Reminds me a bit of the UPS Flight 6 that crashed in 2010. Wasn't the cause of the fire, but the fire heated up the co-pilots oxygen system to the point he couldn't wear it and eventually succumbed to smoke hypoxia. Due to smoke in the cabin the pilot couldn't see his flight deck readouts or out the window and eventually crashed into the ground.
One would have to wonder why an emergency smoke extractor fan isn't default equipment - when pilots oxy is deployed a panel should blow outward and a high flow fan start.
blowtorch effect. depressurizing the cabin and cargo hold is on the checklist for some on-board fires, but the rushing air can produce a blowtorch and spread the fire along. see UPS flight 6 iirc.
He's got Granny Smith in the shit category, and this just reminds me of a funny story about dogs!
We had two corgis and my wife made all their meals by hand. Part of their diet was apples, but we found one of the corgis would almost always eat around the apple (usually just a cheap red apple) pieces and leave them for the other dog. Then one time Granny Smith apples were cheaper at the grocery store so that is what we purchased and provided. He ate them up!
Turns out the dog just didn't like the sweeter apples and wanted the tart tang of a good Granny Smith.
Either I have never had a good apple or there is something off with this list and the reviews. Could it be they are using imported or out of season apples?
This list is pretty much the apples I have access to locally and they are all perceivably better than some of the international variety that are ranked higher on that website.
The comment section for Cortland is savage and honestly I agree with a lot of it.
Red Delicious was described as "mealy", which sounds like an out of season apple. The science behind long term storage of apples made it really common to have edible apples all year round but when critiquing you've got to take freshness into account.
This site has a comedy bend but with all the interest I'd love to see it embrace a rotten tomatoes kind of style (the critics vs. the masses).
I've found that to be a universal truism in marketing. If your product is missing some important attribute, put it into the name. The power of suggestion overcomes reality. The Red Delicious apple is the very product that hammered this home for me.
apparently the red delicious was selectively bred for appearance over taste and texture according to an article (which i cannot find) i read a few years ago (and somehow retained this information).
now the darlings are, apparently, pink lady and honeycrisp, which are both excellent apples.
Every golden and red delicious apple I’ve ever had I would describe as “mealy” though. In Australia we don’t get many of these varieties but Pink Lady is my favourite so I’m tentatively happy to back this list in.
I have a corgi and that tracks for me. To people who don't have corgs, they're sweet kind friendly cute delicate beautiful creatures. The those of us who have been blessed with corgs in our lives, we know they're really the Frank Reynolds of dogs. And I love my corg for it. She's a trash dog, a scrappy little scamp, and knows that everyone else she meets will never, ever know it.
I absolutely love sour foods, to the point of drinking straight up lemon juice when I was younger. I eat a granny smith apple probably every other day, and the more sour the better. Yet, my S.O. recoils at the thought of eating granny smiths. I wonder why people have such varied responses when it comes to sour foods.
All 3 of my dogs love love love bananas. To the point where they can be dead asleep and they wake up from the sound of peeling the banana. My guess is they all would have preferred the sweeter apples over the tart ones.
I had a dog who loved watermelon. She was a (rescue) pug too so you can imagine the mess she made of that.
Even on her deathbed, literal hours before crossing the bridge, she still managed a little.
(Wow, I’m 45, it’s been nearly 5 years and I suddenly started crying after writing that. Goddamn I miss that dog. RIP Lucy.)
(I defensively stated rescue as I’m often assailed with ‘pugs should not exist’ replies. I tend to agree. But they do. So let’s give them the best lives possible and pressure breeders not guardians. Guardian instead of owner. I don’t want to own a sentient being. Semantics maybe but language changes attitudes and you all let that 02022 is the year guy do his schtick!)
No explanation needed. We have 3 frenchies - also rescues. People get them, realize their vets bills are insane, and then dump them off. They are also a big breed in puppy mills that get shut down. We have spent an inordinate amount of money on frenchies over the years (we've had 5 - not at the same time, but 2 died prematurely from health issues), but these dogs didn't chose be here, and deserve a good life.
You're both doing incredible work. It's heart breaking losing a dog, it's raw for me now currently I'm still in the crying-almost-daily stage.
Not too dissimilar to me, though I don't often go breed specific but age. I've foster failed a few dogs in the last 6-7 years. I lost my recent foster fail Buster on the 2nd of November and I only got him back from the crematorium yesterday.
It's been a rough few weeks, this home has only ever been a home with Buster in it and it's been dreadfully empty with his passing. I cry every day I see something that reminds me of him.
Baby gates that stop him going up and down stairs because of his arthritis. His dog beds in each room which he would follow us when my partner and I worked from home. Food bowls. His blankets to keep him old bones warm. Coming home or getting out of bed and him not being there to howl at me. It's truly dreadful.
Buster was 14.5 years old when he passed and was 12 yo when I adopted him. I didn't believe his age when I adopted him. He was a Husky X Boxer so I could only imagine what he was like as a puppy considering his appetite for movement at 12 yo when he was effectively 100+ in human years.
I want to wait a while before fostering or adopting again but... I'm getting warn down by all the dogs that are needing a home from the groups I volunteer and donate to. I'm doom scrolling dogs in need daily.
When COVID broke out I was working with a manufacturing company, helping to fix their PMO. One of the big issues they had was that the only way to get parts through the factory was for the PMs to go down to the shop floor and constantly babysit and move them; the primary directive from management was "the PMs should not be going to the shop floor." Perfect! So COVID hits and I suggest we send the PMs home to work since they are only at their desks working on their computers and talking with customers.
Corporate VP: "But if we send them home how will we know if they are working?"
Me: "How do you know they are working now?"
Of course the most ironic part was that VP was on the phone calling in from home because he lived in a different state that had no business operations in his area.
Not surprising to me, that company has since shut down.
> I've never felt so disconnected from my teammates.
That's a valid point, but having everyone back in the office isn't the only solution to that problem. It may be the best solution, but seems like the easiest rather than the best.
I'm interested in the ITAR implications here of the video. When asked about seeing the inside of the fuel tank during the crew demo mission Shotwell said no because it was covered by ITAR. This video clearly shows inside a tank.
I don't have any math to support my belief just a little bit of logic, but it works like this:
1) 787 burns X lbs of fuel per hour in flight
2) 787 takes Y hours to fly from point A to point B at Mach 0.85
3) X lbs of fuel * Y hours = Z polution
4) Boom burns Xf lbs of fule per hour in flight (could actually be less because it's smaller or could be higher because of additional needed thrust)
5) Boom takes Y.85 to fly from point A to point B at Mach 1
6) (Xf) of fuel (Y*.85) hours = H pollution
So as long H is less than Z then Boom would be decreasing the impact on the environment. Now I know that there are a lot of missing numbers in here like passenger count production impacts, etc. But the solution you seem to imply is that flight just shouldn't happen and I'm not sure this is an option so if Boom can reduce the amount of pollution created by flying then it seems like something you should be for not against.
I’d be surprised if boom could be more efficient per passenger mile. Remember kinetic energy goes up with the square of speed so doubling the speed requires four times the energy.
This is why your airliner is about 100 to 150 mpg per passenger but a container vessel is 1000mpg per tonne of cargo.
> Remember kinetic energy goes up with the square of speed
More relevant is that drag goes up with the square of speed generally... in the subsonic regime... I'm not sure what happens across the sound barrier, but I believe it gets worse.
"Concorde, a supersonic transport, managed about 17 passenger-miles to the Imperial gallon, which is 16.7 L/100 km per passenger; similar to a business jet, but much worse than a subsonic turbofan aircraft. Airbus states a fuel rate consumption of their A380 at less than 3 L/100 km per passenger"
But the real comparison should not be between subsonic and supersonic trans-ocean business trips. It should be between taking the trip or not taking the trip at all. The best way to reduce emissions is to avoid long-distance air travel completely.
