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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.

Yes, both are implementing Garmin's new emergency autoland feature.

The FAA has a lot to say about how software gets onto planes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DO-178C

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.

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.

Cirrus Airframe Parachute System - a whole aircraft emergency parachute

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.

I would really appreciate if my county actually did random re-tabulation or integrity checks on my electronic/paper record ballot.

Holocene and Anthropocene refer to the epoch, not the extinction event occurring during that epoch. An epoch is a measure of geological time.

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.

What do you consider the more relevant biology for who a person is? The genitals or the brain?

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.

Not dollars, 65k unique donors. And 200 from each of 20 states.

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.

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.

Some fiction from this year I would recommend:

Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse #1) by James S. A. Corey - I enjoyed this whole series. I like that the physics of space travel is respected among the politics/mystery. Each book in the series is a bit of a different genre set in the universe.

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novak - Eastern European folk tale akin to Rumplestiltskin.

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green - Contemporary fiction with a scifi bent. Ultimately hopeful, it explores the consequences of viral fame.

Relevant SMBC:

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/proof

That's true of the nominal rate. A nominal 3% divides to an effective daily rate of 0.0082 %. But the effective rate is (1 + Nominal Rate / n)n - 1 or just over 3.2%.

It's standard to talk in annualized interest rates to make simple comparisons between accounts. A daily interest rate of 0.008 % will compound up to just over 3 % of effective annual rate.

by analysing the receipts that the employees submitted.

The article implies that at least some of those receipts were faked.

I can see that getting awkward! But, you might also have been able to save the moment with a confident "Yes. You look like you'd make awesome developers."

I try to live by "It's only awkward if you let it be awkward" to get through those situations.

If you don't mind me asking, how long ago was your experience with minimum wage? Also, did you have access to a store where you could purchase fresh fruits and vegetables?

Living in poverty creates a lot of terrible spending habits that people struggle to break even if their income rises above poverty levels.

Organized roleplaying campaigns could be a good social hobby that is fun for the nerd brain, too.

Yes. Do some research and improve your skills. There are panels and podcasts, articles and threads where women explain the dos and don'ts in the workplace.

At the very least, parsing the Release History table seems way better than looking for a particular phrase in the text.

Nebraska: Good Life, Great Legislative Innovations.

I like his work. I hope many more of his ideas are realized.

chbl wrote: "Ten strangers that are almost certainly not technical, since lawyers always try to dismiss smart people from juries"

The point is that smart people are not always dismissed. Different legal strategies work better with different jury selections.

I've always appreciated the joy he brings to life. I look forward to see whatever he invests in next.