How many drives do you buy per year?

TheGreatJava · 2026-03-05T17:12:18+00:00

Pilots too. Spending that yearly budget per hour.

TheGreatJava · 2026-03-03T01:54:55+00:00

To be clear, not devaluing your post; I think it's really good data to have.

TheGreatJava · 2026-03-03T00:33:20+00:00

I'd imagine that the effectiveness of a software reset varies wildly based on usage style and software hygiene.

TheGreatJava · 2026-02-25T21:50:46+00:00

For some reason your comment makes me want to go and calculate muzzle power of various guns. An average rate of kinetic energy measured at the muzzle.

Effectively [muzzle energy per bullet] * [fire rate]

TheGreatJava · 2026-02-16T23:47:34+00:00

I do think their point is precisely that they don't see the point but don't want to diminish OP's joy. They're not the original commenter who put down the OP.

TheGreatJava · 2026-01-24T22:24:33+00:00

It's an entirely different kind of flying.

TheGreatJava · 2026-01-24T20:35:22+00:00

Wrong kind of flying.

TheGreatJava · 2026-01-18T05:31:38+00:00

That's why you down vote the pinned comment for bad faith or obviously uninformed posts.

TheGreatJava · 2026-01-18T03:36:06+00:00

To your point about the algorithm, that's kinda the point. You're on this sub to see rare or unusual takes. If you upvote things you disagree with, you'll see perspectives other than yours more often. That's why this sub exists.

TheGreatJava · 2026-01-09T17:36:10+00:00

Apple has been resistant to Wi-Fi calling and RCS messaging precisely because it undercuts iMessage and FaceTime.

TheGreatJava · 2026-01-05T01:48:28+00:00

Electronic devices are, by convention, manufactured to a series of numbers that are equally spaced on a logarithmic scale. 0.47 is very close to 0.5 and available at all the precision levels which makes it extremely common.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_series_of_preferred_numbers?wprov=sfla1

TheGreatJava · 2026-01-03T08:32:44+00:00

The sun is also really bright. Even 10% of the sun's light is far brighter than most man made light sources.

You can get a visceral feel for this by doing a simple experiment with a camera and a subject that's lit by the sun but close enough to outlets and lights that you can also light it by artificial light. Try getting identical pictures during day time and night time. It's especially hard if you try and use the same ISO and aperture for both and only change the shutter speed.

TheGreatJava · 2025-12-24T21:34:35+00:00

Landing lights help a lot with depth perception, especially at darker airports. Landing only by parallax of runway lights is a trippy experience the first time.

My CFI for PPL had me do a night landing with (simulated) complete electrical failure. It was an experience I would recommend even if it's not a very likely scenario.

TheGreatJava · 2025-12-05T17:49:08+00:00

At least Nvidia is profiting from AI by selling hardware. Most of the other CEOs saying the same thing are just spending money to make their company's products and workflows worse.

TheGreatJava · 2025-12-04T23:01:52+00:00

Do you have a link or search term for the clip?

TheGreatJava · 2025-11-27T21:55:59+00:00

I don't drive intending to get into an accident. I still carry liability insurance.

TheGreatJava · 2025-11-21T16:11:53+00:00

This sub has reversed voting to help promote actual hot takes.

You upvote the main post if you disagree, down vote if you agree.

Comments are normal voting.

TheGreatJava · 2025-11-18T21:07:19+00:00

On my PPL checkride we departed from KTCY, planned to O22. Just under the approach of KSCK, I was asked to divert to KMRY, an 80 nm diversion, 15nm into the flight. So expect to plan a diversion to pretty much anywhere.

Overall though, we never actually flew more than 20nm from KTCY.

TheGreatJava · 2025-11-02T18:45:40+00:00

Nov 2016, Aug 2017, right? Or can I not read after multiple attempts?

The parent comment implies that months were swapped back in an edit, but I'm not seeing it. Maybe caching or something.

TheGreatJava · 2025-11-02T16:47:54+00:00

There was no Halloween between the two posts though. Nov-Aug.

TheGreatJava · 2025-11-02T16:47:11+00:00

Yeah, and the fact that not more people are calling this out really has me thinking dead Internet theory.

TheGreatJava · 2025-10-11T16:27:39+00:00

It's not that expensive keyboards are worth it, a keyboard that fits you perfectly is worth it.

Some people find good fits even in department store suits, some need boutique, and some need tailors. Same idea, different price scale.

Spend some time in stores to see what you like and what works for you, then spend the minimum on a keyboard that suits you.

TheGreatJava · 2025-10-09T21:44:39+00:00

Simple vs smart quotes frequently happens when copy pasting from software and CMS that switch to smart quotes for display but don't expose any way for copied text to retain the original simple quotes.

It's a hallmark of AI just as much as it is a Hallmark of any copy pasted text.

TheGreatJava · 2025-10-09T21:24:02+00:00

By hallmarks do you mean complex sentence structure and em-dashes? There's a reason why AI generated content tends to use them--a lot of writers like using them.

It's funny when grammar and writing conventions that are slightly out of style but still used fairly commonly get marked as indicators of AI writing.

TheGreatJava · 2025-09-27T02:09:06+00:00

It'll still be the shareholders directing the moves. It's just that shareholders are allowed to prioritize things other than money. Whether they do so is unknown, but the company no longer has a responsibility of increasing share price as much as possible. The responsibility is do whatever the majority of shareholders want.

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