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@seareveries Probably their way of internal ship communication instead of a radio.

thinking about rocky playing the ‘music strings’ alone in his spaceship because the silence was so eerie and before he met grace, music was the only company he had

The USA is the only country in the world that has weather.

@AlexStepherylh @jbillinson Here you can see it applied to the cowling door on a 787 with white coating on it (it had some erosion still within limits). It just isn't allowed on the wing because of lightning strike thickness and electrical resistance limits.

@Imbriglicated @jbillinson Came here to ask why they don’t just put a bit of dye in it to hide it better.

Making a special tape for airplanes that looks identical to duct tape at a glance is one of engineering’s greatest pranks

Saw Project Hail Mary again today, this time with my daughter. She finished the book last week (pretty damn impressive if I say so for a 10yo with English as a 2nd language). 1st time ever to the cinema for the same movie 2x, and it's just as good the 2nd time. Modern classic.

@BirdmanAnderson @teal_lens @jbillinson They sort of have a point if that's the actual reason, but it's still very annoying to have to deal with as an airline flying the 787. One more on the pile of MANY things wrong with that aircraft.

@Imbriglicated @teal_lens @jbillinson Not surprising, nothing is important to the FAA

@BirdmanAnderson @teal_lens @jbillinson From what I've heard the FAA considered it low priority for certification bc it already had a repair procedure (repaint the wing with the normal paint scheme) and there were other more pressing issues they wanted Boeing to fix on the 787 first. Not sure how true that is.

@Imbriglicated @teal_lens @jbillinson Which doesn't really make sense considering they've been painting citation Xs without issue since the 90s

@teal_lens @jbillinson The FAA approved the SB with the solution a month or 2 ago (took about 6 years from first draft afaik). There's going to be a layer of black PPG CA8000 in between the primer and white topcoat to absorb UV light before it can damage the carbon fiber of the inspar.

@jbillinson Putting that aside it's been 17 years of the 787 they should've solved the paint peeling problem by now

@_cherrysworld @jbillinson The 787 wing has a lot of paint delamination due to UV-damage. But sanding + primer and topcoat requires at least 12 hours before it's dry to fly. The speedtape is there to protect the bare carbon fiber from more UV damage until the next maintenance window with enough time.

@jbillinson But why does airplanes need tape, is it even safe?

@oblique58 @archeohistories That's correct. The synthesis results in a racemic mixture of enantiomers, which means the molecules are mirror images of each other. You could change the reaction conditions to favor one over the other, but thalidomide also racemizes in the human body, so it can never be safe.

@archeohistories i remember something about this being a right hand molecule versus a left hand molecule. the wrong handedness caused the birth defect.

In 1960, a quiet woman at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was handed a routine file. It was for a drug already sold in nearly 50 countries—a sedative called thalidomide, widely marketed as safe for pregnant women. Most people would have signed off. Frances Oldham Kelsey didn’t. New to the FDA, she noticed something others had overlooked—or ignored. The data was thin. Reports of nerve damage were buried. The safety claims felt… too clean. While the pharmaceutical company pushed aggressively for approval, sending repeated requests and mounting pressure, Kelsey held her ground. She asked for more studies. Then more. And more. Behind the scenes, the pressure wasn’t subtle. Drug companies expected quick approvals. Delays meant lost profit. For a young female reviewer in a male-dominated system, saying “no” wasn’t just professional resistance—it was personal risk. She was challenging an industry that wasn’t used to being challenged, especially not by a woman. Then the truth surfaced. Across Europe, thousands of babies were being born with devastating deformities—missing limbs, malformed organs—traced back to thalidomide taken during pregnancy. It became one of the worst medical disasters of the 20th century. Because Kelsey refused to approve it, the United States was largely spared. Her skepticism saved countless lives. In 1962, she was awarded the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service by John F. Kennedy—one of the highest honors a civilian could receive. But her impact didn’t stop there. Her stand forced sweeping changes in drug regulation, leading to stricter testing requirements and proof of efficacy before approval. The system became safer because she refused to bend. She didn’t shout. She didn’t grandstand. She simply refused to compromise when it mattered most. And that’s what made her dangerous—in the best possible way. © Women In World History #archaeohistories

Dealing with this right now because some idiot at JAMCO or Boeing designed the 787 toilets with exactly this problem. And when I try to fix it they're like "duhhhh we're not giving you a NTO bc then we have to recalculate the momentum" How about you do your job?

Inherently correct takes

@banrecordholder It sounds even worse than it looks.

When you see Dutch in writing it looks like someone mashed they keys on the keyboard.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

How it feels to get away with it

THEY GENUINELY ROBBED HIM OF LIVING IN THE 90S AND EARLY 2000S BUT WOKE HIM UP NOW????

@ishitak30325695 @Will_Temeraire @mimi2345_ Of course we don't "need" it, but we do want it. And almost everyone is willing to pay for it legally. I don't know anyone who doesn't subscribe to 2/3/4 different streaming services. But it's only very recently that asian content started to become available. Until then, piracy.

@Will_Temeraire @mimi2345_ Piracy is crime. ''You(or we) don't want to use piracy but we have to use it'' is very wierd and logically has a contradiction. The most important fact is,if we can't access it legally or can't buy it,we don't need it. And we never need entertainments like movies,games,anime,etc.

「売ってくれない＝合法的にそれが手に入らないなら諦めろ」というのは、北朝鮮における「脱北」も否定し得る理屈ですよ。「本来得られているべき自由を獲得するための違法行為」は、正当化し得る訳。 「売られてる国での海賊版」は正当化できませんが、「売られてない国での海賊版」は正当化できる。

@magozone23 Why go through all that effort? To feel better about yourself? The distributor can make it convenient to purchase in Japan and make money. If he doesn't, that's his own fucking problem. Just download the free copy then.

理由があってもやってはならないことはやらない、という当たり前が日本人はさにはありますのよ Steamのゲーム、日本だけ非対応な時、日本ではおま国と自ら揶揄して、諦めるか別な国のバージョンを入手して無理矢理遊びましたわ、海賊版など使わずに モラルがあればこれが普通でしょ多分