stjohnswarts (u/stjohnswarts)

stjohnswarts commented on Google’s TOS doesn’t eliminate a user’s Fourth Amendment rights, judge rules [pdf] ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/deci... · Posted by u/coloneltcb

nashashmi · 10 months ago

If the police “wanted” to look. But what if they were notified of the material? Then the police should not need a warrant, right?

stjohnswarts · 10 months ago

they should as a matter of course. but I guess "papers" you entrust to someone else are a gray area. I personally think that it goes against the separation of police state and democracy, but I'm a nobody, so it doesn't matter I suppose.

stjohnswarts commented on Using an 8K TV as a Monitor daniel.lawrence.lu/blog/y... · Posted by u/ingve

exitb · 10 months ago

After 15 years of having a desk job I find that I’m more sensitive to the position I sit in. My back feels a lot better if I have a single, regular sized screen right in front of me, instead of having additional screen estate on the sides or below (as with a laptop).

At the same time I use virtual desktops that I can switch with both keyboard and mouse.

stjohnswarts · 10 months ago

yeah I'm fine with just an ultra wide, no more stacked monitors for me

stjohnswarts commented on Avoidance of sun exposure as a risk factor for major causes of death (2016) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2... · Posted by u/birriel

cpncrunch · a year ago

It's not a single study, though. There have been many studies showing the same results over the past 30 years.

stjohnswarts · a year ago

Seems kind of like a no brainer given what we know about skin cancer, but I'm kind of surprised if you control for that if it had any other great "opportunity" to increase your lifespan when you control for obvious ones like exercise, diet, and controlling stress. I'm not a big outside lover, but I do take a daily walk to hopefully get bit of vitamin D from it. I mostly exercise indoors and my hobbies are almost all indoors.

stjohnswarts commented on Samsung extends Android and security updates to 7 years cnet.com/tech/mobile/sams... · Posted by u/ksec

stjohnswarts · 2 years ago

this could definitely open me back up to android. I got tired of my device becoming hacker friendly and went over to iphone after my perfectly useful android device was outside of feature/security updates. I didn't want to install another OS android or root my device, I just want to use it and stick it back in my pocket. I will definitely look at samsung again with my next mobile "era" when my iphone dies/is too slow.

stjohnswarts commented on Japan ANA Boeing 737-800 flight turns back due to cockpit window crack channelnewsasia.com/asia/... · Posted by u/2-718-281-828

jbverschoor · 2 years ago

https://avherald.com/h?search_term=cracked+windshield&opt=1&...

Most of them are Boeing it seems:

  14x Airbus
  35x Boeing
  5x  Bombardier
  3x  Embraer

stjohnswarts · 2 years ago

those don't mean much with out at least a "out of X planes from manufacturer Y"

stjohnswarts commented on Japan ANA Boeing 737-800 flight turns back due to cockpit window crack channelnewsasia.com/asia/... · Posted by u/2-718-281-828

genocidicbunny · 2 years ago

On the other hand, the hyper focus on Boeing might result in some actual change instead of more of the same as before. Perhaps a little of the stick to contrast with the carrot?

stjohnswarts · 2 years ago

yeah anything to get them to start being an engineering company again instead of a "let's squeeze all we can out of this profit center and not listen to our engineers"

stjohnswarts commented on 95% of container ships are now going around the Southern Tip of Africa twitter.com/typesfast/sta... · Posted by u/DyslexicAtheist

devnull42069 · 2 years ago

Israel is committing a genocide in occupied Palestine. So Yemen is intervening by blockading Israel through the Red Sea and launching strikes (similar to the NATO intervention in the Kosovo genocide).

Shipping companies, rather than abiding by the selective blockade of Israeli bound ships, are re-routing all ships instead because they believe making this a global problem will resolve the matter with military intervention without them having to "pick" a side. Some of these companies also have deep ties to Israel (or based in countries that have de-facto signed off on Israeli aggression) so abiding by the blockade is not politically feasible. One exception is COSCO and they seem to going through the canal just fine.

stjohnswarts · 2 years ago

This is incorrect. Israel is at war with Hamas and they aren't holding back, and there is a large difference between what is going on and genocide. If Israel wanted to commit genocide then the entirety of Gaza would be leveled and 99% of the people dead indiscriminately. There are different levels of warfare.

stjohnswarts commented on United finds loose bolts on plug doors during 737 Max 9 inspections theaircurrent.com/feed/di... · Posted by u/etimberg

heads · 2 years ago

Bolts and machine screws are very interesting. One mistake I, an amateur bike mechanic, made for years was not greasing bolts properly before assembly.

It sounds counterintuitive but without grease a bolt (or machine screw) will bind early with a high torque well before it is correctly tensioned lengthways. The torque is just a proxy for the tension and it is this tension which is needed to fasten your components together as intended.

The grease means that when the torque to turn the bolt reaches the correct value then the bolt is also under the correct tension instead of being because it got stuck in the thread half way.

stjohnswarts · 2 years ago

In some cases (some spark plugs are what I can think of) explicitly tell you NOT to grease them, as that will let you over-torque them and potentially damage threads (aluminum heads, steel plugs). So using grease is not always the recommended procedure.

stjohnswarts commented on United finds loose bolts on plug doors during 737 Max 9 inspections theaircurrent.com/feed/di... · Posted by u/etimberg

MarkMarine · 2 years ago

I was responsible for safe for flight inspections on military aircraft and the photo included in that post is completely insane to me.

Those bolts being loose (and they are BIG bolts) would mean multiple people in the installation process didn’t do their jobs, and signed their life on the line saying they did.

When I did maintenance, there was someone (QA) there to witness every torqued bolt, inspect every safety wire and installed part.

There is something rotten in Boeing.

stjohnswarts · 2 years ago

Did you torque every bolt every time before every flight?

stjohnswarts commented on FAA orders grounding of more than 170 Boeing 737 Max 9s cnbc.com/2024/01/06/boein... · Posted by u/ephesee

brewdad · 2 years ago

Another good reason to keep that seat belt fastened even when the sign is off.

stjohnswarts · 2 years ago

Being a fat guy, I disregard that during flight other than takeoff, landing, and turbulence. I drive to work on most days, and the chance that I die that way is FAR, FAR higher than the few flights I take each year. I'll live with the odds. Yes, I wear my seat belt in my car, it's actually comfortable