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Pilots also do a 3 handshake exchange when handing over control to the other pilot.

Pilot: "You have the plane." Co-Pilot: "I have the plane." Pilot: "You have the plane."

The third statement is the pilot acknowledging that the transfer of control has completed. Without it, the co-pilot doesn't positively know that the pilot knows that control has been handed over.

As an aside, Air France 447 was a crash where the co-pilot was pulling back on the stick without the captain knowing. The captain couldn't understand why his controls weren't having the intended effect. Both pilots were making inputs, unaware of each other.

I'm very excited for this feature and bought a Copilot+PC for this feature.

I spend so so much time looking for information I saw in the past...a document, a conversation, a website, etc. This will be a big time saver and have a ton of utility.

To those that are scared of it: don't use it. I can make my own choices.

How many people work at Google?

About 50%.

This can't be an accurate realt-time map. The satellites are travelling way, way too fast. This map shows a satellite travelling from LA to Denver in 10 seconds.

You can literally see the satellites at night and they do not traverse horizon to horizon 1/10th as fast as depicted here.

Does this thing have a tether to the surface or not? I would be blown away if it didn't have a tether, but that seems to be the case.

As a landlord of single family homes, I have to look at the detailed credit history of potential tenants. Before I even get to that stage I let them know the income requirements, etc. so usually we are looking at the top 3 applicants out of the 30 that applied.

With almost no exception, the renters make horrible financial decisions that set them up to work until they die. The average credit report I see is about a 500 and it's filled with missed payments, loans sent to collections, etc. Then, right at the top, in the last two or three months will be new loans for expensive cars and jewelery. It's mindboggling and sad. Most of my tenants have a nicer car than me (I own a pretty vanilla $30k sedan).

The renters usually come just above the 3x income to rent ratio and they never fail to pay their rent. But I don't really ever forsee them owning a home if they continue to make luxury purchases that prevent them from saving. The loan industry really enables a life of debt.

This site is basically Reddit now. Really stupid comments from people with no insight.

I went dark for six months in 2019. I treated the news like Game of Thrones spoilers-- I worked really hard to stay un-informed. The result was that I was absolutely happier, more focused and a better father. I recommend such a sabbatical to anyone who will listen. Try it for 30 days.

Coincidentally, I just turned on my domain blocker again this evening (I use Freedom.to, it syncs all your devices on the ban-list to avoid unconsciously opening up news sites out of habit).

I recently wrote a science fiction novel that I intentionally kept short (50,000 words - 200 pages- readable in a weekend). When reading, I don't finish most of what I start because it takes 80-100 pages to get to the hook. I understand that there is a joy in reading a long novel that builds up a character, but most of the time these novels are just tedious. I couldn't finish the 2020 Hugo Award winner because for the first 50 pages it was the protagonist moving into an apartment, unpacking stuff and walking around in a city. It kills me.

That's the thing, I'm certainly not the demographic the ad is targeting.

This page shows like 15 copies of the same mildly NSFW ad. Surprised this is a thing on Spacedaily.

Install a scheduled host blocker and block all your time wasters until the hours of 10PM until midnight.

Don't be afraid to admit that the moment you feel a touch of boredom you reflexively type 'reddit'. Tools like 'Freedom.to' block these time sinks and you don't even realize how frequently you visit these sites until you get the block notification.

After a week or two your cured.