oatscoop

oatscoop, 10 months ago

That album showed me how to live.

oatscoop, 10 months ago

Hey! It was served in space … once … in 1968.

oatscoop, 10 months ago

Nah, they didn’t grow up before computers: they were programing mainframes in the 60s. Those programmers can write you an absolute masterpiece of software … in COBOL. Also, they don’t bother with documentation because they’re intimately familiar with every line of code considering they created the whole system from scratch 40 years ago.

The point at when you’re “screwed” is when they retire and some poor bastard inherits an inscrutably complex system, written in a 60 year old language no one uses anymore, and with zero documentation.

oatscoop, 10 months ago

I always like people gatekeeping pizzas that use toppings other than the traditional Italian ones.

… ignoring the fact that tomato sauce is from the Americas.

oatscoop, 10 months ago

I usually take a month off of work in the fall each year. One of my bucket list items is taking that time off to find a job with the worst bosses and seeing how far I can go while giving no fucks.

oatscoop, 10 months ago

The cool thing about browser choice is there are no “correct” answers – it’s personal preference.

So don’t let the fanboys get you down. You’re entitled to your opinion even if it is wrong.

oatscoop, 11 months ago

All the local small airports in the USA sell 100LL – “One hundred, low lead”.

Modern small plane engines can run off regular unleaded, but a lot of small planes in the air are “old” and require leaded gas.

oatscoop, 11 months ago

Small airports like these really don’t smell like much. Sure: the fueling area, hangers, and maintenance shops have a smell, but it’s non existent as soon as you’re 50 feet away from them.

What is fucked up is how much leaded fuel gets dumped on the ground. Part of the pre-flight check for planes is taking a sample of gas from the lowest point in the tanks (the “sump”) to make sure there’s no water in it. It’s usually done with a tool like this one. A lot of pilots just toss the fuel sample on the ground rather than “dispose” of it properly.

oatscoop, 11 months ago

One of the first things my instructor told me was “I hope you’re getting your license for fun or a job, and not planning on commuting. Eventually you’ll get stuck somewhere due to the weather.”

Heavy, powerful commercial jets have deicing systems. They also have the benefit of an entire team of air traffic controllers on takeoff and landing – and they still get grounded by weather. Small planes are grounded by such inclement weather as “fog”, “thunderstorms”, “high winds”, and “low cloud cover”.