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As you say, planes and procedures have become very complicated. And I think there are only two options: making planes simple again which make them less efficient or let computers fly the plane and make the interface simple(r).

If you look at the rockets of SpaceX then you can say they are the extreme form of fly by wire and very instable when it comes to aerodynamics. But computers can land them within centimeters when they fall out of space.

So maybe that will be the future. Planes that are very efficient instable flying 'rockets' that are controlled by computers.

Comment · 7 years ago

This is an indication that user commitment is very low on Facebook.

As long as users are actively involved there is no need to send emails.

Sending emails is a (bad) trick to make people curious and make them login to your platform again.

I think the Facebook app is just 'dead' and Facebook is lucky to have Instagram.

Comment · 7 years ago

I think this is huge. Those are 'affordable' prices and VW admitted Tesla is way ahead when it comes to range.

Comment · 7 years ago

A lot of people are switching banks because they don't like that their current bank is investing in war.

I think Microsoft is going to lose users over this. Not much for sure, but it's naive to think people don't care.

Comment · 7 years ago

Because he was a curious man and wanted to see every detail?

Comment · 7 years ago

My question was: "Why does it block UVB?".

Found the answer on Quora: https://www.quora.com/Why-does-glass-block-UV

"With a band gap of 4eV, glass can't absorb any photons with less energy than UVB light; namely, it is transparent to UVA, visible light, infared, etc; but the higher energy photons can and are highly likely to be absorbed."

So it seems hard to create glass that doesn't block UVB.

Comment · 7 years ago

I don't like your comment.

I'm not saying we should not act. I'm asking if we know what we are up against.

Comment · 7 years ago

"the total mass of local flying insects had fallen by 80 percent in three decades"

Ok, but what if it is now back at the 'norm' and there were just too many insects all those times?

Do we know what the norm is?

I must agree that the quick loss of so many insects does not sound normal. But we also know that insects can swarm very quickly and become a pest in good conditions.

With climate change we have a lot of data from even thousands of years ago, so we have some feeling about the 'norm'.

Does a norm for the total mass of flying insects exist?

Comment · 7 years ago

Stress comes from (the feeling of) responsibility you can't control.

So I think it's not about what you hate but about what you can't control.

Maybe you did not hate Windows, C# and EF, but when it turns out to be a big stress factor it can be good to swap and take control again.

Comment · 7 years ago

To add: you can even charge by the hour in blocks of 4 if you feel more like it.

It will be the same as charging per half day, but it can help you and your client to accept that charging daily will be the next step.

Comment · 7 years ago

It's also important to understand that color spaces are used for medium to medium conversions.

Human perception is always a part of this but not always the goal.

For example in print a color space can be used to control how ink flows on paper. A lot of ink for dark colors on thin paper will result in a mess. That's why a color space converted image for such a print will look waay to light. But the result will be a good dark print.

And ofcourse this looks much better to the human eye.

Edit: I might be confusing the term color profile...