Jim @sullybiker@sully.site

I remember watching the air conditioning condenser fans chewing up big blocks of snow in a shower of flakes when it started melting on top of the fan casing.

Throwback to December 2010 in Southampton; a place that very seldom saw much snow (Geography tended to spare it from all but a dusting) but that year it got caked in it. I took this as I was called into work at 10am as I was the only person that lived locally, FML

"I'm the 5th richest man in the world and I want a hotel called The Tits"
https://youtu.be/dKPZCnrY2Ho

The problem is you get one thing working for them when they've fucked up something obvious, then they bring every little thing because they don't care about minutae they just want their thing to work with no effort on their part. Tough fucking shit, it's the same for all of us.

Our job is basically security and maintenance, fix your own fucking app

The same researcher that Chmod'd / to 777 now wants help getting his LEMP stack working.

FFS get a DBA, how many times does this shit happen, I know about as much as they do about why their fucking database doesn't work.

SSH definitely used to be a post-install job, but my knowledge is about ten years out of date apparently.

The Arch base install includes SSH but it doesn't include Manual Pages, have a word

Like, guys, It wouldn't kill you to make a font recommendation, it's okay.

I get the philosophy and design goals or Arch, I really do, but they are so invested in sitting on the fence that their documentation has become maddeningly vague. There was a time the install guide made recommendations, now it's like 'fuck you, read all about it'

Here my dulcet tones as I prattle on about the Britannic in this stream from last Winter. I do love me some ships.

https://youtu.be/9ke8AKNiwbM

I do miss Southampton buses and their escapades.
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/19745721.bus-driver-reverses-land-outside-homes-weston-southampton/

This need for big fan and high bypass dictated the positioning on the 737MAX, which in turn caused all the problems as it had different aerodynamics versus the previous model. So to save time and money they came up with a software fix, and 346 people died because the implementation was utter shit.

This is the Embraer E-2 of Brazil, with the P&W GTF, look how low they hang (and they raised the wing line already!

https://flic.kr/p/23ABsa5

As it inevitably skews towards bigger chord geared turbofans with huge diameters, planes are going to look different because they are running out of space below the wings.

I like this NASA chart of specific fuel consumption on transport turbines over time:
https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/aero/events/encompat/soaeng.pdf

This morning I am mostly mashed potato and pumpkin pie

The V12 had inherently low mechanical efficiency due to internal friction, but Schumacher liked this because the off-throttle braking effect was strong. He did not like the new V10 so much, despite Barnard explaining it was because it was a better engine.