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Applying online for Electronic Travel Authorization to visit Australia, I was surprised to be asked if I had a criminal record.
I was not aware that this was still a prerequisite.
Dug out this old documentary about a British Rail Leeds to London service during 1991; the beginning of the end of BR. It's a fascinating time capsule and the battle between the unionised workforce and the dark forces of privatisation is well covered. It's low quality video but the content is absolute gold.
https://youtu.be/wcn3xX-vF8w
The entire point of such a long supply chain is cheap labour and reduced cost, after all.
Although according to this news page it is an FAA approved part, so again it is likely not the issue, unless they can demonstrate it was not made to spec.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/boeing-door-plug-malaysia-supply-chain-737-max-9-4059941#:~:text=WASHINGTON%3A%20The%20US%20National%20Transportation,a%20Spirit%20facility%20in%20Malaysia.
It turns out the Alaskan 737's plug door was manufactured in Malaysia. Nothing wrong with that, but it shows the subcontractor subcontracted their own work. I doubt anyone was checking it was done to the certified standard as the FAA does not maintain an office in Kuala Lumpur. That's what happens when everything just gets outsourced.
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History is curiously quiet on what "minor repairs" the Royal George required in 1782, but I'd cautiously venture the toolbox talk was inadequate.
I mean, killing up to 800 people and leaving the ship 20m deep at the bottom of the Royal Navy's most important anchorage doesn't *imply* a safe system of work...
After 60 years the wreck was removed - along with windows 6 miles away - by the traditional application of [checks notes] a shit-ton of explosives. Top work all round, lads.
The weirdly satisfying world of YouTube videos wherein someone starts up a giant diesel engine in a train
https://youtu.be/jMoIP82n6j0
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I understand that sometimes, for a myriad of reasons, you don't want to take the phone call; remember, whoever is trying to put that call through to you is now stuck with, in most cases, that irate person on the phone who will probably ask to speak to A-another person who of course will not want to take the call either so that now the receptionist or whoever; is holding a hand-grenade that you by not taking the call have pulled the pin out of!
๐๐ผ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ข๐ก๐ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น.
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Today in 1945, 79 years ago: World War II: Liberation of Krakรณw, Poland by the Red Army.
A balmy 20F this morning. More snow tomorrow. I'll probably be remote as kids will have a shortened day and town will be a shit show if we get the promised accumulation.
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TIL about another community on Slack who is now being asked to pay thousands to preserve basic functionality ๐ฌ
Proprietary tools that offer a lot for free, without fail, will squeeze you. And unfortunately, because of their nature, a lot gets left behind when you inevitably migrate.
When we select tools for our communities, we need to think over longer time horizons.
FOSS options like Matrix for chat and Discourse for forums are the better bet.
I have been trying Dokuwiki to replace a proprietary monstrosity at work and I think it's just fantastic. A great example of elegant and simple design. It is fun to use, which immediately tells me something.
You can't see it so well but my wiper fluid is instantly freezing where it is pushed to the left side. It's that cold.where it runs back to the resting blade it forms a crust.
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Every day i wake up and a large company urgently petitions me to review a bucket
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Starting 01 Feb 2024, the #HardenedBSD project will be slowing the build cadence of installer images and base OS updates from bi-weekly to monthly to help address package builds:
https://hardenedbsd.org/article/shawn-webb/2024-01-17/change-build-cadence
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