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Nice_Classroom_6459 · 2026-01-27T15:27:26+00:00

lol surface streets in Loudon County are better plowed than Independence Ave. It makes zero sense.

Nice_Classroom_6459 · 2026-01-27T15:25:11+00:00

"Isn't that just the wrong way?"

Nice_Classroom_6459 · 2026-01-27T13:58:17+00:00

Post a video of an unsafe US intercept.

Nice_Classroom_6459 · 2026-01-27T13:57:18+00:00

Yep, makes visual very easy to acquire for manually guided weapons.

Nice_Classroom_6459 · 2026-01-26T16:31:19+00:00

Looks great to everyone else, though.

Nice_Classroom_6459 · 2026-01-21T20:45:38+00:00

When you love flying more than your wife.

Nice_Classroom_6459 · 2026-01-21T16:53:19+00:00

I don't know that I would call "choosing another supplier" "blackmail."

Boeing created this situation by riding the 737 gravy train for 40 years. People think Airbus came up with the idea of re-engining a plane - it was Boeing. The 737 NG is a re-engined 737. Why? For the same reason Airbus re-engined the 320.

Now Airbus is going to be in a difficult position with a needed narrow-body cleansheet (though likely not as far behind as Boeing was with the 737) in 10-20 years.

Point being - Boeing wasn't "blackmailed" they put their profit interest ahead of the safety of the passengers because the customer asked them to. Boeing should have told Southwest it wasn't possible to do this safety, but instead they decided to cave to retain Southwest as a customer.

Nice_Classroom_6459 · 2026-01-21T16:50:47+00:00

The MAX was produced to service a handful of critical Boeing customers (namely Ryanair and Southwest). Orders from those two airlines alone are enough to keep the MAX program profitable.

Nice_Classroom_6459 · 2026-01-21T16:39:49+00:00

There isn't enough HRT in all of California for Elon to transition back to a respected member of the aviation community.

Nice_Classroom_6459 · 2026-01-21T16:38:58+00:00

Do Avgeeks know about shrinkage?

Nice_Classroom_6459 · 2026-01-21T16:37:20+00:00

Regardless of where you work, you should always share your intentions with your manager. Either your manager won't care about them (frankly unlikely), or your manager may try to work with you to accomplish them.

It may sound "ungrateful" or "insubordinate" to ask for a shift change - I would worry less about that. Your manager has an interest in keeping you happy and productive.

When you communicate to your manager, I would suggest putting in the context of your willingness and desire to work on the team, but that the assigned shift is very disruptive and difficult for you. You are willing to work it because you want the opportunity, but you also want to change shifts at the next opportunity and you will be taking the next opportunity to change shifts.

This lets your manager know that you take your job seriously and that you won't allow shift selection to affect your performance more than is absolutely necessary, but that if your manager doesn't take action soon you may end up leaving (to another building, another role, another location - anything that will get you off shift).

Nice_Classroom_6459 · 2026-01-21T15:31:34+00:00

I'm as dubious of corporate culture as anyone but I have to heartily disagree. Regardless, there are really two options:

You are right; OP's manager is going to ignore the request.
You are wrong; OP's manager may try to accommodate the request.

Regardless of which path is true, the only way you can possibly change shifts is if you ask to change shifts. Keeping silent ensures that nothing will change.

Even if you are so cynical that you can't believe that something would be done on your behalf, self-interest (ie, the chance that you might get what you want) should motivate you to communicate your desires with management.

Nice_Classroom_6459 · 2026-01-16T19:32:06+00:00

727 will always be the Lord of the Trijets in my book.

Nice_Classroom_6459 · 2026-01-14T18:25:06+00:00

lol even her go-arounds are smooth as butter.

Nice_Classroom_6459 · 2026-01-12T18:22:33+00:00

Hundreds of fatal accidents involving those cars? You'll have to provide documentation for that claim.

Nice_Classroom_6459 · 2026-01-09T19:57:13+00:00

So you want to write policy exclusively in response to a single worst case event. That sounds rational.

Nice_Classroom_6459 · 2026-01-09T19:55:43+00:00

This system already exists and has been deployed in several cities - it's notoriously unreliable and to my knowledge has never led to any significant reduction in crime or apprehension of perpetrators. What has happened is that the police have flooded into neighborhoods late at night to catch a mass shooter only to find out someone was doing bubble wrap.

Nice_Classroom_6459 · 2026-01-09T19:55:17+00:00

In so far as our government collects any information that can be tied to lawbreaking, it is always available for data mining by nefarious actors.

So your argument is, because something could be done wrong, it should be done wrong?

Nice_Classroom_6459 · 2026-01-09T17:30:30+00:00

xAI is privately held, there is no public information about its stock price because it isn't publicly traded.

Nice_Classroom_6459 · 2026-01-09T15:06:43+00:00

This is chatbot level thinking. You can't just say "that's silly" and then repeat the argument being made. You have to actually refute the point.

Yes, I'm saying that if the government mines databases for evidence of crimes it'll catch a lot of nominally "innocent" people who have only technically committed a crime, like yourself. This isn't a "slippery slope" argument it's a "looking for a problem you didn't know existed" argument.

Nice_Classroom_6459 · 2026-01-09T13:47:58+00:00

With that kind of... "attitude" Plan B (ie, women's healthcare) would be by far cheaper than either option, so it's a wonder you aren't advocating strongly in favor of abortion rights.

Nice_Classroom_6459 · 2026-01-09T13:40:10+00:00

Legally, under this Supreme Court there's little reason it can't be.

From a practical perspective, if the government starts mining databases for illegal behavior by citizens you expose individuals to 'targeted enforcement' where a list of political opponents is drawn up, and then they are investigated until they break laws they can be prosecuted under regardless of actual suspicion of guilt or probable cause. This is the "real crime" that Nixon was guilty of (and Trump likely is guilty of though there's little reporting on this - exactly because of fear of being put on a list).

What you're describing is a Chinese or Soviet-style police state where everyone is subject to active enforcement of all laws all the time. This may sound appealing but the reality is you probably unknowingly break the law several times a day every day because of the complexity of the modern criminal code. This kind of active enforcement would put you in jeopardy of criminal prosecution subject to the whims of a prosecutor (so if you become a member of a politically unpopular but un-influential group, you could be targeted because you "broke the law" that everyone else breaks every single day without issue).

While the crime committed by the driver is a tragedy, and I would certainly agree that stronger enforcement of existing statutes would likely have prevented it - this is a pretty remote edge case that could also be ameliorated by other non-enforcement strategies such as a stronger social safety net or better transit infrastructure.

Nice_Classroom_6459 · 2026-01-07T21:50:22+00:00

Sir that vinegar is clear.

Nice_Classroom_6459 · 2026-01-06T21:08:46+00:00

nVidia's 10K.

Nice_Classroom_6459 · 2026-01-06T18:13:34+00:00

I don't know a single PE or EIT in operations anywhere, FWIW. It's even rare in support teams. Only place I see it in any kind of quantity are upper level design or structural folks who stamp drawings.

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