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Comment · 7 years ago
I was instructed to use my common sense and experience to interpret the evidence provided in court, and told not to seek out external references.
Comment · 7 years ago
Yes, both are implementing Garmin's new emergency autoland feature.
Comment · 7 years ago
Comment · 7 years ago
Establishing, maintaining, and handling the inevitable connection issues of the data connection necessary to remote pilot an aircraft is a lot more work than integrating a "best route" algorithm with existing autopilot features, automated radio communication, and calming cockpit UI.
Comment · 7 years ago
Similar, but also kind of the opposite. Xavion is for when you have a functioning pilot, but a malfunctioning plane. Emergency Autoland is for when you have a functioning plane, but not a functioning pilot.
Comment · 7 years ago
Cirrus Airframe Parachute System - a whole aircraft emergency parachute
Comment · 7 years ago
Aircraft still have to certify the feature, now that it exists. The title is accurate in that the m600 will be the first to certify with Autoland. Other aircraft will follow.
Comment · 7 years ago
I would really appreciate if my county actually did random re-tabulation or integrity checks on my electronic/paper record ballot.
Comment · 7 years ago
Holocene and Anthropocene refer to the epoch, not the extinction event occurring during that epoch. An epoch is a measure of geological time.
Comment · 7 years ago
>I think it could quite easily mean to be how they personally identify.

From this statement, I think you'd agree that gender is a far more important aspect of personal identity than sex is.

Comment · 7 years ago
What do you consider the more relevant biology for who a person is? The genitals or the brain?
Comment · 7 years ago
The SXSW town hall is not the only thing Pete Buttigieg has done in the past month. He's been on three or four of the podcasts I listen to and his Twitter game (especially his husband's) is strong.

Axelrod may have sparked the media interest in Mayor Pete with a tweet, but Buttigieg has handled the attention and impressed people on his own.

Comment · 7 years ago
Not dollars, 65k unique donors. And 200 from each of 20 states.
Comment · 7 years ago
The DNC doesn't require donors from all 50 states, but it does require a healthy diversity of states. I think it is 200 unique donors from 20 different states.
Comment · 7 years ago
The DNC is using two criteria for qualifying for the debates. One is the traditional polling above 1% in three separate recognized polls. The other is a minimum number of donors (65k), with a minimum of 200 in each of 20 different states.

Meeting either criteria qualifies a candidate for the debate, and should the field of qualifying candidates grow to more than twenty (gods forbid) priority is given to candidates that meet both and then by polling average.

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