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a111: Logged on 2017-01-03 22:06 asciilifeform: asciilifeform's (and later again jurov's) utter failure
to unravel
the heap, at least, suggests
this.
ben_vulpes: wyrdmantis: again with
the laptop messages
ben_vulpes: why is 'fixed number of cpu cycles' a great
thing?
ben_vulpes: asciilifeform: it would be utterly nutso
to consider an ode/fluids sim as a hashing function, right?
davout: asciilifeform: point is piloting a small plane
there's just a few
things
to pay attention
to constantly
☟︎ davout: basically "watch your airspeed, watch
the fucking airspeed"
ben_vulpes: asciilifeform: i suspect
that if i start
to explore
this risk manifold i will have
trouble not ratcheting
the risk back
davout: ben_vulpes: piloting when you're actually in
the plane is an entirely different
thing
davout: below which
the rudder loses sufficient authority
to compensate for
the asymmetric
thrust
ben_vulpes: trained response
to risky dynamics problems
davout: which is also why
there's yet another minimum speed for a multi engine running on a single engine
ben_vulpes: yeah see when
they start
talking like
this my flugenboner starts
to droop
davout: also
trinque is right, when losing an engine on a multi-engine you need
to apply rudder
to compensate for
the
thrust differential
davout: gyroscopic precession of
the propeller when changing directions is yet another
thing
davout: asciilifeform: propeller
torque is one
thing
trinque: easiest example
that comes
to mind would be losing an engine on a multi-engine plane
davout: lemme check out how
that's referred
to in engrish
davout: if
the wind comes from
the right you'll end up landing with right wheel first,
then left wheel,
then nose wheel
trinque: yeah I
thought
that was called yaw
davout: you apply roll
to counter
the drift
davout: but
that causes
the plane
to drift
davout: and when you are about
to
touchdown, you apply rudder
to align
the nose with
the runway
ben_vulpes: note!
this does not mean
the wings are not horizontal
davout: when landing in a crosswind you basically apply rudder during
the approach so
that your airplane flies
towards
the runway, but
the nose pointing
to
the side
davout: trinque: actually you *are* supposed
to
davout: asciilifeform: i'll research
this ercoupe
thing, seems interdasting
trinque: right, not as if you can roll
the aircraft when you're about
to
touch ground (intentionally!)
trinque: anecdotally I seem
to recall my dad
talking about using rudder in crosswinds on large aircraft
davout: well, you need rudder, how else are you going
to, you know, pilot?
davout: maybe i'll understand
the answer
to
this mystery when i become retractable gear certified!
a111: Logged on 2016-11-30 21:04 asciilifeform: i have here a b00k on piloting circa 1940, and already
then author insists
that rudder pedals are obsolete and have killed a
thousand men
ben_vulpes: fuck levers, pressure on
the wheels should engage hard interlock
davout: asciilifeform:
they *are* very different
davout: i have nfi why some airplanes allow
this
davout: in
these case it appears
the cause is often confusion with
the flaps lever
davout: yeah, i've heard some
things like
that
too
davout: pilot handbook 101: "if after landing you need
to apply full
throttle
to get back
to your parking spot, you probably forgot
to lower
the gear"
davout: either way, imma head
to bed, interdasted in comments re mah wallet cut piece
davout: the miner does require
the
transactions being mined
to be valid, so
there's
that
davout: asciilifeform: i
think it would be hard
to make
the argument
that a separate binary sitting aside
the node could hurt in any way
ben_vulpes: (fwiw i'm down
to
the last ghostly suggestion, which was
to read in
the hash as a bignum)
davout: make
the miner a separate bin
☟︎ davout: asciilifeform: i don't
thing
the argument
that
the block validation logic can be found in
the block validation logic is
tenuous
ben_vulpes: unless i misunderstand,
the project is
truly blocked on making checkpoints configurable.