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Comment · 3 months ago
They manage here in the UK.

When entering, "any allergens or intolerances" is normally asked before you're sat down. They distinguish the two to decide whether a station clean is required or if they can just point you to the menu.

If it's not already clear on the menu, most medium/large chains then hand you a tablet letting you filter by almost anything.

Comment · 4 months ago
Anecdata: I'm receiving them.
Comment · 7 months ago
> the entire point of an LLM is you give it the what and it outputs the how

I'm still struggling to move past the magic trick of guessing what characters come next to ascribe understanding of "how" and implying understanding?

Comment · 8 months ago
I don't think that's anywhere close to an accurate description of the UK's recent post office scandal?

I haven't seen AI feature in any reporting. Rather, the software had bugs, some people decided the software couldn't be wrong and convinced others to the point of conviction?

Comment · 10 months ago
Could the same not be said about the US?

I suspect it'd have a different spin put on it.

Comment · 1 year ago
I've been receiving this also. Rather annoying!! I wonder if abuse@ or postmaster@ would be able to help... /s
Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 2 years ago
I was surprised not to find a discussion on this ~6 day old blog post already.

Looks like the only change is that the Puppet project's binary distribution will impose 25 node limits without licensing. The source remains Apache 2.0.

I'm assuming someone will distribute binaries without that 25 node limit without issue shortly...

Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
I get the idea... but what happens when a pitot tube is blocked or an aoa sensor gets stuck or ... ?

With "traditional" controls and an autopilot failure, you still have control over all the control surfaces.

With your solution, you don't have enough hand axis to fall back to manual flying? How can the computer possibly guarantee safe flight in all conditions?

In the case of an e.g. air speed sensor failure, how do you get on the ground safely? Is the answer "Just BRS"? Or multiple sensors etc. ?

Comment · 2 years ago
Howdy! FI(H) here. Looks very cool, I watched the video too.

Many students get the hang of hovering within 10 hours - "learning to fly" really isn't that hard? I see the rest of the course as "learning to become a pilot." That means the background knowledge and practice to allow decision making & dealing with emergencies etc.

I think if you could improve just a single one of the problems you touch on (difficult controls, navigation, mass and balance, fly by wire etc) you could make a lot of money...

... But improving all of them in one shot... that sounds unreasonable to me? Are they really connected?

> Our system makes it impossible to lose control of the airplane, potentially solving 80% of today’s fatal accidents in general aviation.

I'd love to see details on how you achieved this... or at least your definition of "impossible"...

Comment · 2 years ago
Ironic as last I checked (admittedly 2016) .uk domain transfers saw no verification: https://pricey.uk/blog/uk-domain-transfers-are-scary/

> I registered a new domain at one registrar and immediately asked they change the IPS tag to another. A coworker [saw] ... the tag change, but then I got distracted looking for cake/looking over their shoulder. They set up a new account at the second registrar and claimed the domain, using no secret information and without either registrar or Nominet gaining my consent.

To be clear, the IPS was (is?) publicly visible. So you could poll a list of domains looking for it.

It's worth noting that even if you registered .co.uk with e.g. Gandi, you still get a separate Nominet account with it's own authentication. It doesn't matter if you add 2FA etc - after such a transfer, the domain was registered to a different nominet account.

Comment · 2 years ago
I saw the film "Soundscape" at the Banff mountain film festival and thought it was great. Looks like it's won awards and been shown at a lot of festivals. Definitely recommend it!

The description:

> Soundscape shares the sightless experience of climbing a mountain via echo location, touch and imagination. It features Erik Weihenmayer, a fully blind adventure athlete and author, as he ascends a massive rock face deep in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. Using expert camera work and emotive, novel animation to bring to life a concept by adaptive climbing pioneer Timmy O’Neill, the film is a surprising and soulful adventure.

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