Those EU pitot tubes were fitted to replace ones made in the good ol' USA by Goodrich - because of safety issues with the Goodrich ones So nobody exactly covered themselves in glory.
But it's so cute how you pout and wrap yourself in that star-spangled blankie.
And it's exactly this reward bollocks that leads to the insane arms race that tipping has become. You have to tip above and beyond if you want to reward the exceptional, but as soon as you do that it becomes the standard and every surly grouch with a tray expects that new level. Lather, rinse, repeat.
I'm not old yet, and I can remember a time when 10% was a good tip.
Precisely because of magnetic variation, I believe runways in the far north of Canada are often designated (for example) 27T, with the T standing for True. I've never seen it painted on a runway, but up there they'll probably be gravel or snow-covered gravel anyway. Google imagery for Alert (CYLT) shows snow, not very helpful either way!
Hardly all of them. Each number covers a whole 10 degrees of magnetic heading, and the linked NPR article talks about a 2.5-degree shift over 22 years.
That depends where you are. Merkins don't seem to bother with the leading zero, whereas here in Yurp we definitely do. Something about our socialist paradise creating jobs for paint-makers and number-painters, I think.;)
Indeed, it's not the EU or the GDPR insisting on this. But, as with the cookie consent before it, there seems to be a lack of clear guidance as to what is actually needed. In that environment, the biggest companies with the most to lose let their lawyers push them into something onerous, then everyone else sees that and assumes it's best practice. Never mind whether there's a more user-friendly implementation. As I recall, even the UK Information Commissioner's Office went back and forth on what was the right implementation of the cookie law.
I don't know where you're located, and perhaps that makes a difference to what you see. (I'm in the EU, and FWIW, US sites seem to be the worst.) But whole-page click-throughs full of legalese are not uncommon. I don't recall seeing those with the cookies. Hopefully this will settle down to something more sensible - even if only because site owners start seeing a drop-off in views.
It's not just online either. Not long after GDPR kicked in, I went for my regular massage. Before we started, the guy handed me a form because "GDPR says we need it". Um, no? You need my phone number in case there's a problem with my appointment, and you need my surname so you can put Mr. in front of it. But their lawyers had told them that GDPR compliance meant gathering as much personal data as you can write on a sheet of A4, then locking it in a filing cabinet. All I could do was shake my head and fill in the form. If they try emailing or showing up at my door, they'll be disappointed.
There's overlays and there's overlays. A cookie consent banner is annoying enough. Slashdot itself put a full-screen overlay in front of me, with on-off toggles for all the various advertisers. It's down in the bottom right of my screen now as a blue "privacy settings" link - but when it first went live, I had to click through that bullshit before I could even see the front page. Slashdot is far from alone in this.
Thanks to GDPR, every damn site out there throws up an overlay demanding that I explicitly accept their cookie bullshit. Do I need to start adblocking these as well?!
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Those EU pitot tubes were fitted to replace ones made in the good ol' USA by Goodrich - because of safety issues with the Goodrich ones So nobody exactly covered themselves in glory.
But it's so cute how you pout and wrap yourself in that star-spangled blankie.
Thanks, TFA. Those four words tell the rest of us everything we need to know.
Do Not Want.
Just because old and simple won an election, doesn't make it better...
Air France 296? A320s may be good at topiary, but you can only use them once.
And it's exactly this reward bollocks that leads to the insane arms race that tipping has become. You have to tip above and beyond if you want to reward the exceptional, but as soon as you do that it becomes the standard and every surly grouch with a tray expects that new level. Lather, rinse, repeat.
I'm not old yet, and I can remember a time when 10% was a good tip.
You're partly right.
Precisely because of magnetic variation, I believe runways in the far north of Canada are often designated (for example) 27T, with the T standing for True. I've never seen it painted on a runway, but up there they'll probably be gravel or snow-covered gravel anyway. Google imagery for Alert (CYLT) shows snow, not very helpful either way!
I don't have any idea where "here" is, but assuming US... Have a look at, for example, LAX or ATL on Google Earth. First airports I thought of.
Are you simply in a part of the country where wind or terrain causes them all to be aligned north-west/south-east?
Hardly all of them. Each number covers a whole 10 degrees of magnetic heading, and the linked NPR article talks about a 2.5-degree shift over 22 years.
Chuck Norris lands on runway 37, after roundhouse kicking the magnetic north pole into submission.
That depends where you are. Merkins don't seem to bother with the leading zero, whereas here in Yurp we definitely do. Something about our socialist paradise creating jobs for paint-makers and number-painters, I think. ;)
A Bug In Slashdot Allows Msmash To Write Ridiculous Overkill Headlines With This One Weird Trick And The Internet Is Losing Its Mind
...we can't have nice things.
Blimpin' ain't easy...
Or swiped down a hillside by a momma bear for the viral lulz. It's all good.
...the length of these Slashdot headlines is getting way out of hand.
Safety is number one priority!
I love how the summary describes a lab with the doors flying off as a "controlled environment".
I bought a combined Skype/landline DECT phone. It wasn't cheap. Skype Certified, it said... And Microsoft killed the API.
...doesn't even know where to start with that ridiculous run-on headline.
There was one of those near where I worked about 15 years ago, somewhere in Hertfordshire.
Just across the street and a few doors down, another pub: The Queen's Head.
...with this one weird trick!
Are they going to reinstate the APIs on which my Skype certified DECT handset depends?
Yeah, thought not.
Another perfectly functional load of hardware gone to landfill.
Indeed, it's not the EU or the GDPR insisting on this. But, as with the cookie consent before it, there seems to be a lack of clear guidance as to what is actually needed. In that environment, the biggest companies with the most to lose let their lawyers push them into something onerous, then everyone else sees that and assumes it's best practice. Never mind whether there's a more user-friendly implementation. As I recall, even the UK Information Commissioner's Office went back and forth on what was the right implementation of the cookie law.
I don't know where you're located, and perhaps that makes a difference to what you see. (I'm in the EU, and FWIW, US sites seem to be the worst.) But whole-page click-throughs full of legalese are not uncommon. I don't recall seeing those with the cookies. Hopefully this will settle down to something more sensible - even if only because site owners start seeing a drop-off in views.
It's not just online either. Not long after GDPR kicked in, I went for my regular massage. Before we started, the guy handed me a form because "GDPR says we need it". Um, no? You need my phone number in case there's a problem with my appointment, and you need my surname so you can put Mr. in front of it. But their lawyers had told them that GDPR compliance meant gathering as much personal data as you can write on a sheet of A4, then locking it in a filing cabinet. All I could do was shake my head and fill in the form. If they try emailing or showing up at my door, they'll be disappointed.
There's overlays and there's overlays. A cookie consent banner is annoying enough. Slashdot itself put a full-screen overlay in front of me, with on-off toggles for all the various advertisers. It's down in the bottom right of my screen now as a blue "privacy settings" link - but when it first went live, I had to click through that bullshit before I could even see the front page. Slashdot is far from alone in this.
Thanks to GDPR, every damn site out there throws up an overlay demanding that I explicitly accept their cookie bullshit. Do I need to start adblocking these as well?!