So i know (hope) this is satire. I’m also aware that people latch on to dumb things and propagate them, like Flat Earth and the like. So I’ll clarify that with a 2% morality rate there were literally dead bodies stacking up in the streets in NYC.

The only reason the right wing propaganda machine was successful in misinforming rural areas was because the administrations efforts to reduce/slow the spread of COVID, haphazard as it was, turned out to be successful in preventing mass deaths like that seen in NYC. And it was a close thing.

The thing is people are so goddamned gullible, so credulous of their media of choice, that a 30% mortality rate would only fuel more dumbshittery

tl;dr: Yes you can become a Nazi, if the seed is there to begin with.

Everyone has dark thoughts and urges deep in their heart, and everyone has biases and prejudices to overcome. Most of us are able to balance and control these things. We learn and grow, see our own faulty reasoning over time, and allow compassion and empathy to see others as we see ourselves. I think Kanye is an example of wealth allowing unregulated behavior, combined with spiraling mental health, to amplify those prejudices and dark thoughts into twisted new beliefs.

I’m not trying to make excuses for Mr West. His behavior is reprehensible. I can also see how someone who is already borderline narcissistic gets their pride reinforced through creative success. I can see how a man who is part of an oppressed minority would be suspicious of those with more power and influence. And i can see how those factors could be amplified as that person becomes wealthier, more successful in their pursuits, and less beholden to other’s social mores.

I think conservatorships are problematic and easily abused. I also think Kanye needs the boundaries a conservatorship could place on him. He’s obviously unwell. I know him, because I have a friend just like him, only poor. My friend doesn’t blame “the Jews”, but they are not happy, even when well medicated. And when they spiral, it’s ugly

BTW, I don’t always agree with you Squid, but I’m still glad you escaped the US. Wishing you and your family the best

I’m not sure, I’m using documents produced by a larger org. The message I get if i try to edit the locked parts is:

The author has locked parts of this document. You can make changes only to the unlocked parts.

Btw i tried using Google docs on these Word files and the formatting broke in all kinds of terrible ways.

I know the idea here is to maintain consistent branding among the franchises. Anything sent back to the parent org needs to be in docx format, with no changes to the locked elements. If that can be done with a FOSS program, great! Local use has more leeway, but broken formatting is a nonstarter

One of the organizations I work with uses Word docs with locked fields. How does only office do with that style of chestnut?

Waaaaiiiiit a minute, Pee-wee Herman was gay!? Next you’ll be telling me Freddie Mercury was gay! Or Lance Bass!

The runway-numbers drop the LAST, not the 1st, numeral,

Yes, thank you, i meant what you wrote, but said the opposite. A not infrequent error, sadly

I had forgotten about the battery backup. I’m not sure what the law is in S. Korea and surrounding countries. If the accident plane only flew in Asia and none of the destination countries required that equipment they may not have had backup batteries for the CVR/FDR. Dunno about any of that tho

Is this dialysis? Or a high percentage transfusion?

The only way this makes sense medically to me is if they are filtering the pfas out of the blood or doing blood replacement.

GNU Terry Pratchett

I don’t think I would introduce someone to NG’s work if they were unfamiliar with him. So in that sense, yes, talking about them gives them relevance. However, i disagree that pirating in some way benefits the artist. Promotion does.

Where I do see an alignment with Sir Terry is from Reaper Man. Until the person’s works come to a finish, they continue to live. The thing is, will they live on loved, like Terry Pratchett, or hated, like Jimmy Saville. I didn’t believe in hell. But I think, particularly for an artist or entertainer, the knowledge that after you die your memory will be hated, well, that’s a living hell of it’s own for a certain type of person. I genuinely hope Harvey Weinstein the rapist is one of those people.

But back to the point. I’m not paying anything in mental energy if I watch Sandman again. If NG is a cunt, it doesn’t change the fact that Morpheus, Lord of the Dreaming, is a BAMF and I’ll watch the shit out of his show

Perhaps the first impeached and arrested under the rule of law and not by coup, revolt, assassination, or regime change?

I dunno, this isn’t Star Wars so I know very little about it

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ETA: man I’m glad i responded as i did, the poster I was replying to is clearly a troll.

Annual vpn subscription: $75

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Enjoying the art while the shitheel artist doesn’t profit: Priceless

When you want an artist to benefit from their creative works, support them directly. For everything else, there’s piracy

Yikes.

The RESA should absolutely have engineered arrest materials at the end of the runway. And breakaway towers for the ILS antenna

Dima’s reply caught most of your questions.

Like if they were forced to come from opposite side instead of did the full go around or if it was pilots choice.

They may have been losing power or thrust, or had another problem that basically told them “get on the ground ASAP”. And this change in status could have happened after the go-around was initiated. Also if there is not a significant tailwind a plane can land from either direction. It was likely a number of factors that lead to this decision

Is that normal?

Yes

Why are they so angry about the concrete barrier,

Runway overruns happen from time to time. A concrete barrier in the overrun area is the equivalent of have a 90° curve on a motorway/highway with a reinforced wall beyond the curve. Bad design and destined for a fatal accident

To build on Dima’s excellent reply, the majority of runways are designed to be approached from either direction. Runway numbers are assigned based on a clockwise 360° radial, dropping the first number [edit: from the right] . An airport with a runway oriented at 10° East of North would be Runway 1. This airport will have Runways 1 and 19, but they’re be the same runway approached from the north or the south.

There’s a few things that are weird about this particular incident. Even if there was a full loss of power (indicated by the CVR losing power) the landing gear can be deployed by gravity drop. If there was a full loss of thrust from the get-go, they wouldn’t have attempted a go-around. Here’s my armchair hypothesis:

Bird strike. Loss of thrust on an engine, possible warnings to shut down the engine. Mayday mayday mayday. Attempted landing (full of fuel, likely overweight) comes in too fast or too high, or both. Go-around initiated. During climb, loss of power in second engine, but still some thrust. Announce intention to land on opposite runway. Decide to wait as long as possible to deploy landing gear in an attempt to increase glide slope. Second engine dies, total power loss. Complete task saturation means they don’t/can’t attempt a memory item dual engine failure checklist, which would include turning on the Auxiliary Power Unit or Ram Air Turbine to restore some power. (RAT should deploy automatically but perhaps it happened too fast to make a difference, also I’m guessing on the checklist, I’m not a pilot). Power loss means gear must be deployed manually. (Alternatively, with task saturation, they just forgot to deploy gear, and power loss was late and just another scoop on the shit Sunday they were served) Still coming in too high/fast, they touch down late, and overweight, and without braking action from the gear, and with no reverse thrust. They overshoot the end of the runway. For a belly landing, it was perfect. Wings level, no rolling, coming down the center line of the runway. Probably survivable for at least some. Then they hit a concrete barrier

Usually the truck pulls right up in front of the business. Depending on the size the building might have a loading dock, but for most businesses a box truck pulls up and materials are delivered by dolly directly to the business. Some delivery trucks have a lift gate, but most deliveries are by dolly, not pallet truck.

Half a block isn’t bad. Is there a designated loading/unloading area? I know here downtown street parking is restricted but deliver drivers will stop wherever they like, up to and including in the center turn lane. I kinda miss the NYC loading zones tbh, although i didn’t own a car for most of my time there. I wish we had a fifth of that public transit infrastructure here.

This seems like the most practical solution to pedestrian centered design. I just didn’t see a reality with 0 vehicle traffic in a densely populated area. Roads existed before automobiles, and exist for a reason.

Thanks for the reply

That seems… overly simplistic. Have you actually seen this in action or are you giving your opinion on what should be done?

I live in a car-centric area, so I don’t get to see much in the way of pedestrian centered infrastructure. Even pedestrian focused shopping areas and universities have roads for materials deliveries and maintenance equipment, although passenger vehicles are prohibited. Those places are as vulnerable to a vehicle attack as any other.

Gotcha, that’s how it is around the university in my area too, to a degree. Not the removable bollards, but the restricted access to maintenance and delivery vehicles. There are barriers, but the infrastructure could be better.

One of the issues I run into at work is my own forgetfulness. When I’m working a high rise or warehouse, no matter how much I prepare and load up my rolling tool cart, I wind up having to go back to the van at least twice per job. I actually charge a facility surcharge when i have to work more than 100m from my van, just to account for the extra time I spend. I’m a locksmith, and there are so many specialty tools that i can’t carry them all. This is especially true when I’m working a multistory residential building with no elevator. So up and down I go.

Anyway, it’s a subject of interest for me. Something needs to be done, especially in city centers. It’s just that most anti-car comments I see don’t seem to take into consideration the logistics of materials and maintenance. Thanks for the nuanced explanation

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A bit of a side point. Something I wonder about a lot, as a tradesman in the US, is implementation of restricted vehicle use in city centers while maintaining materials delivery and maintenance.

Since you support removing cars from city centers, how are these logistical challenges addressed? Genuine question, btw. I don’t disagree with you, but I am curious. I’m not familiar with Spanish super blocks. How do they work? How are goods, materials, and equipment delivered? I’m lazy and want answers delivered like pizza

The parents in the article did pay attention to their kids, which is why the kid isn’t dead. Now I’m not saying it’s a good idea to take a toddler to a volcano, but I don’t know all the details either. As another commentor said, parents aren’t robots and can’t watch their kids every second. Adding to that, toddlers are suicidal psychopaths with rubber bones. In the past an entire community looked out for kids and helped parents. Now we all live in our own silo and judge others instead of helping.

So yeah, if I see a kid on a leash, I just make sure I don’t trip on the leash