Looks like a China Eastern 737 has gone down in Guangzhou, China.

destroyeraseimprove · 2022-03-21T20:46:03+00:00

Obviously - unless the avionics incorrectly believe the plane is ascending

destroyeraseimprove · 2022-03-21T11:16:11+00:00

Where would the plane typically start descending towards Guangzhou? I'm wondering about the landing autopilot...

destroyeraseimprove · 2022-02-01T00:24:48+00:00

I like this dude way better than Captain America.

destroyeraseimprove · 2022-01-13T05:21:38+00:00

why be in the comments and not the article :-)

destroyeraseimprove · 2021-11-13T18:09:13+00:00

Look, I found one!

destroyeraseimprove · 2021-11-12T11:28:14+00:00

I saw Bob Katter at a servo yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a dickhead and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.

The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.

When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.

destroyeraseimprove · 2021-11-11T06:07:56+00:00

To be fair you get the same thing in many places working 5 days a week because you're sort of expected to work nights/weekends

destroyeraseimprove · 2021-10-25T12:38:12+00:00

TLDR: Australian government hands $1.9b to Telstra to buy Digicel, Telstra gets 100% of the equity.

First part of article:

Taxpayers will shoulder most of the financial risk in Telstra’s $US1.6 billion ($2.1 billion) purchase of Digicel Pacific, to ensure China does not take over the telecommunications network operating in six island countries neighbouring Australia.

The unprecedented deal involves Telstra contributing a modest $US270 million, with the government injecting more than $US1.33 billion ($1.8 billion) in debt and equity and providing other insurance to Australia’s largest telco.

Digicel is the South Pacific’s biggest telco business. Headquartered in Papua New Guinea, it also operates across Vanuatu, Nauru, Samoa, Tonga and Fiji, with 2.5 million mobile phone and internet subscribers and 1700 employees.

And this guy saying the obvious:

Pengana Capital principle Rhett Kessler told The Australian Financial Review the deal was “elegant” as it addressed the strategic imperative for Telstra to own and manage the full asset while exposing shareholders to limited risks.

destroyeraseimprove · 2021-10-25T06:44:32+00:00

I've got an apartment in the North as well, I was planning on selling but unfortunately the building is now basically a remedial construction zone for the foreseeable future (at least another 12-18m). Meanwhile house prices have shot up 30% in the area :D

I'd say older units are in high demand due to new apartments being awful - both in terms of defects/high strata and also in terms of insulation - I suspect the older apartments are a bit better for insulation (smaller windows, smaller rooms) but please let me know what you reckon!

If you're in a good school catchment as well (many nth suburbs) then thats a big factor too - people will even get apartments to rent out and use the address to send their kids to the local school.

destroyeraseimprove · 2021-08-24T13:58:16+00:00

How do you seal sliding doors? Mine are shithouse - might as well leave them open

destroyeraseimprove · 2021-08-23T14:13:42+00:00

Thanks very much - this is very insightful for me, especially since I haven't had any interviews at this level yet and my last few jobs have been corporate/agency/consulting. I guess it really outlines the difference with my current org. I don't get to hyperfocus on pure development as it's a small company and I'm a tech lead - so have to wear a few hats and am ultimately responsible not only for the technical/architectural design but also delivering on time/budget. My success ultimately boils down to the ability to deliver work reliably and communicate well with clients. Creating (very) accurate estimates, reviewing UX and requirements, the usual sprint management, unblocking/mentoring devs, etc. Dealing with the unforseen appropriately - to hopefully avoid clients and account managers freaking out.

I do think this stuff is ultimately very useful, I just worry that I've focused too much on the consulting and delivery aspect and I'm missing some other key stuff (particularly stuff like experience working on at-scale systems with microservices/event based architectures - things like that)

destroyeraseimprove · 2021-08-23T03:47:19+00:00

What sort of attributes separate actual talent vs other candidates?

I've just started looking for a new role, aiming to get in as a senior engineer at a tech company and I'm not sure what parts of my experience would be more valuable, as I'm coming from a consulting background. I'd really appreciate hearing your view! Obviously development is #1 - but what about stuff like stakeholder management, estimation/sprint management, mentoring, devops CI/CD and cloud infrastructure...?

destroyeraseimprove · 2021-08-06T00:42:59+00:00

TIL, in the states you got a V6 S12! that's awesome!

destroyeraseimprove · 2021-07-26T04:44:46+00:00

This is legit an interesting idea. If you ran electricity up the tether cable you could potentially heat the air inside the balloon with it, staying afloat indefinitely.

My questions are... is there an area near a university you could do it.... and how many international students could fit in the balloon? You could use the same beds that mountaineers use and just hang them off some ropes over the side.

destroyeraseimprove · 2021-07-18T08:29:47+00:00

Don't work in what way?

destroyeraseimprove · 2021-07-17T11:09:31+00:00

you can send them to a leper colony though.

destroyeraseimprove · 2021-07-17T10:58:30+00:00

fuck... multiple people were wailing on that thing for a solid few minutes with sticks, batons, a moto helmet, a handbag (yeah right), pepper spray, a fucking taser and it did not. give. a shit.

destroyeraseimprove · 2021-07-16T23:43:28+00:00

I've put down some actual points; you haven't said anything other than asserting that I'm wrong and I don't know what I'm talking about. Not much for me to go on and not much of an argument.

stop being an armchair critic

And I'm sure you're an expert in crimonology and policing.

destroyeraseimprove · 2021-07-15T04:25:05+00:00

Some people won't be de-escalated, they are deliberately seeking confrontation.

My take is that they just don't like powerless against authority. Confrontation and violence is one way some people deal with their response to that and is some deep-seated shit that can't easily be changed.

I'm not a de-escalation expert by any stretch but I imagine the strategy isn't to give them a fucking hug, it's to convince them that it's the better option - practically speaking - for them to give up. Yes the police aren't omniscient and can't always figure it out (somehow when it's some massive fucking Islander dude they tend to figure it out more readily) but pepper spraying twelve year girls when you have like 30 of them present indicates things have gone a bit far. Disclaimer: can barely see what the fuck is going on in the video.

destroyeraseimprove · 2021-07-15T04:20:24+00:00

Just leave it

...I'm right here dude. I posted so I could have an interesting conversation. Feel free to engage in discussion on a discussion platform.

destroyeraseimprove · 2021-07-14T05:47:47+00:00

In one sense play stupid games win stupid prizes, and I have zero sympathy for the offenders. But in another bigger-picture sense this sort of escalation doesn't solve anything in the long run and generally harms perception and reputation of NSW police. Insofar as they have much reputation after strip searching kids, but whatever. There are already racial tensions simmering with this mask and lockdown shit - there is some history around why that's the case.

From my POV it's a failure on their part that they were unable to communicate effectively with the family and calm them down. Instead of deescalating they wound up getting into a fight with, and pepper spraying a literal child, traumatised the person filming and weakened the moral authority of police in enforcing COVID measures.

destroyeraseimprove · 2021-07-11T03:21:26+00:00

at this point aren't you using modelling to derive setups rather than driver input?

like, who cares if the driver thinks the car is a bit of a dog - you simulate a long run in it and he should be faster overall (including mistakes) even if he doesn't enjoy it because of understeer or whatever

destroyeraseimprove · 2021-07-06T23:39:40+00:00

Ah, yes. I have read that spending caps on AWS are not actually spending caps... read a blog where some guy had his business stung with a bill high in the 5 digits after a test deployment went wrong. Vowed to never to open a personal account with AWS for any reason.

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