Comment Re:"an event that took place in 2021 called GW1905 (Score 3, Funny) 25
It was a Tuesday.
Comment "an event that took place in 2021 called GW190521" (Score 3, Informative) 25
No, the event took place long ago. It was observed by the LIGO and Virgo detectors in 2019 and published in 2020, but had a Luminosity distance of 17 billion light years away from Earth (due to an expanding universe, that translates to an event that happened about 7 billion years ago).
Comment We've seen that before, filmed by Kubrick (Score 2) 12
twice.
Submission + - Preliminary report says fuel switches were cut off before Air India 787 crash
hcs_$reboot writes: A pair of switches that control the fuel supply to the engines were set to "cutoff" moments before the crash of Air India Flight 171, according to a preliminary report from India's Air Accident Investigation Bureau released early Saturday in India.
According to the report, data from the flight recorders show that the two fuel control switches were switched from the "run" position to "cutoff" shortly after takeoff. In the cockpit voice recording, one of the pilots can be heard asking the other "why did he cutoff," the report says, while "the other pilot responded that he did not do so."
Moments later, the report says, the fuel switches were returned to the "run" position. But by then, the plane had begun to lose thrust and altitude. Both the engines appeared to relight, according to investigators, but only one of them was able to begin generating thrust.
According to the report, data from the flight recorders show that the two fuel control switches were switched from the "run" position to "cutoff" shortly after takeoff. In the cockpit voice recording, one of the pilots can be heard asking the other "why did he cutoff," the report says, while "the other pilot responded that he did not do so."
Moments later, the report says, the fuel switches were returned to the "run" position. But by then, the plane had begun to lose thrust and altitude. Both the engines appeared to relight, according to investigators, but only one of them was able to begin generating thrust.
Comment Rebranding was not a good idea (Score 1) 41
On average, HBO Max series are much better than Netflix series.
We associate HBO Max with quality series, and therefore changing the name from "HBO Max" to something else is not necessarily very relevant.
We associate HBO Max with quality series, and therefore changing the name from "HBO Max" to something else is not necessarily very relevant.
Comment Memory safety and C (Score 1) 66
Memory safety is implemented by the developer. Not everyone is capable of driving an F1 car.
Sure, Rust is safer in this regard, but don't blame the language, blame the developers.
Sure, Rust is safer in this regard, but don't blame the language, blame the developers.
Comment Re:17 Years! (Score 1) 29
The channel "The Linux Experiment" says it's the best update in a long time, and experienced almost no bugs.
(I'll wait for 2026.04 LTE to use it).
Comment Re:How on earth do you watch news on social media (Score 1) 169
You pick a media source you enjoy that aligns with your views, like a YouTube channel.
That way, you only hear things that suit you and won't challenge your fundamental mindset.
No one will question you if you think the earth is flat, that Kubrick filmed Armstrong in1969, or that the CIA put microphones in the COVID vaccines..."
That way, you only hear things that suit you and won't challenge your fundamental mindset.
No one will question you if you think the earth is flat, that Kubrick filmed Armstrong in1969, or that the CIA put microphones in the COVID vaccines..."
Comment LibreOffice improved (Score 5, Informative) 221
Some people are surely still holding on to the impression from a few years ago that LibreOffice (and OpenOffice) were very buggy.
These days, LibreOffice is completely usable and can serve as a replacement for MS Office (even if its design isn't always as slick). It also takes a little time to get used to.
These days, LibreOffice is completely usable and can serve as a replacement for MS Office (even if its design isn't always as slick). It also takes a little time to get used to.
Comment Rust (Score -1, Offtopic) 67
Rust.
Comment Re:The end is nigh (Score 1) 90
Japan doesn't want immigration
Incorrect. Japan doesn't want immigration from any country. Japan has allowed a large number of Nepalese people to immigrate.
Comment Re: It seems (Score 1) 159
Homoglyphobie?
Comment Re: It seems (Score 1) 159
Two reasons imo
1. Avoid funny unicode characters, and Chinese, Japanese ...
2. /. code was written 25 years ago, in Perl (write-only language) and nobody has the smallest clue how to fix it
1. Avoid funny unicode characters, and Chinese, Japanese
2.
Comment It seems (Score -1, Troll) 159
Fortunately, it doesn't appear to be a Pakistani terrorist act.
Comment About (Score 1) 277
time.
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