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@blakeyrat Or should have known. I suspect they're counting on finding maintenance irregularities during discovery. Or maybe some innuendo about pilots being discouraged from reporting stuff.
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@anotherusername said in In other news today...:
They're supposed to go over those engines with a fine-tooth comb to make sure they don't fail in midair. I don't know whether it was negligent or not (so I'd say this lawsuit is premature)
The checks and how often they should be done is prescribed. The investigation will surely verify they did them, but currently there is no indication they did not.
@anotherusername said in In other news today...:
but precisely why and how they failed to recognize the engine's impending failure is definitely a good question that needs to be answered.
The failure is very strange.
The fatigue cracking in the fan blade is effectively impossible to detect, but the design is supposed to take that into account and the cowling should be able to stop one broken blade. And it even did. However, the inlet cowling then broke off ahead of the fan and nobody yet understands why. It happened once already, on Aug 27th 2016, and even that investigation is not finished yet (hey, it's not even 2 years yet!). So it's apparently rather difficult problem.
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@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
@pjh said in In other news today...:
There is no B-3 bomber and I don't know why these rumors get started!
It was a prototype. You maybe want the B-17 Bomber?
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@blakeyrat said in In other news today...:
@tsaukpaetra said in In other news today...:
Too much salt came through osmosis?
Maybe he turned into a caveman and then later a lava monster.
Evolution Yay!
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@bulb said in In other news today...:
The fatigue cracking in the fan blade is effectively impossible to detect
It is checked for. If it reaches the surface you can pick it up with dye penetrant testing, if it's sub surface then eddy-current testing will see it. You could also use ultrasonic and x-ray NDT but I've never seen those in an overhaul book myself.
You can't do any of those while the engine is on the wing though, so it would only be caught at overhaul which goes back to making sure the overhaul intervals are correct.
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@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
@blakeyrat Or should have known. I suspect they're counting on finding maintenance irregularities during discovery. Or maybe some innuendo about pilots being discouraged from reporting stuff.
And now Southwest is in the news again...
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@dcon said in In other news today...:
And now Southwest is in the news again...
So did the window crack or was it broken?
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@blakeyrat said in In other news today...:
@dcon said in In other news today...:
No, that lawyer obviously expected a "Hey guys, this engine is going to blow up on this flight. Do you still want to get on board?"
I'd still take my chances. If you can convince two modern qualified pilots the plane's safe to fly, that plane's at least 10 times safer than any plane flying in 1980.
The worst case scenario is the plane really isn't safe, in which case I'm out nothing because they wouldn't be able to find any pilots to fly the thing.
#GameTheory
Just make sure there hasn't been a very publicized suicide recently.
As per Robert Cialdini's Influence more planes go down during the time following a famous suicide.
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@masonwheeler said in In other news today...:
So did the window crack or was it broken?
Seems just cracked. They say there was no decompression and emergency was not declared, so it could not be leaking much air.
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@cursorkeys said in In other news today...:
it's fairly unlikely a major airline would be negligent on maintenance.
One would hope so, but there have been widely reported incidents of major airlines taking shortcuts. The specific one I remember actually involved removing and replacing engines. IIRC, the manufacturer's procedure was to undo a whole bunch of little bolts that hold the engine to the mount, but some head mechanic figured out a "better" way that only required removing three big bolts that hold the mount to the wing. The problem was that when they reattached the engine mount with the engine already attached, they used a forklift to lift it into place, but the forklift operator could not directly see the alignment of the parts. Misalignment caused dents, which eventually developed into cracks, which resulted in one incident of an engine tearing off the wing in flight.
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US citizens need to pay US tax. Apparently this is still news to some...
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@pjh "Accidental Americans?"
One of the most famous “accidental Americans” is British foreign secretary Boris Johnson. Born in New York...
Well. There you go. It's not like birthright citizenship is a secret.
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@hardwaregeek said in In other news today...:
The specific one I remember actually involved removing and replacing engines.
American Airlines Flight 191, for anyone interested.
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@heterodox I didn't realize it was that long ago. I was an adult at the time, but I'm sure my memory of it must be from a more recent "Air Crash Investigation"-type TV show, or something, because I'm pretty sure my memories aren't that old.
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The linked article (subscription/sci-hub needed) is even worse, a patient literally ended up with a cooked brain after an MRI.
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@hardwaregeek said in In other news today...:
@heterodox I didn't realize it was that long ago. I was an adult at the time, but I'm sure my memory of it must be from a more recent "Air Crash Investigation"-type TV show, or something, because I'm pretty sure my memories aren't that old.
The "Depictions in media" section of the Wikipedia article lists exactly that.
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Thank you Trump
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@timebandit said in In other news today...:
The Collision Conference, Creative Commons and RightsCon will bring thousands of people to Toronto
Is the Collision Conference an actual thing, or just what happens when the attendees of the other conferences encounter Toronto drivers?
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@hungrier said in In other news today...:
when the attendees of the other conferences encounter Toronto drivers
Sure as shit don't need a conference for that.
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@timebandit said in In other news today...:
Thank you Trump
Sexual harassment reports in Toronto have unexpectedly tripled recently.
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@hungrier I would guess a Collision Conference is what happen right after two drivers bump into each others.
It's a polite way of screaming at each other
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SJW strikes again
FileUnder: It's wrong to discriminate, unless it's against white heterosexual male
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@hardwaregeek said in In other news today...:
@cursorkeys said in In other news today...:
it's fairly unlikely a major airline would be negligent on maintenance.
One would hope so, but there have been widely reported incidents of major airlines taking shortcuts. The specific one I remember actually involved removing and replacing engines. IIRC, the manufacturer's procedure was to undo a whole bunch of little bolts that hold the engine to the mount, but some head mechanic figured out a "better" way that only required removing three big bolts that hold the mount to the wing. The problem was that when they reattached the engine mount with the engine already attached, they used a forklift to lift it into place, but the forklift operator could not directly see the alignment of the parts. Misalignment caused dents, which eventually developed into cracks, which resulted in one incident of an engine tearing off the wing in flight.
I remember watching that episode on Air Disasters
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@timebandit said in In other news today...:
SJW strikes again
FileUnder: It's wrong to discriminate, unless it's against white heterosexual male
I feel like there's a lot of backstory there that isn't being reported. I followed the link and read the email thread and don't feel enlightened. I didn't see anything that seemed really controversial in the code of conduct, but when people feel like those need to get created it usually means that either shit has really gotten out of control or someone intends to become a dictator over the community.
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@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
@timebandit said in In other news today...:
SJW strikes again
FileUnder: It's wrong to discriminate, unless it's against white heterosexual male
I feel like there's a lot of backstory there that isn't being reported. I followed the link and read the email thread and don't feel enlightened. I didn't see anything that seemed really controversial in the code of conduct, but when people feel like those need to get created it usually means that either shit has really gotten out of control or someone intends to become a dictator over the community.
The article was worthless, but it linked to his actual good-bye message: http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2018-May/122922.html
The key part seems to be this:
The last drop was llvm associating itself with an organization that
openly discriminates based on sex and ancestry (1,2). This goes
directly against my ethical views and I think I must leave the project
to not be associated with this.[1] http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2018-February/121161.html
[2] https://www.outreachy.org/apply/eligibility/
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@mott555 Oh, right. Duh.
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@mott555 said in In other news today...:
The key part seems to be this:
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@timebandit So his complaint was they were trying to get contributors of those specific groups, even though they wouldn't turn down any contributors who were not?
Guy sounds insane.
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@blakeyrat said in In other news today...:
So his complaint was they were trying to get contributors of those specific groups, even though they wouldn't turn down any contributors who were not?
What part of "must" suggested to you that they're optional?
Anyway you're not talking about the right group, so your statement doesn't even make sense in context.
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@anotherusername said in In other news today...:
What part of "must" suggested to you that they're optional?
Having looked at that Outreachy outfit's page, they appear to be focused on extending participation into underrepresented sectors of the population. Which is not bad per se though I'm definitely not keen on saying someone's contributions are more (or less) worthwhile on the basis of their identity. The real question is whether there are other more traditional programmes for encouraging students to contribute, and what the relative size of them is; a small additional fund with “social justice” type slant (especially if separately funded by people willing to do that sort of thing) isn't a big deal as long as the evaluation criteria for contributions are still technically sound. A good contribution is a good contribution, whoever makes it, and the highest honour that can be done to a contributor is to consider their contribution on its own merits, whatever the contributor's background or motivation, especially as the users of the code probably have wildly varying situations and uses.
I don't think I'd put my money towards supporting a group like Outreachy, but I most definitely wouldn't tell someone else that they couldn't set up and fund such a thing if that's what they really wanted to do.
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@blakeyrat said in In other news today...:
Guy sounds insane.
Of course he's insane, he contribute to an open-sour project
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@dkf sure, okay, but why is that a response to my comment?
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@timebandit said in In other news today...:
@mott555 said in In other news today...:
The key part seems to be this:
From their homepage...
Outreachy provides three-month internships for people from groups traditionally underrepresented in tech.
TIL that trans-women are a group "traditionally underrepresented in tech".
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@anotherusername said in In other news today...:
why is that a response to my comment?
Because finding a better one is
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Self-driving cars are not totally ready
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@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
It's just like real politics!
The student newspaper published an editorial calling Furry Boi's election "a travesty."
"It's a shocking display of privilege to vote for a squirrel over candidates who have actual plans to help students who need it," the Daily Californian said. "Instead of electing qualified students who had real, tangible ideas ... many of you (at least 538 strong) thought it might be a funny joke to have a man dressed up in a squirrel costume with no real platforms represent you at the administrative table."
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@cursorkeys said in In other news today...:
The linked article (subscription/sci-hub needed) is even worse, a patient literally ended up with a cooked brain after an MRI.
what even....
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@tsaukpaetra said in In other news today...:
@cursorkeys said in In other news today...:
The linked article (subscription/sci-hub needed) is even worse, a patient literally ended up with a cooked brain after an MRI.
what even....
The Case Report said:
To prevent similar catastrophic incidents, the manufacturer’s guidelines should be followed
Basically the manufacturer specified a very specific MRI scenario that would be safe and they ignored that and did the opposite. The paper states that the setup they used could raise the temperature of similar implants by 25.3°C in testing
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@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
@timebandit said in In other news today...:
SJW strikes again
FileUnder: It's wrong to discriminate, unless it's against white heterosexual male
I feel like there's a lot of backstory there that isn't being reported. I followed the link and read the email thread and don't feel enlightened. I didn't see anything that seemed really controversial in the code of conduct, but when people feel like those need to get created it usually means that either shit has really gotten out of control or someone intends to become a dictator over the community.
You misread. The code of conduct was in response to the issues, not the issues themselves.
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@blakeyrat said in In other news today...:
@timebandit So his complaint was they were trying to get contributors of those specific groups, even though they wouldn't turn down any contributors who were not?
Guy sounds insane.
... wat?
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This should maybe go in the Garage, but what the heck...
TL;DR:
Amazon currently employs 45000 people in Seattle, and is developing space for 7000 more. Seattle wants to impose an extra $20 million a year in taxes, based on the number of employees in Seattle, that weren't on the table when Amazon started planning for the additional employees. Amazon puts its plans on hold because financial implications of its plans have changed. City Council whines that Amazon isn't playing fair.The city council wants to impose an employment tax on the city’s biggest businesses in order to raise $75 million [$20 million from Amazon] to solve their homeless problem.
If Seattle wants to cut its own economic throat, then Amazon is under no obligation to offer up its own neck as well. Maybe Seattle residents should ask themselves ..., and whether massive amounts of empty office space might make that situation even worse as other businesses follow Amazon out of Seattle’s jurisdiction.
I know! They could house the homeless in the empty offices!
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@mott555 said in In other news today...:
The key part seems to be this: [...]
In particular:
Outreachy Eligibility Rules
You must meet one of the following criteria:
- You live any where in the world and you identify as a woman (cis or trans), trans man, or genderqueer person (including genderfluid or genderfree).
- You live in the United States or you are a U.S. national or permanent resident living aboard, AND you are a person of any gender who is Black/African American, Hispanic/Latin@, Native American/American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander
Edit: of course. By @TimeBandit