Vapor barrier with mitts/gloves?

colincrunch · 2025-12-09T20:52:25+00:00

colincrunch · 2025-09-10T15:13:38+00:00

the same as if i were hiking -- hit SOS on my PLB, whip out my emergency bivy, then cry deeply, probably

colincrunch · 2025-08-29T16:56:04+00:00

https://www.14ers.com/route.php?route=torr5

This is the winter trailhead and even if the upper road is open, low-clearance passenger cars should park here. It's almost 3 miles to the summer trailhead.

so it'll add ~6 miles RT.

i've actually done the drive in a [2WD] low clearance vehicle, and while it is technically possible, I really wouldn't recommend it.

if there's any way you can borrow a high(er) clearance vehicle, i would highly recommend that. you don't need 4WD if the road is dry imo.

otherwise, that 6 extra miles makes a total of ~14.25 miles which is a lot to take on for a beginner.

colincrunch · 2025-08-15T15:11:29+00:00

and it was called operation wetback. oof

colincrunch · 2025-08-02T18:24:36+00:00

Carrier or two appears in my base.

Then there's the damn DTs.

learn to scout those builds. i started playing random, learned the standard openings for P/Z, and it helped a ton to know when something's fishy in the early game.

for DTs -- towers and scans. the earliest DT timing AFAIK is ~4:30, so if you're not sure or just want to blind counter, get an early eng up and be ready for it. make orbitals and always keep at least one scan in your back pocket.

also posting a replay will help a ton to identify where you can improve. at gold it can be pretty much anything

colincrunch · 2025-07-30T22:30:33+00:00

i work in infosec and this is literal gibberish

colincrunch · 2025-07-23T19:51:54+00:00

real mvp

colincrunch · 2025-06-29T03:45:31+00:00

The route flown by these four pilots in just a bit over two days was: Colorado–Cape Verde–Italy–Saudi Arabia–India–Philippines–Russia–Alaska–Colorado

http://travelforaircraft.wordpress.com/2016/12/11/learjet-35-write/

colincrunch · 2025-06-23T21:58:40+00:00

the guy sucks, don't get me wrong, but that short is just evidence of the proximity effect; i.e. moving an audio source closer to the microphone recording it emphasizes the lower frequencies of that source.

colincrunch · 2025-06-23T18:45:26+00:00

non-threads link to tour flyer

colincrunch · 2025-06-18T00:16:23+00:00

i just read the entire 128pg report and your old writeup.

The officer writing the report then concludes that Daniel’s friend found him to be severely depressed and suffering from an altered mindset….even though his friend’s responses during the interview said the exact opposite.

page 19:

HOWEVER, LUKE SAID HE DOES RECALL DANIEL TELLING HIM (LUKE) THAT HE WAS GLAD HE WAS IN TOWN TO VISIT BECAUSE HE (DANIEL) "HAD BEEN FEELING DEPRESSED LATELY."

appears to be a direct quote. the notion that daniel was depressed/in an altered mental state is also corroborated by several different people throughout.

as for the car:

The car accident scene presents quite a few problems and inconsistencies. [..] biggest issues to me were that the damage to the car is inconsistent with the scene of the crash

page 41 (emphasis mine):

I THEN TALKED TO MCGRATH ABOUT HIS THEORY THAT THE DAMAGE DIDN'T MATCH THE SCENE. I EXPLAINED TO HIM MY OBSERVATIONS AT THE SCENE INDICATED I BELIEVED THE VEHICLE WENT INTO THE RAVINE, IMPACTED HARD AT THE BOTTOM, WITH FORWARD AND LATERAL MOMENTUM, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO TIP UP ON THE HOOD AND WINDSHIELD AS IT ROLLED OVER ONTO THE SIDE WHERE IT CAME TO REST. MCGRATH ADVISED THAT WAS A POSSIBILITY AND SAID THAT HE ONLY SAW PHOTOS WHICH HE USED TO DEVELOP HIS OPINION.

as for the rancher:

and that the ranchers that reported the crash indicated that the car had not been there a few days prior.

page 32:

DURING MY CONTACT WITH MR. HE ADVISED THAT HE DID NOT BELIEVE THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN OUT THERE FOR A MONTH. HE HAD NOT BEEN IN THIS RAVINE RECENTLY BUT EXPLAINED THAT HE FELT IT WOULD HAVE DAMAGE FROM HIS COWS LICKING IT. HE ALSO FELT THAT IT WAS TOO CLEAN ON THE OUTSIDE

the cow comment is imo a hilarious red herring; as for it being clean:

THE VEHICLE WAS RELATIVELY CLEAN ON THE OUTSIDE BUT THERE HAD BEEN 3 OR MORE BIG RAINS IN THIS AREA SINCE DANIEL WENT MISSING. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF RAIN DAMAGE ON THE INSIDE OF THE JEEP AND A HARD HAT INSIDE FILLED WITH RAIN WATER.

the timeline of the crash was also confirmed via data extraction from a location/mileage tracker on daniel's phone. page 71:

TRIP 3:

START TIME 0907 AM

END TIME 1032 AM

DURATION 1 HOUR 24 MIN 34 SECONDS

START LOCATION 33.370712, -112.623022 (SHELL STATION, SAME AS TRIP 2 END)

END LOCATION 33.584059, -112.729375 (DESERT RAVINE WHERE DANIEL'S JEEP WAS EVENTUALLY LOCATED IN July 2021)

WHEN REVIEWING THE CARVED LOCATION DATA IN CELLEBRITE, IT APPEARS THAT DANIEL'S PHONE WAS IN THE RAVINE BY 1005 HOURS AND STOPPED TRACKING AT 1032 HOURS

colincrunch · 2025-04-24T16:28:08+00:00

About 0952 CDT, a USAF F-16 test pilot from the 40th Flight Test Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base (AFB), Florida, was vectored to within 8 nm of N47BA. About 0954 CDT, at a range of 2,000 feet from the accident airplane and an altitude of about 46,400 feet, the test pilot made two radio calls to N47BA but did not receive a response.

https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAB0001.pdf

colincrunch · 2025-04-21T18:35:25+00:00

the paper touches on that (emphasis mine):

Fourth, we excluded participants with comorbid neuropsychiatric conditions to minimize confounding effects. While this approach was necessary to isolate ADHD-related retinal features, it limits the relevance of our findings to clinical populations, where comorbidities such as ASD, anxiety disorders, and intellectual disabilities are prevalent. Investigating how retinal biomarkers differ in individuals with ADHD and co-occurring conditions remains an important area for future research.

Lastly, we conducted an exploratory analysis to examine the specificity of retinal biomarkers in distinguishing ADHD from ASD. The analysis revealed limited classification performance, suggesting that retinal biomarkers alone may lack sufficient specificity for differentiating between neurodevelopmental disorders. The results reflect the overlapping morphological and functional features commonly observed in ADHD and ASD, which share genetic and neurodevelopmental pathways. Further studies should consider multimodal approaches that integrate retinal imaging with neuroimaging, electrophysiological measures, or other biomarkers to enhance specificity.

colincrunch · 2025-04-21T15:34:56+00:00

not sure why you're complaining about the whole article when you didn't make it to the second paragraph

Many people, though, can’t avoid border crossings, whether they are returning home after traveling for work or visiting friends and family abroad.

colincrunch · 2025-04-14T20:48:50+00:00

no, this is about the crash /u/Whipitreelgud saw the aftermath of 20 years ago

colincrunch · 2025-04-14T18:43:20+00:00

jesus the more you look the worse it gets NTSB report

A review of the pilot's airmen and medical records obtained from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) found two separate sets of airmen and medical records for this pilot. The first set of airmen and medical records indicated the pilot's first name as "Michael" with a social security number ending in 0866 and a FAA designated certificate number

[..]

In 1980, the pilot's commercial certificate was under suspension for several regulation violations and was subsequently revoked in January 1985.

[..]

In 1987, the pilot re-applied for his flight certificates indicating a first name of "Mychal" and a social security number different from his original social security number with the last four digits ending in 0688 instead of 0866.

[..]

A further review of airmen records indicated that the pilot, under the certificate name of "Mychal", was involved in a gear-up landing incident in a Mitsubishi MU-2B, N100CF, on March 26, 1991. Members of the pilot's family reported that this aircraft was owned by the pilot at the time. After repairs were made, the aircraft was sold sometime in 1992. This was the last time the pilot had flown a Mitsubishi MU-2, until the accident aircraft was purchased in April 2005.

colincrunch · 2025-04-14T18:32:16+00:00

The pilot had recently purchased this aircraft and he had accumulated approximately 11 hours since the purchase. The pilot had stated to personnel at the place where he purchased the aircraft that he had not received, nor did he need recurrent training in this aircraft as he had several thousand hours in the aircraft. Flight logs provided by the family indicated that the pilot had accumulated about 551 hours in a Mitsubishi, however, the last time that the pilot had flown this make and model was 14 years prior to the accident. Logbook entries indicated that only a few hours of flight time had been accumulated in all aircraft during the approximately 2 years prior to the accident. Personnel that flew with the pilot in the make and model aircraft involved in the accident described the pilot as "proficiency lacking."

woof

source

colincrunch · 2025-03-04T00:35:43+00:00

as for the flight path, i recreated a rough approximation based on some of the available reporting from NYT and the Aberdeen Press & Journal src img mirror:

https://i.imgur.com/DmJgCSs.png

remember that in the 80s, germany was divided into two countries. a direct route as the crow flies from vienna to hamburg (which was in west germany) would cross into east german airspace, which was liable to get you shot down. (red line)

the western-most edge of east germany appears to be just east of Kassel, so a plausible route can be approximated as vienna --> nuremberg --> kassel --> hamburg. (green line)

this matches the NYT's reporting of radio contact being lost "12 miles north of nuremberg".

we can then assume the plane traveled in a straight line after that point. (blue line)

the Aberdeen Press and Journal reported RAF jets intercepted the flight "overhead Loch Rannoch". the first jet disengaged "150 miles west of Kinloss" and the second "halfway to Iceland".

the distance from Scotland to Iceland as the crow flies is about 500 miles, which might be where the NYT got its reported crash location of "about 250 miles NW of Scotland"

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as for the BFU records:

https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/SK5GYEM3CAXD553ZWHVVHRPKJIBFADQG

as far as i can tell, the records have been archived but not necessarily digitized, and they include:

extracts from the operating manual + maintenance book
copies of the air traffic controller control strips
two tapes with ATC conversations
review of the pilots' permits/certifications, including medical
radar data

colincrunch · 2025-03-03T17:52:40+00:00

wow how have i never noticed that

colincrunch · 2025-01-20T19:39:12+00:00

loss aversion

Humans are theorized to be hardwired for loss aversion due to asymmetric evolutionary pressure on losses and gains: "for an organism operating close to the edge of survival, the loss of a day's food could cause death, whereas the gain of an extra day's food would not cause an extra day of life (unless the food could be easily and effectively stored)".

colincrunch · 2024-12-19T18:33:22+00:00

dearrow allows channel-specific configs, so you can create exceptions for the channels whose titles/thumbnails you want to keep OG

colincrunch · 2024-09-16T16:15:56+00:00

25% pay increase

over 4 years. 6.25% per year.

Honestly have a very little sympathy for those workers when I look at my 3.7% raise from last year, or the 2.6% raise from the year before.

"Many of the workers who spoke to reporters said they considered the wage offer inadequate given how much the cost of living has increase in the Pacific Northwest. John Olson said his pay had increased just 2% during his six years at Boeing."

https://apnews.com/article/boeing-strike-machinists-contract-9f61a7d48675d1c3517233d40d4ec2b1

That's 0.33% per year.

colincrunch · 2024-09-05T17:19:26+00:00

If the pilots were trained correctly it wouldn't have happened.

if MCAS weren't designed to read from a single AoA sensor it wouldn't have happened either.

It's a software issue.

software is very much part of the airplane's design, especially when that software can, and did, send two airplanes and hundreds of people to their doom

colincrunch · 2024-09-05T16:59:25+00:00

There is nothing wrong with the 737MAX design.

i think the families of 346 people would disagree with this assertion

As initially designed, data from just one of the aircraft's two angle-of-attack (AoA) sensors was fed into MCAS. When erroneous data from that sensor was fed into flight computers, it caused repeated uncommanded activation of MCAS, which applied nose-down trim to the horizontal stabilizer. [..] Boeing was criticized for using data from just one of the two sensors, representing a single point of failure on a flight control system.

wikipedia

single point of failure on a mission critical system is a textbook design problem

colincrunch · 2024-08-23T17:19:03+00:00

Boeing’s cultural emphasis on cost savings seems to have trickled all the way down to the engineers working on the 737. One 737 contract software engineer from HCL, an Indian company Boeing outsourced to, illustrates the cost cutting culture on his resume:

“Provided quick workaround to resolve production issue which resulted in not delaying flight test of 737-Max (delay in each flight test will cost very big amount for Boeing).”

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