omegant

Joined 15 years ago

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ex apparly cofounder (a failed windows app store to rent expensive software before it was a thing) and airline pilot. Tinkering with crazy ideas on my free time.
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Comment · 2 years ago
At this point a new format should emerge as a replacement of pdf. It’s very useful and easy to publish, but working with pdf documents beyond reading and printing is way too complicated.
Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
Google has been unusable for some years. Limited results, capped searches… such a difference with the original Google, it’s just a ghost of what it used to be.

I’m definitely going to give Kagi a try, I hope you are not restricting results by politics or so.

I’m paying for Chat gpt at the moment but I still need to just search and not to be spoon fed curated results all the time… the moment they include payed advertisement in gpt results is going to feel like browsing in the Truman show.

Comment · 4 years ago
I must add that one place where we are using touchscreens is in the fly documentation. Most airlines use somekind of tablet, ipad or surface with apps for performance calculation, navigation charts, pdf manuals, etc… they are working mostly ok now a days and I’dont think you can substitute the touch screen with buttons for that without loosing a lot of functions.
Comment · 4 years ago
My experience after flying 737, MD80, A320, A330 and A340 is that nobody takes special care with cockpit buttons. They are work tools and treated as such.

The main ones (autopilot and flight controls), rarely fail if at all. The only ones failing from time to time are small switches for radio channel volume or cockpit light adjustments and system buttons at the overhead panel that are easy to replace by maintenance.

Touchscreens are not a good option for main controls due to poor visibility(dirt from fingers and sun reflections), hidden submenus, turbulence making hard to press the correct button…

The A350 and 787 are using trackball controlls for submenus and the onboard computers, not a touchscreen.

Comment · 4 years ago
Thanks, I miss understood the post and was looking for the bunker title XD.
Comment · 4 years ago
Can’t find it in amazon. Who is the author? Is it an old edition?
Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
I was going to post this video, it explains the differences and advantages of the original (and british copies) one vs the american. Also how most modern reproductions fall short of the original. I would say that it is better than the article.
Comment · 4 years ago
The European rules for emergency medical kit (I guess FAA rules are very similar) also automatic defibrilators are increasingly being included in these kits:

CONTENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL KITS

(a) Emergency medical kits should be equipped with appropriate and sufficient medications and instrumentation. However, these kits should be supplemented by the operator according to the characteristics of the operation (scope of operation, flight duration, number and demographics of passengers, number of decks, etc.).

(b) The following should be included in the emergency medical kit:

(1) Equipment

(i) sphygmomanometer — electronic recommended;

(ii) stethoscope;

(iii) syringes and needles;

(iv) intravenous cannulae (a sufficient supply of intravenous cannulae should be available, subject to the amount of intravenous fluids carried on board);

(v) oropharyngeal airways (three sizes);

(v) tourniquet;

(vi) disposable gloves;

(vii) needle disposal box;

(viii) one or more urinary catheter(s), appropriate for either sex, and anaesthetic gel;

(ix) aspirator;

(x) blood glucose testing equipment;

(xi) scalpel.;

(xii) pulse oximeter; and

(xiii) pneumothorax set.

(2) Instructions: the instructions should contain a list of contents (medications in trade

names and generic names) in at least two languages (English and one other). This should

include information on the effects and side effects of medications carried. There should also be basic instructions for use of the medications in the kit and guidance for conversion

of units for the blood glucose test. The operator should make the instructions readily available. If an electronic format is available, then all instructions should be kept on the same device. If a paper format is used, then the instructions should be kept in the same

kit with the applicable equipment and medication.

(3) Medications

(i) coronary vasodilator e.g. glyceriltrinitrate-oral;

(ii) antispasmodic;

(iii) epinephrine/adrenaline 1:1 000;

(iv) adrenocorticoid;

(v) major analgesic;

(vi) diuretic — injectable;

(vii) antihistamine — oral and injectable (including paediatric form);

(viii) sedative/anticonvulsant — oral plus injectable and/or rectal sedative;

(ix) medication for hypoglycaemia (e.g. hypertonic glucose);

(x) antiemetic — injectable;

(xi) antibiotic — injectable form — Ceftriaxone or Cefotaxime;

(xii) bronchial dilator — inhaled (disposable collapsible spacer);

(xiii) IV fluids in appropriate quantity e.g. sodium chloride 0.9 % (minimum 250 ml); and

(xiv) acetylsalicylic acid — oral — for coronary use.

Comment · 4 years ago
Yes, modern PMR can be very good amd afordable, and I own 4 of them!. But for this trip I couldn’t take them with me and was looking for a mobile phone solution. I guess you are right and they simply don’t have the power..
Comment · 4 years ago
For certain moments and limited groups the inmediate playing could be very useful, like a group of people skying or in a job site where you need inmediate communication at a distance when installing something, not office work, more contractor like situation: “please bring the box from the trunk” or something like that. Last vacations I was looking for something like this while skiing in Andorra with friends, as each call is in roaming and extremely expensive (like 8-10€ per call) But what I needed was a network independent app, and I couldn’t find one. So I guess this app fails short for Me anyway as it uses Facetime.
Comment · 4 years ago
Is there any source to learn this way of development?
Comment · 4 years ago
That, or also you get a shotgun effect with different damaged areas in a single target. Increasing the probability of destruction with less powerful lasers.

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