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davout: i now understand why it makes sense
to have speed shown in knots AND mach number fraction
davout: i had no idea such a
thing as a gyrolaser existed
davout: i've borrowed a bunch of
theory books
too, and
tbh
the learning process itself seems pretty cool
too
davout: ah yeah, i don't
think
there's much of
that
to be had
davout: also i already moved
to sunville!
davout: also
the "maybe it's a really boring job, maybe it's really cool" question
that could conclusively be answered with "let's fucking
try"
davout: i don't
think it's
the "piloting" part
that's attractive
to me, but more
the "let's go see
the sun" when all
the other derps are stuck under a shitty stratus shittus overcast layer
davout: my impression is actually
the opposite
davout: i'm kinda considering getting myself a professionnal licence,
to fly
the big guys
davout: i'm quite curious about
the rental rates where you live
davout: and remember
that cessna runs on 100LL, which in my understanding is regular petrol, just dried up further
to prevent carb icing
davout: if you find a flight school
that's also renting it from you or something like
that
davout: i guess having one's own machine can make sense in some cases, mine's not one of
them
davout: and
that's for
the
two seater cessna 150
davout: 100LL gas is double
the price of regular gas, and machine swallows four
times more
davout: flying is financial insanity, having one's own machine is double
the financial insanity
davout: there is like one cessna on
this fucking island, and it's used by skydivers
davout: but seriously, you're a lucky bastard if you live accross
the street from an airport
davout: maybe you should stop
trying
to vim with joysticks
phf: i have same reaction
to sims as mircea_popescu
to counter strike, so when you say sim i
think xplane, or precusors like mfs (that i hear some still swear by !!1)
davout: simming == what does
this button do? does
this work if i do
the approach
this way? what's
that instrument?
davout: asciilifeform:
there's a big difference between "simming" and "playing"
phf: asciilifeform: i don't have any peripherals. i use it for
their instrument challenges, and
they also have a mode where
they randomly fail something in
the plane and you need
to figure out what do.
that sort of stuff
davout: i'm sure you could easily find someone anywhere in
the US by hopping onto #pilots or /r/flying
phf: davout: it's easier
to find an instructor,
than it is
to "find any private pilot". plus you know asciilifeform objection "i don't know any private pilots"
☟︎ davout: they won't even be legally allowed
to charge you more
than splitting
the airplane rental costs
trinque: there's also
the difference in experience: walk into hangar, leave. some factor
the anal examination into
the cost of going by airline.
davout: no need
to find yourself an instructor
davout: if you just want
to hold
the stick at cruise, and do some
turning and going up and down, you can just go with any private pilot
phf: sort of my
thinking about flight sims. only reason i have xplane is for practice
phf: "get
to fly every weekend!1"
phf: but anyway, it's fun. not quite
the same as a sim, i've no idea what
these people are on about, but worth it if you have
the cash. in fact if you can stretch 10k over a year, getting a license is not a bad idea
phf: ha,
then i know where you are
phf: dc is kind of shitty
that
they (very few flight schools closebuy, with a lot of wealthy people learning
to fly), but
there was airport near philly where you could flag any of
their instructors and
they'd love
to fly you around however long you want whether or not you commit
to you "recreational" license
☟︎ phf:
http://btcbase.org/log/2016-12-13#1582570 << you also have "intro classes"
that'll run you $150 or so with a reputable firm for half hour. i'm sure
those same instructors would bring up
the plane more
than once under similar circmustances: you get
to sit in
the cockpit and "hold
the joystick" at cruising
☝︎ a111: Logged on 2016-12-13 15:53 mircea_popescu: ^
that part gotta be in
the logs.
mircea_popescu: this being
the destructive idiocy of eating bad money - you're left without a company.
mircea_popescu: as it stands right now, lm can not confront its obligaitons
to creditors (aka, bankruptcy) if it loses as little as 20% of us expenses.
a111: Logged on 2016-07-28 15:33 mircea_popescu: if
trump had any sense, lockheed, northrop & friends are FULLY defunded
the same day, and are allowed
the mercy
to perhaps beg for SOME SMALL PORTION of re-funding, maybe, someday.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform were you asking for him
to hit
the lizzards where it hurts ?
a111: Logged on 2016-12-13 12:22 mircea_popescu: sql-to-api
thing is actually not half a bad idea.
mircea_popescu: ovel as
they
think it is, where
they can make mistakes without being corrected by people who do know better, where
they can reap all
the benefits early in life instead of having
to work for 40 years first."
mircea_popescu: I believe it
takes all kinds
to make a working world, but what I find among
the modern novices is
that
they do not feel
the same way about
the experts --
they want an expert-free world where
their ignorance is not painful, where
their inexperience is not used against
them, where
they get all
the jokes, where nobody uses literary references
that elude
them, where every one of
their ideas is accepted by
their peers as just as n
mircea_popescu: to grow enough facial hair
to need
to shave daily not only
to show off
their insufficient beard growth as "hip" but
to fill "leadership" positions where
they feel
threatened by anyone significantly older
than
themselves and where
the inability
to /lead/ is replaced by
their simple skills at /managing/.
mircea_popescu: "to advance it is at serious odds with
the massive glorification of youth. As marketing found itself unable
to expand without encroaching upon our childhood,
the intense drive
to capture
the minds of
the youngest among us has
tended
to make people believe
that 30 years of experience can be replaced by
the young looks of rank novices.
This is made worse by
the management schools
that make it possible for people who have yet
☟︎ a111: Logged on 2016-12-13 12:20 Framedragger: ^ just discovered
this. "remove
the CRUD", serve APIs directly from postgres. includes user/role/cookie management etc. pretty neat.
mircea_popescu: see alf, all
these people proposing an end
to usg are such lunatics and dope fiends.
jurov: if only randists.
there are plenty of kokeshists.
mircea_popescu: " on
the Net, people argue about whether year 2000 is a leap year or not, so it's not as if you can rely on
the answers you get."
Framedragger: (undergrad student circles, etc.; luckily
those fall out of relevancy/radar as one ages)
Framedragger: hehe, don't know particulars, but it should be noted
that he studied philosophy and in some of
the circles he had
to have business with, ayn rand sorta-has a place as a non-crackpot. hence
the (arbitrary, otherwise) particular object of hate
Framedragger: [that reminds me, i bought a postcard of ayn rand and am yet
to send
this
to a friend who is in full hate mode of her stuff. need
to get
this done for
the festive season...]