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.

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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. 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 FVR 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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The ingredients you got bake the cake you get

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• Jesse Wells, United Health

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

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Well, I’d better replace it then

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Sorry gov’, we’re right out of dictators. I’ve got a slug

No one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away, until the clock wound up winds down, until the wine she made has finished its ferment, until the crop they planted is harvested. The span of someone’s life is only the core of their actual existence

I feel Sir Pterry will outlive us all

GNU Terry Pratchett

“I Worked It Out. You Have Killed Two Point Three Three Eight People,” said the golem calmly.

“I have never laid a finger on anyone in my life, Mr Pump. I may be–– all the things you know I am, but I am not a killer! I have never so much as drawn a sword!”

"No, You Have Not. But You Have Stolen, Embezzled, Defrauded And Swindled Without Discrimination, Mr Lipvig. You Have Ruined Businesses And Destroyed Jobs. When Banks Fail, It Is Seldom Bankers Who Starve. Your Actions Have Taken Money From Those Who Had Little Enough To Begin With. In A Myriad Small Ways You Have Hastened The Deaths Of Many. You Do Not Know Them. You Did Not See Them Bleed. But You Snatched Bread From Their Mouths And Tore Clothes From Their Backs. For Sport, Mr Lipvig. For Sport. For The Joy Of The Game.

• Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

You see those warriors from Hammerfell? They’ve got curved swords. Curved. Swords.

Didn’t this happen with the last MSFS? I seem to remember Steam extending the refund period for that game. But I could’ve dreamed that