AA5B

@AA5B@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have Americans always been this stupid?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think he represented leaded fuel in aviation correctly, although he wasn’t wrong. It’s an economic and legal issue

  It’s important to understand this is propeller planes only: jets and turboprops always used jet fuel with no lead. The octane benefits to piston engines really don’t apply to turbines so it was never a concern. However commercial aviation is almost entirely turbines. The most active, profitable and by far the largest part of the industry never had a problem.

  Those piston engined propeller planes though… that entire industry was destroyed by litigation and lack of economies of scale in the 1970s. Not only is this a small part of the industry with less profit, not only was the industry mostly destroyed, but now most of those airplanes in active use are old. Very old. They keep flying much longer than for example a car, and there are very few aircraft produced every year. Also note the small volume of fuel used, and lead contamination means this has few refiners and limited distribution: there’s not much profit

  So there have been attempts to develop an unleaded fuel for decades, but why does it never happen? Everyone seems to support the idea. Economic and legal. To support a new fuel, engines potentially need to be modified, aircraft performance certified, and someone needs to take legal responsibility for any problems. Who’s that going to be?

  • Even if there was an approved fuel, and it was available, and the remaining manufacturers took full legal responsibility, and all new aircraft were certified for that fuel, there are so few aircraft manufactured that it would take centuries to replace the fleet
  • Most of the aircraft fleet is orphaned: theirs is no manufacturer. There’s only an owner and a mechanic, and even if there was an approved fuel and it were available, and there were known engine modifications they could make, there’s no way they could re-certify the aircraft with a new fuel nor any way they could cover the legal part
  • Most of the fleet has been privately owned for many decades. We have a general legal principal that things are “grandfathered” to when they are first sold. For example, building codes change every year but your house is still ok because it’s grandfathered in since it complied when it was new. Same with most of the small aviation fleet: they’re good when they meet the standards in place when they were new. In most industries, this is not too bad since there’s turnover but this industry collapsed so completely that there essentially isn’t turnover

  So because of the collapsed industry meaning very little new development or manufacturing, the high legal bar because of safety requirements, the sheer age of the fleet, and the general legal principal of grandfathering, there’s just not enough opportunity to move forward

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨3's grip looks the most comfy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  7, easy spitball shooter

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hey, do americans just want to take a break from normal politics for a bit and focus all our efforts solely on the wild boar problem?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably not the same animals that need to be controlled, but boar is delicious!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Someone built a monument dedicated to those less endowed⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Right wing evangelist installing bollards so no one can corrupt his penis?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Be honest and tell us what you see⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I totally missed that but now can’t unsee it. Before your comment I was in team “sword fight”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I love cheese. 🧀 Do you love cheese? 🧀😄⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Good luck, I hope you succeed.

  I have to say cheese would be a bigger obstacle for me than meat, and both would be a huge challenge. I already respect your willpower!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Many Americans Really Live Paycheck to Paycheck?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I make what most people here would consider a good salary but am somehow in the ranks of paycheck to paycheck. A huge part of that is supporting a family, ridiculous housing costs, and loss of college financial aid.

  If you reply that I should be able to do better, you’re probably right. However since divorce I was finally able to set aside an emergency fund and start saving the max toward retirement, but financial aid considers those part of the family contribution to my kids college, so I can’t win.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How likely is the US government going to identify and arrest every online user who have disagreed with the current administration?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep. You too might be a criminal, gangster, drug dealing, illegal immigrant that should be deported. If China won’t take you back, we can dump you somewhere else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How likely is the US government going to identify and arrest every online user who have disagreed with the current administration?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t see them coming for all of us. It’s just not practical to arrest everyone who complains.

  It all comes down to other characteristics:

  • are you someone influential or high profile they can make an example of, to promote fear?
  • do you have any connection to another country, no matter how tenuous, where they can use this as an excuse to deport?
  • are you part of another demographic bias they want to persecute, such as lgbt, where they can use this as an excuse to legally persecute?
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why can’t HVAC be made smarter?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I tried that once but it wasn’t for me. If it’s been cold out and is suddenly warm, I’ll bask in the heat or open windows.

  Actually I’m a bit annoyed that my car does that. I set the car thermostat to heat to a specific temperature but then it also cools to that temperature. I haven’t figured out if there’s a way to set it to heat (or cool) only

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My Dog Buddy just turned 4 years old yesterday. I flew home for it. And we give him all kinds of snacks and treats all day long. Question is. Does he actually know its his B-Day or just we are.....⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  We always include the dog for Christmas. In my lifelong total of four dogs, they all were uncertain the first year, a little better the next year, and after three were all set to jump in and unwrap their presents. While they have no concept of Christmas and probably no explicit memories of previous Christmases, they do seem to learn year over year

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is 33 cents a small amount of money?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks, Lemmy, now I’m “that Dad”. After reading this, I went to dinner with my two teens and one of their girlfriends, so of course I had to bring this up. All three have started working after school and will need to file their taxes this year so they need to know.

  But holy crap is that a seriously uncool conversation

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is 33 cents a small amount of money?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That was an entertaining 90 minutes of YouTube! And I definitely saw that face

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is 33 cents a small amount of money?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is 33 cents a small amount of money?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  But you have to keep it going to highlight how much wealthier people pay (although that’s tougher since their income is not “income”). Maybe throw in a few examples of the wealthiest Americans and wha recent age they pay, to not only clarify it, but retarget their anger where it belongs

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is 33 cents a small amount of money?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What? Is this the onion?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What was the 'bear vs man' controversy?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m just trying to understand how irrational or aggressive Lemmy is towards women.

  While I also don’t know:

  • Lemmy tends to be geeky. While I don’t know the stats, I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s very male dominated
  • different Lemmy servers have different social tendencies. If there are some worth not federating because of toxicity, it’s likely some of that toxicity makes women uncomfortable
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What was the 'bear vs man' controversy?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Too many people definitely took it personally, but I don’t think I ever saw it explained as well as you just did. All too often we just react, rather than constructively understand what was trying to be communicated

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nothing against disabled people but how come I can't replace my arm with something augmented that can carry more weight? Also other parts? My disabled bro asked me this and got me thinking⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You want an exoskeleton. No need to replace your arm, just wear something that augments it, and the rest of your body.

  There are some great ones in sci fi, but google ot and see the ones available in real life

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you think the US will actually log its national parks?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Naming things the current administration hasn’t gotten around to yet?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you think the US will actually log its national parks?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably not actual national parks: even the current administration can’t be that depraved, can they?

  However there is even more national forest, national monument, and blm land that already may be managed for resource extraction. Odds are, they’ll just open wide

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I left negative feedback on ebay for dropshipping and the seller has messaged me four days in a row asking me to change it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You should suspect it for items with really long delays. They are waiting for a sale or new pricing. They sold you something they don’t have and don’t plan to send until they find it cheaply enough to hit their profit target.

  Meanwhile you could have bought from someone who actually has it, direct from the original seller without extra markup, or waited for the same sale they are

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  While you didn’t mention the us and our news gives you good reason not to consider it …… this is very different by location. If it does get on the list, ask this again by state and city

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Receipt checkers trigger me⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I always wonder why people get annoyed at receipt checkers, but then again I only see it at Costco.

  I don’t have a nearby Walmart, so avoiding them is trivial

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you think smartphone manufacturers will comply with EU's replaceable battery regulation?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Some manufacturers have longer support than others. I don’t know how to encourage that but maybe there needs to be a minimum acceptable

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whose bright idea was it to give the morning people enough power to set the "business hours" anyways‽⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe but you can read a lot of negative impact on overnight shifts. At one point I considered it / working for a startup where we were all doing insane hours - my manager actually demanded I be both first in and last out. Good riddance to that toxic place but working overnight would have been the closest to a sane choice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did sites end up making money from API restrictions?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I do wonder if it was an accident though. He was s already well past the line of stock manipulation so maybe he listened to a lawyer for once and decided he had to follow through this time to stay out of jail. Of course, destroying twitter was all him

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your bath mat situation?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I do have a knotty shag looking bath mat, but it gets hung over the side of the tub after each shower and thrown in the wash with towels every week.

  I used to have towel ones but a little cushion is better.

  I primarily look for no backing . While non-slip is certainly important, I prioritize something flexible enough to hang over the edge of the tub and that can be washed frequently without falling apart. I’m not sure what athletics people get up to that need the rubber backing anyway

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dear republicans, what's the point of alienating every single ally of the US?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Profitable is a point in favor, if you’re one of them. Strong supply chain is a point in favor, if you’re a hawk or if you think we do need defense

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dear republicans, what's the point of alienating every single ally of the US?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We’re talking about”left” here, all lowercase, not “LEFT”. Basic human rights and safety nets, all people created equal kind of stuff, less exploitation, that are still capitalist and democratic