sets Himself on Fire in Protest War in Gaza"

therockspush — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 13:30:31 +0000

We live in fame or go down in flame, hey! Nothing'll stop the U.S. Air Force!

New comment by therockspush in "Grabby Aliens (2021)"

therockspush — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 11:38:56 +0000

Who knows what they've been grabbing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5qYH-Y3tQ4

New comment by therockspush in "The Tears of a Clown: Probing the comedian's psyche (2008)"

therockspush — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 11:20:34 +0000

That's true for everyone, right?

Nobody sees a psychiatrist because they're happy all the time.

New comment by therockspush in "Controlled Tango into Terrain (2008)"

therockspush — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 10:49:58 +0000

The title is a tip of the cap to Controlled Flight into Terrain, CFIT.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_flight_into_terrain

Ask HN: Does an interview rejection affect whether you'd buy a companies stock

therockspush — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 10:11:47 +0000

I've made investments in some companies after not getting an offer, mostly successful.

It's kind of like Groucho Marx, 'I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member'.

The rejection makes me think they have high standards. Sometimes.

Anyone else?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39333953

Points: 1

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New comment by therockspush in "The worst users come from referral programs, free trials, coupons"

therockspush — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 01:56:02 +0000

Mine are all online now.

So you can activate them before you go.

In the time it would take to pull the scissors out of the drawer, I can just .click() all of them.

I don't even pay attention to the ones I activate anymore, I just get a nice surprise on the receipt.

On a $100 grocery run it knocks off an average of $20.

New comment by therockspush in "Office Landlords Use Cash Gifts, Loans to Inflate Building Values"

therockspush — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 20:24:37 +0000

Every time I explain this to people you see the 5 stages of grief go across their face, especially when it's a property that used to host their favorite restaurant or something.

I sometimes have to go back and remind myself this is really happening, it's such bullshit.