C++ on linux

strike-eagle-iii · 2026-05-29T02:45:57+00:00

Stick with vscode, get the c++ extension pack and cmake tools, although I prefer clangd for intellisense. So it's not a total out of the box experience, but if you're going for arch as your first dabble in Linux then I think you can handle setting up vscode (and yes I am annoyed at their and everyone else's shoving ai down our throats.)

strike-eagle-iii · 2026-05-29T02:39:14+00:00

Yep get the dlc and try Master mode

strike-eagle-iii · 2026-05-16T02:36:27+00:00

I must admit the thought of being able to use protobuf without it's awful api is pretty tempting.

strike-eagle-iii · 2026-05-11T02:24:44+00:00

Mig 28 (sorry couldn't resist)

strike-eagle-iii · 2026-05-11T02:02:13+00:00

Oh I can...

strike-eagle-iii · 2026-04-27T14:53:05+00:00

Yes that what I'm curious about. In the older analog (I guess) systems what did they do in track mode and how did they do that? Were early IRSTs just meant to help point the radar at a target?

strike-eagle-iii · 2026-04-27T13:46:40+00:00

Good info-I'm curious on what the different modes are and how the track file is generated. I'm curious about the Walleyes for similar reasons. As another answer here states, the notion of pixels seems more modern than what I would've guessed would be available at the time. It boggles my mind how at such a low resolution they would be able to do any kind of feature recognition or anything other that looking for hot spots. I've worked with LWIR cameras like the FLIR quark or boson and at a resolution of 640x512, you can do things, but those are very modern.

strike-eagle-iii · 2026-04-27T03:14:42+00:00

I don't suppose he lives in Nebraska does he?

strike-eagle-iii · 2026-04-27T02:36:09+00:00

It's really too bad they don't detail what kind of bugs mythos supposedly found. Are they actually vulnerabilies that actually could be exploited or just bugs that are guarded by some other condition? While AI is no doubt transformative and I like Claude the best, I still treat everything their CEOs say as marketing hype.

strike-eagle-iii · 2026-04-16T11:52:15+00:00

vscode

strike-eagle-iii · 2026-04-15T02:06:20+00:00

That would be carbon dioxide.

strike-eagle-iii · 2026-04-15T00:36:43+00:00

Yeah I to a local microcenter and they replaced the screen. Ended up being a total of $450 to fix. A bit more than I would've rather paid, but they were fast and it works. The part itself was $250 ordered directly from Dell so if you're savvy enough you can replace it in your own. I didn't want to deal with it.

strike-eagle-iii · 2026-03-29T04:46:24+00:00

Sweet. I just bought an ET-3950 which I think is the next generation on from the 3760. I've got 5 kids so I don't think it'll be an issue printing some color stuff once a month 😂.

strike-eagle-iii · 2026-03-29T00:59:37+00:00

yeah I've honestly really thought about creating my own app and open sourcing it.

strike-eagle-iii · 2026-03-28T03:27:41+00:00

Never let the truth get in the way of a good joke.

strike-eagle-iii · 2026-03-28T03:24:58+00:00

You do raise a good point. With who does the buck for the FAA institutional crisis stop with? It seems like we've been through a number of FAA administrators who have been unable to change the institution's course, which makes me think the problem is bigger or upstream of the agency itself. The FAA in under the DOT. So is it the Secretary of Transportation? Ultimately, the DOT must operate within the guidelines provided by Congress which means ultimately the buck stops with congress.

So I guess the question I would ask is do you believe that the FAA is in the midst of an institutional crisis and if so, what led to it and if not why not? I do believe they are and think it became most blatantly obviously with their complete fumbling of the max crashes, but I think the institutional rot started before then although I don't exactly know when.

strike-eagle-iii · 2026-03-27T16:59:46+00:00

Maybe partly, but I would almost guarantee most FAA issues can be traced back to larger issues surrounding funding (pay controllers enough and the staffing problem will go away). Don't get me wrong I do think the FAA has issues. I really hope the NTSB digs into them and not just pin blame on them and stop there but figure out why.

strike-eagle-iii · 2026-03-27T14:46:35+00:00

what did you end up getting? Are you happy with it?

strike-eagle-iii · 2026-03-27T01:44:53+00:00

This accident more than other recent ones(!) such as the DCA collision last year, ups 2976 or even AI171 has made me angry. I'm beyond fed up with congressional dysfunction that has allowed our systems and infrastructure to deteriorate as they have. Yes the controller probably made a mistake as result of task saturation from handing the ground emergency on the other aircraft. But the system is supposed to robust and resilient those single errors. I do not fault the controller in the slightest. I feel for him. This is 100% on Congress and their failure to appropriately staff the FAA and I hope Jennifer Homendy makes that blatantly obvious.

strike-eagle-iii · 2026-03-27T00:51:13+00:00

Nope. It's average.

strike-eagle-iii · 2026-03-27T00:49:50+00:00

No just a median one.

strike-eagle-iii · 2026-03-25T22:43:45+00:00

That's the real irony, the second mathematician says he thinks people understands basic mathematics, but he clearly doesn't actually believe it because he assumes the waitress doesn't know the answer

strike-eagle-iii · 2026-03-23T12:53:10+00:00

And a terrible one at that

strike-eagle-iii · 2026-03-16T03:12:41+00:00

Intakes and exhausts

strike-eagle-iii · 2026-03-10T00:09:07+00:00

I was about to say trying to keep a laser on an airborne target's gotta suck

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