Yes, that's the short of it. Each pixel needs its own wires, readout, and processing chain, and resources are limited on the spacecraft. The cryostat (instrument that keeps the pixels cold) only has so much cooling capacity and all the wires add thermal load.
Future missions are planned with more pixels (Take a look at the EASA Athena mission and its X-IFU instrument), and to reach that goal they are using multiplexing methods to allow more pixels to run on fewer wires.
My dog had double TPLO a few years ago, it changed his life. He was 3 years old and almost immobilized, low quality of life, and the surgery brought him back to normal after recovery. Our vet recommended doing them one at a time to help with healing. His play buddy got the same surgery almost exactly the same time but both legs at once, and had some pretty severe complications. Anecdotal I know, but it did play out just as our vet described.
Procedure cost around $10k all in. It's expensive, but worth it for the dog if you can.
A normally very NSFW comic called Oglaf. Brilliantly written, but don't browse at work.
I had this exact thought earlier today. Either curated directories, or a ground-up, vetted search engine that only pulls from pre-screened sources.
Sean Kirkpatrick, the first director of the all-domain anomaly resolution office, blames ‘core group’ of government workers
"Conspiracy theorists working for and within the US government are perpetuating myths about UFOs that millions of taxpayer dollars are then spent looking into, a 'self-licking ice cream cone', according to the Pentagon’s former chief investigator of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP)....
Aaro’s first comprehensive historical record report, which has been submitted to Congress and is set for publication later this year, contains no evidence of the existence of alien life, or any government cover-up, Kirkpatrick says.
But many lawmakers, he insists, are only too happy to embrace unsubstantiated stories circulated by “a core group of people” about secret government UFO research programs....
Kirkpatrick said in a resignation essay published by Scientific American last week that he feared lawmakers had succumbed to 'conspiracy-driven decision-making' and sensationalism in their rush to 'uncover the cover-up'."
Serene! Is that you in the picture or did you take the picture of a buddy? Paragliding?
I'd argue the current punitive system makes it more likely you will be flying "with a pilot who’s suffering from mental health issues" that are hidden instead of treated. The problems exist now, they're just buried and ignored instead of addressed. I also think it's harmful to treat it so black and white, that either a person is "normal" or "mentally ill" with no grades or ability to be treated. Reform is possible, I think, by allowing disclosure and treatment of issues up front while continuing to operate at some level (maybe under supervision), instead of waiting years without being able to work while paying out of pocket for five figures-worth of tests. Even just streamlining the review and approval or denial to weeks instead of months or years would be a start.
Washington Post: Pilots hide mental health issues so they don't lose their wings (gift link)
It’s an issue that needs greater visibility, so I hope this kind of reporting is a step towards reform.
Washington Post: Pilots hide mental health issues so they don't lose their wings (gift link)
It's an issue that needs greater visibility, so I hope this kind of reporting is a step towards reform.
I'm not on your instance but support your work all the same. I'm a reddit refugee and the flying communities are what I miss the most. Hoping for continued improvement and momentum!
Really bizarre and sad. Strange dissociation - he had the clarity to warn the flight attendants he needed to be restrained or he would do it again, but also couldn't stop himself from trying the emergency exit later?
Just a strange story all around. He blames it on having taken mushrooms 48 hours prior, but that seems a stretch to have this affect. Regardless, seems like a major mental health problem.
Thank you for the clarification and your hard work! Like others I prefer compact (strongly), so I've rolled back to 0.6 for now but will check back once it's available in 1.0.
I couldn't find any reference to that either.
Not needed, this is clearly a render, and not of any real device either. It's a pastiche of retro elements in a nonfunctional, stylized arrangement. The "cassette" is a miniature rendering of full-sized reel-to-reel tape. The speakers are more mid-2000s era design language, and the colors are over-exaggerated for the era.
"I cannot find any official reference to this model"
That is because it is a fictional rendering.
AOPA obituary with some more details: https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2023/october/04/aopas-mcspadden-lived-his-passion
Richard McSpadden of Air Safety Institute dies in crash
Really tragic news. Richard was an excellent voice for aviation safety and the greater industry, his interviews and presentations were top notch. Heart goes out to his family and that of the unamed other person in the plane.
Storm damages many hangars and aircraft at Falcon Field in Phoenix, AZ
Really sad, sounds like lots ot planes lost including an entire training fleet.
The most stressful part of buying a car is not negotiating with dealers or sellers, it's the unsolicited advice from acquaintances
Pardon the rant, it's just topical for me because I'm in unplanned car-buying mode and it's at the front of my mind right now.
I'm not a fan of the haggling system that's common and accepted in the US car dealership model. The thing that bothers me most about it, though, is how other people feel entitled to comment, interject, critique, and judge you on your haggling prowes and savvy both before and after your purchase. It's unavoidable; even if you try to keep it a secret during the process, once you show up to work driving a different car, inevitably someone notices and asks, "Did you get a good deal?" Of course you can deflect, lie, change the subject, but I'm annoyed that it's such a common topic in the first place. I don't want to have to justify my choice to someone else.
Right now, we're dealing with a sudden loss of a car, so my spouse and I are somewhat desperate and need a car right now. That takes a lot of decision room off the table, and we'll have to take what we can get. It doesn't help that we're not in a major metro market so the choices are slim. Still, we're getting the 'Don't go there they'll rip you off," "Make sure you use the end-of-month quotas to your advantage," type of advice from friends who know we're car shopping. I know they're trying to be helpful as they see it, but it really adds to the stress we're already under to find something while working around schedules. I don't care about price as much as finding something that fits our needs in this messed up post-COVID distorted market with few options.
I know I'm not the first person to feel this way. Thanks for listening to my rant.
My first thought is the air/fuel ratio is for fuel vapor n air, not liquid fuel, so you have to compensate for the difference in gas/vapor volume at operating temperature and pressure vs. liquid volume. In other words, 1 L of liquid, when evaporated, would yield more than 1 L vapor at standard pressure.
Since it's banned I can't see to verify the claim it was "unmoderated". Can anybody confirm or refute? Any recent screenshots would be nice. I'd lean toward this being a convenient excuse they used to get rid of a troublesome voice, but would appreciate context.
What's going on with r/programming?
I was checking if Relay still works for me (it does), and happened to see this post at the top of my feed calling out bots on programming: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/14trtla/the_ai_bots_have_arrived_at_rprogramming/
First off, I was surprised that programming was allowing posts again; last I checked it was restricted. Judging by timestamps, it looks like it opened up 2 days ago.
The weird thing is that most posts since reopening have negative scores and no comments. !Screenshot example with several 0 karma posts.
Is this a continuing protest by r/programming users? Are they calling out bots and astroturfing with a scorched earth approach? I haven't checked the 0 karma posts closely to see if they are all bots, but that would make sense since not all posts are zeroed.
Have been avoiding reddit in general so I'm out of the loop.
Thoughts on G100UL?
My take is that it's a good start and important step towards fully de-leading the fleet fuel. There was a good article on AVweb breaking down the difference between the STC and ASTM approaches and the work that still need to be done:
https://www.avweb.com/uncategorized/eagle-and-gami-not-a-transparent-process/
If you own a plane, do you intend to buy the GAMI STC for it?
Do you have access to G100UL at your airport or in your area?
Turbine conversion DC-3/C-47 that came through my home airport last month
Some history: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=59375